Labour Market Statistics for Scotland by Disability: January to December 2022

Information about disability in the labour market from the Annual Population Survey January to December 2022.


Highest Qualification

In January to December 2022, people with a degree had a higher employment rate than people without. This was the same for non-disabled people (88.8 and 77.6 per cent respectively) and disabled people (75.6 and 43.0 per cent respectively).

However, the difference between disabled people with a degree and disabled people without a degree was nearly three times the size of the difference amongst non-disabled people. The employment rate for non-disabled people without a degree was also higher than the employment rate for disabled people with a degree (77.6 per cent and 75.6 per cent respectively).

For disabled people, the unemployment rate for people without a degree was more than twice the unemployment rate for disabled people with a degree (7.9 and 3.8 per cent respectively). The unemployment rate for non-disabled people without a degree was also more than twice the unemployment rate for non-disabled people with a degree (3.8 and 1.6 per cent respectively) but the difference wasn’t as large.

Similarly, the inactivity rate of disabled people without a degree was more than twice the inactivity rate of disabled people with a degree (53.3 and 21.4 per cent respectively). Amongst non-disabled people, there was less than 10.0 percentage points between people without a degree and people with a degree (19.4 and 9.8 per cent respectively).

Chart 9: Economic status for 16 to 64 year olds by disability and highest qualification attained, Scotland, 2022

A bar chart showing the employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates in 2022 for people with degrees and people without degrees grouped by disability. The top four bars show the employment rates. The middle four bars show the unemployment rates. The bottom four bars show the inactivity rates. For each of the three groupings the bars show non-disabled people with a degree, non-disabled people without a degree, disabled people with a degree, disabled people without a degree. The estimated unemployment rate for disabled people with a degree has a grey background to indicate the estimate is from a small sample size and should be used with caution.

Source: Annual Population Survey, January to December 2022, ONS
Note: Estimates with a grey background are based on a small sample size. This may result in less precise estimates, which should be used with caution.

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