25th February 2026
Scotland's onshore GDP grew by 0.1% in the three months to December (2025 Quarter 4) compared with growth of 0.4% in the three months to November and growth of 0.3% in October according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician. This follows growth of 0.3% in 2025 Quarter 3 (July to September).
Annual GDP is estimated to have grown by 1.4% in 2025 following growth of 1.1% in 2024.
In the month to December 2025 Scotland’s GDP grew by 0.1%. This follows a contraction of 0.2% in November 2025 (revised up from -0.4%) and contraction of 0.2% in October 2025.
In December the two sectors with the largest contribution to three month GDP were Manufacturing and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services which contributed around 0.1 percentage points of growth respectively towards the overall three month growth of 0.1%.