Unemployment rate Scotland 2024

Scotland's unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2024 was 4.4 percent, compared with 4.5 percent in the previous quarter. During this time period, Scotland's unemployment rate was at its highest during the winter of 1992/93 when it reached 10.8 percent.

Unemployment rate in Scotland from 2nd quarter 1992 to 1st quarter 2024

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Q2 1992	9.5%
Q3 1992	10.2%
Q4 1992	10.8%
Q1 1993	10.4%
Q2 1993	10.2%
Q3 1993	9.9%
Q4 1993	10%
Q1 1994	10.1%
Q2 1994	10%
Q3 1994	9.3%
Q4 1994	8.8%
Q1 1995	8.5%
Q2 1995	8.7%
Q3 1995	9.1%
Q4 1995	9.1%
Q1 1996	8.9%
Q2 1996	8.5%
Q3 1996	8.5%
Q4 1996	8.8%
Q1 1997	8.5%
Q2 1997	8.6%
Q3 1997	8.1%
Q4 1997	7.3%
Q1 1998	7.6%
Q2 1998	7.4%
Q3 1998	7.6%
Q4 1998	7.7%
Q1 1999	7.4%
Q2 1999	7.1%
Q3 1999	6.9%
Q4 1999	7.1%
Q1 2000	7.5%
Q2 2000	7%
Q3 2000	6.6%
Q4 2000	6.3%
Q1 2001	6%
Q2 2001	6.2%
Q3 2001	6.7%
Q4 2001	6.7%
Q1 2002	6.6%
Q2 2002	6.3%
Q3 2002	6.4%
Q4 2002	6.1%
Q1 2003	5.9%
Q2 2003	5.3%
Q3 2003	5.9%
Q4 2003	5.8%
Q1 2004	5.8%
Q2 2004	6%
Q3 2004	5.2%
Q4 2004	5.6%
Q1 2005	5.5%
Q2 2005	5.5%
Q3 2005	5.4%
Q4 2005	5.1%
Q1 2006	5.4%
Q2 2006	5.6%
Q3 2006	5%
Q4 2006	5.1%
Q1 2007	5%
Q2 2007	4.6%
Q3 2007	4.9%
Q4 2007	4.8%
Q1 2008	4.7%
Q2 2008	4.2%
Q3 2008	4.7%
Q4 2008	5.2%
Q1 2009	6%
Q2 2009	7.1%
Q3 2009	7.2%
Q4 2009	7.6%
Q1 2010	8.3%
Q2 2010	8.4%
Q3 2010	8.4%
Q4 2010	7.9%
Q1 2011	7.9%
Q2 2011	7.9%
Q3 2011	8.1%
Q4 2011	8.6%
Q1 2012	8.2%
Q2 2012	8%
Q3 2012	8.2%
Q4 2012	7.6%
Q1 2013	7.2%
Q2 2013	7.3%
Q3 2013	7.4%
Q4 2013	7.2%
Q1 2014	6.3%
Q2 2014	6.4%
Q3 2014	6.1%
Q4 2014	5.3%
Q1 2015	5.8%
Q2 2015	5.7%
Q3 2015	6.2%
Q4 2015	5.6%
Q1 2016	5.9%
Q2 2016	5.2%
Q3 2016	4.9%
Q4 2016	4.7%
Q1 2017	4.2%
Q2 2017	3.9%
Q3 2017	4.2%
Q4 2017	4.4%
Q1 2018	4.3%
Q2 2018	4.1%
Q3 2018	3.8%
Q4 2018	3.5%
Q1 2019	3.2%
Q2 2019	3.6%
Q3 2019	4%
Q4 2019	3.5%
Q1 2020	4.2%
Q2 2020	4.5%
Q3 2020	4.6%
Q4 2020	4.6%
Q1 2021	4.5%
Q2 2021	4.3%
Q3 2021	4.1%
Q4 2021	4.1%
Q1 2022	3.2%
Q2 2022	3.2%
Q3 2022	3.5%
Q4 2022	3.4%
Q1 2023	3.4%
Q2 2023	4%
Q3 2023	4.4%
Q4 2023	4.5%
Q1 2024	4.4%