Working Age Employment Rate
The working age employment rate in Scotland in 2007 was 76.0 per cent. This is an increase of 4.8 percentage points since 1999. Scotland's employment rate in 2007 was higher than the employment rate for the UK as a whole (74.3 per cent).
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Quarters combined for 1999-2002. The 2003 figures are taken from the Annual Scottish LFS (ASLFS). Data from 2004 onwards are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS and ASLFS include boosts to the main LFS. This means there is a discontinuity in the series.
Further Information
Last Updated: August 2008