Scottish Government

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

Release Date: 19 September 2018

Main Findings

• Scotland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.5% in real terms during the second quarter of 2018, following growth of 0.4% in the first quarter of 2018. The equivalent growth rate for the UK as a whole during the second quarter was 0.4%.

• In the latest quarter, output in the Services sector grew by 0.4%, output in the Production sector grew by 0.6%, and output in the Construction sector grew by 1.8%.

• Compared to the same quarter last year, Scottish GDP has grown by 1.7%. Equivalent UK growth over the year was 1.3%.

• GDP per person in Scotland grew by 0.4% during the first quarter of 2018, compared to growth of 0.2% in the UK as a whole.

Downloads

The following documents are available:

• The full statistical publication (.pdf)
• A two page summary of the key results (.pdf)
• Results Tables (.xls)

Developments

We are publishing Scotland’s GDP more quickly than ever before. A statistics information paper detailing the data and methodology issues relating to this change is available here.

We welcome your views on these changes. Please email economic.statistics@gov.scot with any comments or questions.