Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index: Regional Dynamism and Opportunity Rankings

UK regional economic rankings from the Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index, focusing on dynamism and opportunity. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under an OGL-UK-3.0 license. This specific indicator has been discontinued.

Use Cases

• Rank UK regions by economic dynamism based on the index's framework.
• Analyze regional opportunity disparities using the provided ranking scores.
• Benchmark local authority performance against a national index of 324 entities.
• Study the correlation between economic vibrancy sub-indices like dynamism and opportunity.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized ranking for 324 UK regions or local authorities.
• Published by a government body (Government Digital Service) under an open license (OGL-UK-3.0).

Limitations

• The indicator has been discontinued, limiting its use for current analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official economic statistics as part of the Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Likely covers regions or local authorities within the United Kingdom.