As of September 2023, 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 September 2023)
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YouGov. (September 16, 2023). Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to September 2023) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. "Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to September 2023)." Chart. September 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. (2023). Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to September 2023). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov. "Should Scotland Be An Independent Country? (January 2018 to September 2023)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/
YouGov, Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to September 2023) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Should Scotland be an independent country? (January 2018 to September 2023) [Graph], YouGov, September 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170409/scottish-independence/