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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

Published 10 December 2008
ISBN
9780755958559

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.

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Table 4.3: Economic activity, economic inactivity and employment, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2007

Total aged
16+
(000s)

Total
economically
active
16+
(000s)

Total in
employment
16+
(000s)

Economically
Inactive
16-59/64
(000s)

Economic
activity
16-59/641
Rate (%)

Employment
16-59/642
Rate (%)

Scotland

4,157

2,646

2,521

644

79.9

76.0

Aberdeen City

172

118

113

24

82.6

79.1

Aberdeenshire

189

130

128

23

84.4

82.7

Angus

88

56

53

10

83.8

79.2

Argyll & Bute

72

45

44

8

83.6

80.0

Clackmannanshire

39

24

22

8

74.7

69.5

Dumfries & Galloway

121

73

70

16

81.0

77.5

Dundee City

117

71

66

20

77.6

72.1

East Ayrshire

96

59

55

16

78.5

73.1

East Dunbartonshire

84

53

52

12

81.1

79.0

East Lothian

74

48

46

10

82.1

79.3

East Renfrewshire

70

45

43

10

81.0

77.3

Edinburgh, City of

392

258

248

62

80.3

77.2

Eilean Siar

15

13

12

3

82.3

79.4

Falkirk

121

78

75

17

81.5

78.1

Fife

292

188

176

42

81.2

75.9

Glasgow City

479

282

262

109

71.7

66.7

Highland

174

115

112

21

84.1

82.0

Inverclyde

65

39

36

12

75.2

68.5

Midlothian

63

43

41

7

84.9

80.7

Moray

69

45

44

9

82.8

80.5

North Ayrshire

109

64

60

19

76.5

71.6

North Lanarkshire

258

162

153

46

77.4

73.2

Orkney Islands

16

11

11

1

88.8

86.4

Perth & Kinross

114

71

68

15

81.3

78.2

Renfrewshire

137

86

82

22

79.1

75.0

Scottish Borders

90

57

55

10

83.9

81.5

Shetland Islands

17

12

12

1

89.6

88.1

South Ayrshire

91

56

53

12

81.2

77.2

South Lanarkshire

248

161

156

35

81.5

78.9

Stirling

71

46

44

10

80.8

76.8

West Dunbartonshire

74

47

44

12

79.2

73.9

West Lothian

132

90

85

19

82.3

77.9

Source: Annual Population Survey (January to December 2007), Office for National Statistics
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 Total working age economically active as a percentage of all persons of working age.
2 Total working age in employment as a percentage of all persons of working age.

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