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.


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

The Manufacturing and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services sectors contributed 0.1 percentage points respectively towards the three-month GDP growth of 0.1%

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