Glasgow City Region

Trends in economic inactivity rates across the Glasgow City Region
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The economic inactivity rate in Glasgow has been consistently higher than in other parts of the Glasgow City Region over the last two decades. Nevertheless, after a peak of 33.2% in 2012, the economic inactivity rate in Glasgow has reduced and was 25.4% in 2022, 2.5 percentage points above the Scottish rate.

Note

Being economically inactive is an economical concept used by governments to describe those neither in employment nor unemployed.  The official definition (from ONS) of being economically inactive is given below:

Economically inactive people are not in employment, but do not satisfy all the criteria for unemployment. This group is comprised of those who want a job but who have not been seeking work in the last 4 weeks, those who want a job and are seeking work but not available to start and those who do not want a job. For example, students not working or seeking work and those in retirement are classed as economically inactive.

This page was updated in July 2023

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