Monthly GDP Estimates for October

Scotland’s onshore GDP is estimated to have contracted by 0.2% in October. This follows unrevised 0.3% growth in September.

In the three months to October GDP is estimated to have remained flat with 0% change. This is a decrease compared to the Quarter 3 - July to September - growth rate of 0.3%. 

In October, the industry which made the biggest contribution to overall GDP was Information and Communications Services, which contributed 0.2 percentage points of contraction to headline GDP.

You can read the full publication from the Scottish Government here.