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GDP monthly estimate: January 2023

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) statistics measure changes in the output of the economy. This is an experimental statistics publication for Scotland.

Main Findings

Scotland’s onshore GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in January, after falling by 0.8% in December (revised down from 0.6%), and is now 1.1% above the pre-pandemic level in February 2020.
Output in the services sector, which accounts for around three quarters of the economy, is estimated to have increased by 0.5% in January. At the broad level, output in consumer facing services contracted by -2.2%, while health, education and public services output grew by 0.8%, and output in all other services grew by 1.8%.
Overall output in production, construction and agriculture grew by 4.2% compared to the previous month.
In the three months to January, GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.1% compared to the previous three month period. This is the same as the rate in 2022 Quarter 4 (October to December). Further information on quarterly GDP can be found in the Quarterly First Estimate for 2022 Quarter 4.