Editing Wiltshire (section)

==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Wiltshire}}
This is a chart of trend of regional [[gross value added]] (GVA) of Wiltshire at current basic prices<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf] {{Dead link|date=May 2017}}</ref> with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Regional gross value added<ref>Components may not sum to totals due to rounding</ref> || Agriculture<ref>includes hunting and forestry</ref> || Industry<ref>includes energy and construction</ref> || Services<ref>includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured</ref>
|-
| 1995 || '''4,354''' || 217 || 1,393 || 2,743
|-
| 2000 || '''5,362''' || 148 || 1,566 || 3,647
|-
| 2003 || '''6,463''' || 164 || 1,548 || 4,751
|}

The Wiltshire economy benefits from the "[[M4 corridor]] effect", which attracts business, and the attractiveness of its countryside, towns and villages. The northern part of the county is richer than the southern part, particularly since Swindon is home to national and international corporations such as [[Intel]], [[Motorola]], [[Patheon]], [[Catalent]] (formerly known as [[Cardinal Health]]), [[Becton-Dickinson]], [[WHSmith]], [[Early Learning Centre]] and [[Nationwide Building Society|Nationwide]], with [[Dyson (company)|Dyson]] located in nearby [[Malmesbury]]. Wiltshire's employment structure is distinctive in having a significantly higher number of people in various forms of [[manufacturing]] (especially [[electrical equipment]] and apparatus, food products, and beverages, furniture, rubber, [[pharmaceuticals]], and plastic goods) than the national average.

In addition, there is higher-than-average employment in [[public administration]] and [[Defense (military)|defence]], due to the military establishments around the county, particularly around [[Amesbury]] and [[MoD Corsham|Corsham]]. There are sizeable [[British Army]] barracks at [[Tidworth Camp|Tidworth]], [[Bulford Camp|Bulford]] and [[Warminster]], and the [[Royal School of Artillery]] is at Larkhill. Further north, [[RAF Lyneham]] was home to the RAF's Hercules C130 fleet until 2011; the [[MoD Lyneham]] site is now a centre for Army technical training. Wiltshire is also distinctive for the high proportion of its working-age population who are economically active (86.6% in 1999–2000) and its low [[Unemployment Rate|unemployment rates]]. The gross domestic product (GDP) level in Wiltshire did not reach the UK average in 1998, and was only marginally above the rate for South West England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wiltshire Strategic Analysis (2002) |work=Wiltshire CPRE |url=http://www.cprewiltshire.org.uk/tpp/Wiltshire%20Strategic%20Analysis%20-%20LSP.pdf |access-date=21 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601221901/http://www.cprewiltshire.org.uk/tpp/Wiltshire%20Strategic%20Analysis%20-%20LSP.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>