Monthly GDP Estimates For April

29th June 2023

Scotland's onshore GDP contracted by 0.5% in April, according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician. This follows a 0.1% contraction in March 2023 (revised down from a 0.0% change). Output is above the pre-pandemic level of February 2020, by 0.7%.

In the three months to April, GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.2% compared to the previous three month period.

Output in the services sector, which accounts for around three quarters of the economy, contracted by 0.6% in April. At the broad level, output in consumer facing services grew by 0.2%, while health, education and public services output contracted by 0.3%, and output in all other services contracted by 1.0%.