Food and drink manufacturing consistently generates higher ROI than engineering and vehicle manufacturing in the past 25+ years

£ Gross Value Added per Business Investment, 1998-2023

Engineering and vehicles manufacturing include:
1. Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products;
2. Manufacture of electrical equipment; manchinery equipment;
3. Manufacture of machinery and equipment;
4. Manufacture of transport equipment
Source: ONSCreated with Datawrapper