Labour Productivity Statistics 1998-2013

24 Jun 2015 01:17 PM

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

The release of annual Labour Productivity Statistics for the period 1998-2013 was announced today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

This second release of productivity statistics for Scotland includes revised estimates back to 1998, consistent with revisions to Scottish and UK national accounts due to the introduction of the European System of Accounts (ESA10). Key figures in the latest release are:

• In 2013, Scottish labour productivity as measured by output per hour was 97.7 per cent of the average UK value (excluding extra regio activity) - a gap of 2.3 percentage points. The gap between labour productivity levels in Scotland and the UK average narrowed sharply during the recent recession from around 6 or 7 percentage points prior to 2008 to 2 or 3 percentage points since 2009.
• Scottish output per hour fell by 0.4% in real terms (inflation adjusted) during 2013, following growth of 0.4% in 2012. Output per hour remains at a similar level to that reached in 2010 but is around 4% higher than in 2007 prior to the recession.

Labour productivity as measured by output per job increased by 1.2% in real terms (inflation adjusted) during 2013, following growth of 0.4% in 2012. This difference in growth between output per hour and output per job indicates a change in working patterns. In 2013 the average number of hours worked per job increased for the first time since 2007.

Notes To Editors

The Labour Productivity statistics are available at:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/PROD2013

Labour productivity measures the average amount of economic output that is produced by a unit of labour input (measured in this release in terms of jobs and hours worked).

Output statistics in this release are consistent with the latest Quarterly National Accounts Scotland published on 13 May 2015. Labour input measures are consistent with the ONS regional results in Labour Productivity 2014 Q3 published on 24 December 2014.

Further information on Scottish economic statistics is available athttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy

The figures released today were produced in accordance with professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. More information on the standards of official statistics in Scotland can be accessed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/About