Scottish Government

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
4th QUARTER 2011

 

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

Subject: The Economy Coverage: Scotland

Date: 18 April 2012

 

A printable version (.pdf) of the statistical bulletin is available at: GDP 2011Q4 PDF

The results tables (.xls) are available to download at: GDP 2011Q4 XLS

 

Main Findings

Scottish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in constant basic prices fell by 0.1 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Output in the Services sector grew by 0.2 per cent. Total output in the Production sector was unchanged from the previous quarter, within which manufacturing output fell by 0.6 per cent. Output in the Construction sector fell by 2.7 per cent.

On an annual basis, comparing the most recent four quarters to the previous four quarters (4Q-on-4Q), GDP grew by 0.5 per cent.