ILO Unemployment rates
Table 29: ILO Unemployment rates (aged 16 or over)
Geography
(Residence Based) | Jan 2006 - Dec 2006 | Apr 2006 - Mar 2007 | Jul 2006 - Jun 2007 | Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 | Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 |
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Scotland | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 4.7% |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 4.1% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
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Aberdeenshire | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.4% | * |
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Angus | 5.0% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
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Argyll & Bute | 2.8% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 4.3% |
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Clackmannanshire | 6.2% | 5.6% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 6.7% |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 3.8% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.0% |
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Dundee City | 6.4% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 6.8% |
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East Ayrshire | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.8% |
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East Dunbartonshire | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
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East Lothian | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.3% |
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East Renfrewshire | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
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Edinburgh, City of | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 3.8% |
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Eilean Siar | * | * | * | * | * |
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Falkirk | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
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Fife | 6.1% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
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Glasgow City | 8.0% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 7.0% |
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Highland | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
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Inverclyde | 6.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 8.5% |
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Midlothian | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
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Moray | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 2.7% |
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North Ayrshire | 8.7% | 8.2% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 6.2% |
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North Lanarkshire | 6.0% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
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Orkney Islands | * | * | * | * | * |
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Perth & Kinross | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
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Renfrewshire | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
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Scottish Borders | 3.7% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
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Shetland Islands | * | * | * | * | * |
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South Ayrshire | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.8% |
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South Lanarkshire | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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Stirling | 4.7% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 4.7% |
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West Dunbartonshire | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 6.5% |
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West Lothian | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 13.8% | 13.7% | 13.1% | 12.8% | 11.4% |
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Rest of Scotland | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.9% |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
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Other Urban Areas | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
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Accessible Small Towns | 4.8% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.9% |
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Remote Small Towns | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.5% |
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Accessible Rural | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% |
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Remote Rural | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
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Enterprise Region |
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Highlands & Islands | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
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Rest of Scotland | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
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* - Estimate is below reliability threshold (See Annex A for more details).
Notes:
1. The denominator for the unemployment rate is economic activity (employed plus unemployed).
2. ONS have produced a new modelling methodology to produce estimates of unemployment level and rate on the International Labour Organisation ( ILO) definition for local authority areas. These modelled estimates are the preferred source of unemployment for local authority areas, more details of this can be found in Annex B.