GDP Monthly Estimate: December 2025
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) statistics measure changes in the output of the economy. This is an Official Statistics in Development publication for Scotland.
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In December the sectors with the largest positive contribution to three-month GDP growth were Manufacturing and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, which contributed around 0.1 percentage points respectively towards overall growth. The largest negative contributor was Information & Communications, which contributed around -0.2 percentage points towards three-month GDP growth.
In the three months to December 2025, compared to the three months to September 2025, output in the Production sector is estimated to have grown by 1.4%, while the services sector is estimated to have grown by 0.1%. Construction sector output contracted by 2.1% in the three months to December.
Figure 2: The Manufacturing and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services sectors contributed 0.1 percentage points respectively towards the three-month GDP growth of 0.1%
Industry contribution to three-month GDP growth, December 2025
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