Question reference: S6W-25542
- Date lodged: 14 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the workforce was unemployed in each of the last five financial years, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Estimates for the unemployment rate for people aged 16 years and over in Scotland, broken down by local authority, are shown in the following table for the last five financial years.
Area | Apr 2018 - Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 | Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 | Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 | Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 |
Aberdeen City | 4.9 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
Aberdeenshire | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
Angus | 3.7 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Argyll and Bute | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
City of Edinburgh | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
Clackmannanshire | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
Dundee City | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
East Ayrshire | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
East Lothian | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
East Renfrewshire | 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
Falkirk | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
Fife | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
Glasgow City | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
Highland | 2.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Inverclyde | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Midlothian | 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Moray | 3.7 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
North Ayrshire | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
North Lanarkshire | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
Orkney Islands | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
Perth and Kinross | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Renfrewshire | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
Scottish Borders | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Shetland Islands | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
South Ayrshire | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
South Lanarkshire | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Stirling | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
West Dunbartonshire | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
West Lothian | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
Scotland | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Source: Annual Population Survey, April to March data, ONS and Claimant Count, ONS
Notes:
1. Unemployment figures for local authorities are model-based, except for the Scotland estimates which have been taken directly from the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS) dataset. The model-based estimates improve on the APS estimates by borrowing strength from the claimant count to produce an estimate that is more precise.
2. Data is subject to sampling variation.
3. Rates are based on unrounded numbers.
4. Rates are rounded to the nearest decimal point.
5. Estimates are based on those aged 16 and over.