National Strategy for Economic Transformation: annual progress report June 2023

Wellbeing Economy Monitor

The Wellbeing Economy Monitor brings together a range of indicators to provide a baseline for assessing progress towards the development of a wellbeing economy in Scotland. For the 14 indicators included in the Wellbeing Economy Monitor, performance has been:

Improving for: greenhouse gas emissions; the percentage of employees earning below the real living wage; active travel (which includes walking and cycling); the percentage of adults with low or no qualifications; and community ownership of assets.

Maintaining for: the biodiversity index; young people’s participation in education, training, or employment; relative poverty; child poverty; the gender pay gap; income inequality; and investment as a share of GDP.

Worsening for: wealth inequality and preventable deaths.