Data

Gross Domestic Product: Annual Output by Industry


Description

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for Scotland are produced by the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser (OCEA) in the Scottish Government.

Each industry sector is indexed to make them comparable. For each sector, the value during 2022 is taken as the base year, and given the value of 100. All indexed values are given relative to the base year.


Metadata

Theme Economy
OrganisationScottish Government
License UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Published
Last updated
Next update1 Jul 2026
Update frequencyannual
Reference period1998 to 2025
Geographic coverageCountry
Contactgdp_stats@gov.scot

Data quality

Completeness

Information on Scottish GDP is available in commentary and tables published on the Scottish Government website.

Uniqueness

Not assessed

Consistency

Figures used for comparing GDP performance between Scotland and the UK refer to GDP at basic prices, also known as Gross Value Added (GVA). UK figures are taken from the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) Quarterly National Accounts publication, and the headline CGCE series is used (which includes output from the North Sea oil and gas sector).

Timeliness

The first estimate of the data are published on a quarterly basis, with each new quarter's data published every three months. The data are also updated with publication of the second estimate of GDP.

Validity

Gross Domestic Product is the most commonly used measure of the economy of a country.

Accuracy

Scotland's Gross Domestic Product is a National Statistic, certified by the UK Statistics Authority as compliant with its Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Quality management

Scotland's Gross Domestic Product is a National Statistic, certified by the UK Statistics Authority as compliant with its Code of Practice for Official Statistics.


Additional details

Revisions

Revisions to previous data are published along with the latest quarter of data as part of the official release.

Confidentiality policy

This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.