Economic Data

Population

1: POPULATION : VITAL STATISTICS 2: POPULATION : AGE STRUCTURE 3: RESIDENT WORKFORCE : POPULATION AGED 16+ 4: RESIDENT WORKFORCE : WORKING AGE GROUPS 5: ECONOMIC STATUS OF RESIDENT ADULT POPULATION 6: HOUSEHOLD WORKING STATUS 7: WORKPLACE EMPLOYMENT - BY GENDER AND FULL-TIME / PART-TIME STATUS 8: WORKPLACE EMPLOYMENT - INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE 9: UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOB VACANCIES 10: QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING 11: EARNINGS, INCOME AND WEALTH 52: POPULATION PROJECTIONS (2004 BASED) 53: HOUSEHOLD PROJECTIONS (2004 BASED) 54: EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS (EXPERIAN, 2005 BASED) 55: ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS (FRASER OF ALLANDER INSTITUTE)

9: UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOB VACANCIES

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

LOTHIAN	sources / notes	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
ILO unemployment :	(*1)
number of unemployed (working age)		20,000	20,000	16,000	19,000	21,000	19,500	19,400	20,900
unemployment rate (% of econ active wkg age)		5.10%	5.00%	4.10%	4.60%	5.30%	4.80%	4.70%	5.00%
Claimant unemployment :	(*2)
numbers - persons		15,670	13,623	11,794	11,936	12,160	11,956	11,408	11,802
numbers - males		12,250	10,717	9,226	9,276	9,359	9,094	8,669	8,899
numbers - females		3,420	2,906	2,568	2,660	2,801	2,862	2,739	2,903
unemployment rate - persons	(*3)	3.20%	2.70%	2.40%	2.40%	2.40%	2.30%	2.20%	2.30%
unemployment rate - males		4.80%	4.20%	3.60%	3.60%	3.70%	3.50%	3.30%	3.40%
unemployment rate - females		1.40%	1.20%	1.00%	1.10%	1.10%	1.10%	1.10%	1.10%
long-term unemployed	(*4)	2,737	2,402	1,770	1,201	1,206	1,450	1,325	1,465
.. as % of all unemployed		17.50%	17.60%	15.00%	10.10%	9.90%	12.10%	11.60%	12.40%
youth unemployed	(*4)	4,087	3,553	3,272	3,372	3,438	3,470	3,380	3,810
.. as % of all unemployed		26.10%	26.10%	27.70%	28.30%	28.30%	29.00%	29.60%	32.30%
long-term youth unemployed	(*4)	137	43	43	49	41	70	85	115
.. as % of all unemployed		0.90%	0.30%	0.40%	0.40%	0.30%	0.60%	0.70%	1.00%

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SCOTLAND	sources / notes	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
ILO unemployment :	(*1)
number of unemployed (working age)		174,000	156,000	166,000	161,000	143,000	134,600	134,300	132,600
unemployment rate (% of econ active wkg age)		7.30%	6.40%	6.80%	6.50%	5.90%	5.40%	5.40%	5.30%
Claimant unemployment :	(*2)
numbers - persons		139,006	123,628	109,663	108,389	103,385	99,027	90,411	92,661
numbers - males		107,127	95,759	84,951	84,231	79,391	75,957	68,673	70,022
numbers - females		31,879	27,869	24,712	24,158	23,994	23,070	21,738	22,639
unemployment rate - persons	(*3)	4.40%	3.90%	3.50%	3.40%	3.30%	3.10%	2.80%	2.90%
unemployment rate - males		6.60%	5.90%	5.30%	5.20%	4.90%	4.70%	4.20%	4.30%
unemployment rate - females		2.10%	1.80%	1.60%	1.60%	1.60%	1.50%	1.40%	1.50%
long-term unemployed	(*4)	30,399	25,151	20,365	15,118	13,496	13,775	12,905	13,025
.. as % of all unemployed		21.90%	20.30%	18.60%	13.90%	13.10%	13.90%	14.30%	14.10%
youth unemployed	(*4)	35,889	31,938	29,848	29,784	28,877	28,930	27,380	29,095
.. as % of all unemployed		25.80%	25.80%	27.20%	27.50%	27.90%	29.20%	30.30%	31.40%
long-term youth unemployed	(*4)	1,790	448	301	267	308	365	515	665
.. as % of all unemployed		1.30%	0.40%	0.30%	0.20%	0.30%	0.40%	0.60%	0.70%
Labour market participation indicators	(*5)
.. % of 16-19 yr olds 'NEET'							13.20%	14.00%	12.40%
.. % of working age pop. 'EET'							79.40%	79.70%	80.60%
.. % of dep. children in workless households							16.70%	16.10%	16.20%

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