Scottish Islands Data Overview (2025)
The Scottish Islands Data Dashboard has been updated following a review of available data. This report summarises the findings. It highlights changes between data available in 2025 and data first collated in 2023 and gives an overview of longer term trends in Scotland's Islands.
Annex 1: Sources and update dates
A full list of sources used for each variable in the 2025 update to the Scottish Islands Data Dashboard can be found in the Scottish Islands Data Overview (2025) – list of tables. This excel spreadsheet is published as a supplementary document to this report. The list of sources tab also includes the update status of each variable in the dashboard since 2023 and the next expected dates that new data will be published by the original data source.
For more information on the Scottish islands, please contact the Scottish Government Islands team: info@islandsteam.scot
How to access background or source data
The data collected for this social research publication:
☒ are available from published data sources. Links are given in publication.