There are 43 bottles of Scotch Whisky exported every second to markets all over the world! Find out more about the amazing stats behind the industry.

• 43 bottles (70cl @40% ABV) of Scotch Whisky are shipped from Scotland to over 160 markets around the world each second, totalling over 35bnevery year
• Laid end to end those bottles would stretch about467,000kms –  that’s more than 11 times around the Earth!
• In 2023, Scotch Whisky exports were worth £5.6bn
• In 2023, Scotch Whisky accounted for 74%of Scottish food and drink exports and 22% of all UK food and drink exports
• In 2022, Scotch Whisky accounted for 26%of all Scotland’s international goods exports and 2% of all UK goods exports
• The Scotch Whisky industry provides £7.1bnin gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy (2022)
• More than41,000 people are employed in the Scotch Whisky industry in Scotland and over 25,000 more jobs across the UK are supported by the industry
• Around 90%of barley requirements of the industry are sourced in Scotland