Scotland's unemployment rate in the second quarter of 2024 was 4.4 percent, compared with 4.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023. During this time period, Scotland's unemployment rate was at its highest during the winter of 1992/93 when it reached 10.8 percent.
Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024
Characteristic
Unemployment rate
Q2 1992
9.5%
Q3 1992
10.2%
Q4 1992
10.8%
Q1 1993
10.4%
Q2 1993
10.2%
Q3 1993
9.9%
Q4 1993
10%
Q1 1994
10.1%
Q2 1994
10%
Q3 1994
9.3%
Q4 1994
8.8%
Q1 1995
8.5%
Q2 1995
8.7%
Q3 1995
9.1%
Q4 1995
9.1%
Q1 1996
8.9%
Q2 1996
8.5%
Q3 1996
8.5%
Q4 1996
8.8%
Q1 1997
8.5%
Q2 1997
8.6%
Q3 1997
8.1%
Q4 1997
7.3%
Q1 1998
7.6%
Q2 1998
7.4%
Q3 1998
7.6%
Q4 1998
7.7%
Q1 1999
7.4%
Q2 1999
7.1%
Q3 1999
6.9%
Q4 1999
7.1%
Q1 2000
7.5%
Q2 2000
7%
Q3 2000
6.6%
Q4 2000
6.3%
Q1 2001
6%
Q2 2001
6.2%
Q3 2001
6.7%
Q4 2001
6.7%
Q1 2002
6.6%
Q2 2002
6.3%
Q3 2002
6.4%
Q4 2002
6.1%
Q1 2003
5.9%
Q2 2003
5.3%
Q3 2003
5.9%
Q4 2003
5.8%
Q1 2004
5.8%
Q2 2004
6%
Q3 2004
5.2%
Q4 2004
5.6%
Q1 2005
5.5%
Q2 2005
5.5%
Q3 2005
5.4%
Q4 2005
5.1%
Q1 2006
5.4%
Q2 2006
5.6%
Q3 2006
5%
Q4 2006
5.1%
Q1 2007
5%
Q2 2007
4.6%
Q3 2007
4.9%
Q4 2007
4.8%
Q1 2008
4.7%
Q2 2008
4.2%
Q3 2008
4.7%
Q4 2008
5.2%
Q1 2009
6%
Q2 2009
7.1%
Q3 2009
7.2%
Q4 2009
7.6%
Q1 2010
8.3%
Q2 2010
8.4%
Q3 2010
8.4%
Q4 2010
7.9%
Q1 2011
7.9%
Q2 2011
7.9%
Q3 2011
8.1%
Q4 2011
8.6%
Q1 2012
8.2%
Q2 2012
8%
Q3 2012
8.2%
Q4 2012
7.6%
Q1 2013
7.2%
Q2 2013
7.3%
Q3 2013
7.4%
Q4 2013
7.2%
Q1 2014
6.3%
Q2 2014
6.4%
Q3 2014
6.1%
Q4 2014
5.3%
Q1 2015
5.8%
Q2 2015
5.7%
Q3 2015
6.2%
Q4 2015
5.6%
Q1 2016
5.9%
Q2 2016
5.2%
Q3 2016
4.9%
Q4 2016
4.7%
Q1 2017
4.2%
Q2 2017
3.9%
Q3 2017
4.2%
Q4 2017
4.4%
Q1 2018
4.3%
Q2 2018
4.1%
Q3 2018
3.8%
Q4 2018
3.5%
Q1 2019
3.2%
Q2 2019
3.6%
Q3 2019
4%
Q4 2019
3.5%
Q1 2020
4.2%
Q2 2020
4.5%
Q3 2020
4.6%
Q4 2020
4.6%
Q1 2021
4.5%
Q2 2021
4.3%
Q3 2021
4.1%
Q4 2021
4.1%
Q1 2022
3.2%
Q2 2022
3.2%
Q3 2022
3.5%
Q4 2022
3.4%
Q1 2023
3.4%
Q2 2023
4%
Q3 2023
4.4%
Q4 2023
4.5%
Q1 2024
4.4%
Q2 2024
4.4%
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 16, 2024). Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024." Chart. August 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Unemployment Rate in Scotland from 2nd Quarter 1992 to 2nd Quarter 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/ (last visited September 11, 2024)
Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 2nd quarter 2024 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/367727/unemployment-rate-scotland/
