As of November 2021, 53 percent of adults in Scotland said they would not support Scotland being independent from the United Kingdom, compared with 47 percent who would support it. Support for Scottish independence reached 53 percent in August 2020, the highest level of support for independence in the provided time period. The highest opposition to independence was in January 2018, when 57 percent of people in Scotland advised they would vote no in a hypothetical referendum.
Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to November 2021)
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YouGov. (November 25, 2021). Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to November 2021) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. "Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to November 2021)." Chart. November 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. (2021). Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to November 2021). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. "Should Scotland Be An Independent Country? (January 2018 to November 2021)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov, Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to November 2021) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/ (last visited August 16, 2022)