Unemployment rate Scotland 2023

Scotland's unemployment rate in the three months to March 2023 was 3.1 percent, compared with three percent in the previous month. 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 2023

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	3.3%
Q1 2023	3.1%
Q2 2023	4%