Outdoor leisure activities oriented around productive or creative output. Data sourced from the National Gardening Survey and the American Beekeeping Association.
Includes: Gardening, foraging, beekeeping
Value Added (2024) Value AddedAn activity's net contribution to GDP — what it earns minus what it spends on inputs from other industries.
$15.79B
2024
YoY Growth (2024) Year-over-Year GrowthPercentage change from one year to the next.
+6.1%
2023 → 2024
Total Growth
+149%
2012 → 2024
% of Total (2024) % of TotalThis activity's share of the entire outdoor recreation economy.
2.3%
2024
Productive activities (includes gardening): Value Added vs Gross Output Value AddedAn activity's net contribution to GDP — what it earns minus what it spends on inputs from other industries.Gross OutputTotal dollar value of everything an industry produces, including intermediate inputs. Always larger than value added.Intermediate InputsMaterials/services one industry buys from another to produce its output (e.g., a ski resort buying snowmaking equipment).
Gross Output measures total economic output including intermediate inputs. Value Added measures contribution to GDP. The difference represents intermediate inputs purchased from other industries.
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Productive activities (includes gardening): Nominal vs Real Nominal (Current Dollars)Dollar values in the year they occurred, not adjusted for inflation.Real (2017 Dollars)Inflation-adjusted values using 2017 as a fixed reference point. Shows true growth without price distortion.
Comparing current dollars to inflation-adjusted (2017 dollars) shows the true growth trajectory.
Annual percentage change shows volatility and trend patterns.
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Productive activities (includes gardening): Share of Total Economy
Percentage of total outdoor recreation value added over time.
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Productive activities (includes gardening): Value Added by State (2024) Value AddedAn activity's net contribution to GDP — what it earns minus what it spends on inputs from other industries.
State-level value added for productive activities (includes gardening) in 2024.