Unemployment in Scotland measured by the Office for National Statistics show unemployment in Scotland at 155,000 (5.6%) as of August 2015.[1]
Statistics
editCategory | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Total population | 5,466,000 | - |
Population aged 16–64 | 3,493,100 | 63.9 |
Job density | 2,866,000 | 82 |
Category | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Economically active | 2,763,000 | 78.6% |
Employed | 2,641,000 | 74.3% |
Unemployed | 121,000 | 4.4% |
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) (claimant count) | 161,671 | 5.1% |
Economically inactive | 760,000 | 22.2% |
Category | Scotland | Scotland (%) | United Kingdom | United Kingdom (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 826,700 | 24.1 | 8,991,700 | 21.8 |
Student | 214,200 | 25.9 | 2,561,600 | 28.5 |
Looking After Family/Home | 140,200 | 17.0 | 1,731,600 | 19.3 |
Temporary Sick | 16,900 | 2.0 | 178,900 | 2.0 |
Long-Term Sick | 245,200 | 29.7 | 2,170,200 | 24.1 |
Discouraged | 9,300 | 1.1 | 70,200 | 0.8 |
Retired | 121,000 | 14.6 | 1,210,500 | 13.5 |
Other | 80,000 | 9.7 | 1,068,800 | 11.9 |
Wants A Job | 156,600 | 18.9 | 1,857,500 | 20.7 |
Does Not Want A Job | 670,100 | 81.1 | 7,134,200 | 79.3 |
Category | Scotland | Scotland (%) | United Kingdom | United Kingdom (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
NVQ4 And Above | 1,678,400 | 49.0 | 17,732,200 | 43.0 |
NVQ3 | 443,500 | 12.9 | 6,927,400 | 16.8 |
Trade Apprenticeships | 122,300 | 3.6 | 1,157,900 | 2.8 |
NVQ2 | 470,900 | 13.7 | 6,373,000 | 15.4 |
NVQ1 | 238,900 | 7.0 | 3,968,300 | 9.6 |
Other Qualifications | 196,500 | 5.7 | 2,389,700 | 5.8 |
No Qualifications | 276,500 | 8.1 | 2,721,300 | 6.6 |
NVQ4 And Above | 1,678,400 | 49.0 | 17,732,200 | 43.0 |
NVQ3 And Above | 2,183,000 | 63.7 | 25,238,500 | 61.2 |
NVQ2 And Above | 2,715,100 | 79.2 | 32,190,500 | 78.0 |
NVQ1 And Above | 2,954,000 | 86.2 | 36,158,800 | 87.6 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Unemployment in Scotland down" (Press release). UK Government. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".