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GDP figures - fourth quarter 2007
23/04/2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today announced the release of Gross Domestic Product for Scotland for the 4th Quarter of 2007. This quarterly publication measures growth, in real terms, of GDP for Scotland.
The main findings are:
- GDP rose by 2.2 per cent annually and increased by 0.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007 (seasonally adjusted)
- In 2007 as a whole, the Scottish service sector grew by 3.4 per cent, the production sector fell by 1.0 per cent and the construction sector fell by 1.7 per cent
- In the final quarter of 2007, the service sector grew by 1.3 per cent, the production sector declined by 0.2 per cent and the construction sector fell by 1.0 per cent
Official statistics are produced by professionally independent statistical staff.