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Unemployment rate in Scotland

Unemployment rate in Scotland was 5.1% in Q2 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 1.4 pts from Q2 2025.

Rankings

• Countries by unemployment rate 186 places
• EU countries by unemployment rate 27 places
• US states by unemployment rate 51 places

Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted. Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces. Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas. Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures. Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national. Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national. For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank. ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over. The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Labour Force Survey, national and regional headline indicators (seasonally adjusted): unemployment rate, aged 16 and over, both sexes (ONS, Nomis NM_59_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_59_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480&sex=7&economic_activity=3&value_type=0&measures=20207&time=first,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Unemployment rate elsewhere in United Kingdom

• South East
• South West
• North East
• North West
• Yorkshire and The Humber
• East Midlands

Related statistics for Scotland

• Median weekly earnings of full-time employees by place of residence, pounds sterling
• GDP per head, pounds sterling
• Median weekly earnings of full-time employees by place of work, pounds sterling
• Gross domestic product (GDP), pounds sterling
• Gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head, pounds sterling
• Population

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