About the Scottish national accounts development programme
- Published
- 4 November 2019
- Directorate
- Chief Economist Directorate
- Topic
- Economy
Information about the official statistics in development being produced in the topic of Scotland's national accounts
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The Scottish national accounts development programme has enhanced the scope of economic statistics in Scotland and improved consistency and comparability for a range of measures.
Official statistics in development
These statistics are currently classed as official statistics in development (previously known as experimental statistics). These are defined as new official statistics undergoing evaluation, and are published in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development. Users should note that experimental statistics may be particularly prone to revisions as methodologies and data sources are improved.
Statistics currently being produced
Supply and use satellite accounts for extra-regio activities
Background
Historically, most of the economic statistics produced for Scotland (GDP, Supply-Use tables etc) relate to Scotland’s on-shore economy. The offshore economy in this treatment (including North Sea output and defence and diplomatic services overseas) is classified as extra-regio (not part of any region of the UK). For a number of years, estimates of value added in the illustrative Scottish share of extra-regio territory have been published in the Quarterly National Accounts publication, and these figures have also be used in the annual GERS publication.
This project commenced in the 2017-18 statistics plan, and has established a set of satellitte accounts (additional or periphary to the core onshore accounts) based around supply and use tables for the extra-regio activity. These statistics detail flows of the value of goods and services to and from the offshore oil and gas industry to onshore Scotland, Rest of the UK and Rest of the World, as well as estimates relating to the overseas government activity. The satellite accounts can be combined with the onshore Scottish Supply and Use tables to form a “Whole of Scotland “ set of accounts which provide balanced components of GDP, including trade flows and the trade balance, for all parts of the Scottish economy.
Publication archive
- Supply and use satellite accounts for extra-regio activities: 1998-2024
- Supply and use satellite accounts for extra-regio activities: 1998-2023
- Supply and Use Satellite Accounts for Extra-Regio Activities: 1998-2021
- Scottish National Accounts Programme: Whole of Scotland Economic Accounts Project: initial study and results for 1998-2016
Primary income accounts and Gross National Income (GNI)
This aim of this project has been to produce estimates of annual primary income flows and gross national income (GNI), for Scotland. This follows on from an intitial research project and estimates for 2010 made in 2013. The statistics include estimates of income inflows (credits) and outflows (debits) between Scotland amd the rest of the UK and between Scotland and the non-UK rest of the world. Taken collectively, these flows represent Scotland’s net employment income and net property income from abroad, which allow Gross National Income (GNI) to be derived from GDP. Estimates have been updated approximately every 5 years, most recently in 2018 and 2023.
Publication archive
- Primary income accounts and gross national income (GNI): 1998-2021
- Primary income accounts and gross national income: 1998-2017 (archived web site)
- Initial results, methodology guide and peer review, 2013 (archived web site)
Previous statistics from the Scottish National Accounts Programme (SNAP)
Statistics developed during previous phases of national accounts development are listed below:
- Quarterly national accounts Scotland (accredited official statistics)
- Oil and gas statistics (official statistics)
- Labour productivity statistics (official statistics in development)
- Long term GDP and public finance statistics (archived web pages)