NUTS statistical regions of the United Kingdom


In the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics codes of the United Kingdom, the three levels are:
LevelCorresponding subdivisions#
NUTS 1Wales,
Scotland,
Northern Ireland,
9 statistical regions in England		12
NUTS 2Northern Ireland,
counties in England,
groups of districts in Greater London,
groups of unitary authorities in Wales,
groups of council areas in Scotland		40
NUTS 3counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England,
groups of unitary authorities in Wales,
groups of council areas in Scotland,
groups of districts in Northern Ireland		174

NUTS 2015 codes (now superseded)

Demographic statistics by NUTS 1 region

The 12 NUTS regions of the United Kingdom are listed below. Population numbers are for mid-2019, and areas are in square kilometers. Data is from the Office for National Statistics.
NUTS 1 regionPopulationArea
East Midlands4.835.92815.623
East of England6.236.07219.119
Greater London8.961.9891.572
Northern Ireland1.893.66713.793
North East England2.669.9418.574
North West England7.341.19614.107
Scotland5.463.30077.911
South East England9.180.13519.072
South West England5.624.69623.837
Wales3.152.87920.736
West Midlands5.934.03712.998
Yorkshire and the Humber5.502.96715.405
United Kingdom66.796.807242.749

History

NUTS 2003

In the first version in 2003, North Eastern Scotland was coded UKM1, and Highlands and Islands was coded UKM4.
The current NUTS level 1 codes start with "C" rather than "1" because the new list reflected the revised regions of England and local government changes throughout the UK; "1" to "B" had been used for the 11 regions in the previous coding system.

NUTS 2006

NUTS 2006 came into force on 1 January 2008.

NUTS 2010

NUTS 2010 came into force on 1 January 2012.
2010 changes to NUTS 2 also resulting in changes with NUTS 3 regions
2010 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes occurring to NUTS 2 areas
NUTS 2013 came into force on 1 January 2015.
2015 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes to NUTS 2 areas:
In 2015 the Greater London NUTS 1 area was left unchanged however the previous NUTS 2 area of inner and outer London were abolished and with the previous NUTS 3 areas becoming NUTS 2 areas. Thus NUTS 2 of Inner London West UKI11 becoming the NUTS 3 area of UKI3 and likewise: Inner London East, Outer London East and North East, Outer London South and Outer London West and North West. The NUTS 3 areas are now a single or a group of two or three boroughs.

NUTS 2016

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU levels are:
LevelSubdivisions#
LAU 1Lower tier authorities or individual unitary authorities ;
Individual unitary authorities or LECs ;
Districts 		415
LAU 2Wards 10400

The two LAU levels are maintained by the UK Office for National Statistics within the ONS coding system.
The LAU codes of the United Kingdom can be downloaded here: ''