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Publication - Statistics

Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2022-25

Published
26 March 2026
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Children and families

This report presents estimates of the proportion of people, children, working-age adults and pensioners in Scotland living in poverty, and other statistics on household income and income inequality.

Supporting documents

Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2022-25
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PDF
File size
1.4 MB
Three-year average estimates
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet
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388.4 kB
Single-year estimates
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet
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73.7 kB
Child poverty summary
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PDF
File size
368.3 kB
Child poverty summary (supporting estimates)
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet
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10.7 kB
Confidence intervals
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet
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30.6 kB
Impact of linkage and re-basing absolute poverty (three-year estimates)
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet
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12.9 kB
Impact of linkage and re-basing absolute poverty (single-year estimates)
File type
OpenDocument Spreadsheet
File size
13.9 kB
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