Table 4.2: Economic activity and inactivity, employment and unemployment by gender, Scotland, 2001-2008
| Total
aged 16+
(000s) | Total
economically active
All aged 16+
(000s) | Total in
employment
All aged 16+
(000s) | Unemployed
All aged 16+
(000s) | Economically
Inactive
All aged 16+
(000s) | Economic
activity rate
Age 16-59/641
Rate (%) | Employment
rate
Age 16-59/642
Rate (%) | Unemployment
rate
All aged 16+3
Rate (%) |
|---|
ALL |
|---|
2001 | 4,029 | 2,517 | 2,360 | 157 | 1,513 | 78.5 | 73.6 | 6.2 |
|---|
2002 | 4,036 | 2,514 | 2,356 | 158 | 1,522 | 78.4 | 73.4 | 6.3 |
|---|
2003 | 4,050 | 2,546 | 2,412 | 134 | 1,504 | 79.0 | 74.8 | 5.3 |
|---|
2004 | 4,078 | 2,594 | 2,439 | 155 | 1,484 | 79.6 | 74.8 | 6.0 |
|---|
2005 | 4,100 | 2,589 | 2,447 | 143 | 1,510 | 79.4 | 75.0 | 5.5 |
|---|
2006 | 4,127 | 2,599 | 2,454 | 144 | 1,529 | 79.1 | 74.7 | 5.5 |
|---|
2007 | 4,155 | 2,677 | 2,556 | 122 | 1,478 | 80.9 | 77.1 | 4.5 |
|---|
2008 | 4,181 | 2,655 | 2,543 | 113 | 1,525 | 79.9 | 76.4 | 4.2 |
|---|
MALE |
|---|
2001 | 1,908 | 1,334 | 1,239 | 95 | 574 | 82.7 | 76.7 | 7.1 |
|---|
2002 | 1,914 | 1,327 | 1,233 | 95 | 587 | 82.0 | 76.2 | 7.1 |
|---|
2003 | 1,923 | 1,353 | 1,273 | 81 | 570 | 83.2 | 78.4 | 6.0 |
|---|
2004 | 1,938 | 1,369 | 1,273 | 96 | 569 | 83.4 | 77.5 | 7.0 |
|---|
2005 | 1,951 | 1,380 | 1,297 | 83 | 571 | 83.6 | 78.5 | 6.0 |
|---|
2006 | 1,967 | 1,362 | 1,277 | 84 | 606 | 82.2 | 77.0 | 6.2 |
|---|
2007 | 1,983 | 1,409 | 1,345 | 63 | 574 | 84.0 | 80.2 | 4.5 |
|---|
2008 | 1,997 | 1,396 | 1,335 | 62 | 600 | 83.0 | 79.3 | 4.4 |
|---|
FEMALE |
|---|
2001 | 2,121 | 1,183 | 1,121 | 61 | 939 | 74.2 | 70.3 | 5.2 |
|---|
2002 | 2,122 | 1,187 | 1,123 | 64 | 935 | 74.7 | 70.6 | 5.4 |
|---|
2003 | 2,127 | 1,193 | 1,139 | 53 | 935 | 74.6 | 71.1 | 4.5 |
|---|
2004 | 2,139 | 1,225 | 1,166 | 58 | 915 | 75.6 | 72.0 | 4.8 |
|---|
2005 | 2,149 | 1,209 | 1,150 | 59 | 939 | 75.0 | 71.2 | 4.9 |
|---|
2006 | 2,160 | 1,237 | 1,177 | 60 | 923 | 75.9 | 72.2 | 4.8 |
|---|
2007 | 2,172 | 1,269 | 1,210 | 59 | 904 | 77.5 | 73.8 | 4.6 |
|---|
2008 | 2,184 | 1,259 | 1,208 | 51 | 925 | 76.7 | 73.5 | 4.0 |
|---|
Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics
Calendar Quarter 2 (April-June), Seasonally Adjusted
1 Total working age economically active as a percentage of all persons of working age.
2 Total working age in employment as a percentage of all persons of working age.
3 Total unemployed aged 16 and above as a percentage of all economically active persons aged 16 and above.