Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - October 2023 to September 2024
Statistics from the Annual Population Survey covering the period from October 2023 to September 2024.
Employment
In October 2023 to September 2024, an estimated 310,100 people aged 16 to 24 were in employment in Scotland. This is 4,500 less than the number of 16 to 24 year olds employed in October 2022 to September 2023.
The estimated employment rate for 16 to 24 year olds was 55.9 per cent in October 2023 to September 2024. This was 1.0 percentage point (pp) lower than the year before (56.9 per cent) and 3.1 pp lower than in October 2018 to September 2019 (59.0 per cent). October 2018 to September 2019 is the last data point in the October to September series before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the United Kingdom, the estimated employment rate for 16 to 24 year olds was 52.0 per cent. This was 1.9 pp lower than a year ago (53.8 per cent) and 2.2 pp lower than in October 2018 to September 2019 (54.2 per cent).
The change over the year and since October 2018 to September 2019 for 16 to 24 year olds in the United Kingdom represent statistically significant changes.
Chart 1: The employment rate for people aged 16 to 24 in Scotland has exceeded the United Kingdom rate in all years with the exception of October 2019 to September 2020
Employment rate estimates for people aged 16 to 24, Scotland and the United Kingdom, October 2004 to September 2005 through to October 2023 to September 2024
Source: Annual Population Survey, October to September datasets, ONS
Shaded areas represent 95 percent confidence intervals.
Contact
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Labour Market Statistics,
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
Telephone: 0131 244 6773,
E-mail: LMStats@gov.scot
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Office of the Chief Statistician
E-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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