Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2010-2018
Equality and rights
Estimates of the proportion of people living in persistent poverty in Scotland between 2010 and 2018.
This document is part of a collection
Poverty and income inequality statistics
Annex 1: Tables
Chapter 1: Persistent poverty in Scotland
Chapter 2: Scotland and other UK countries
Annex 2: Methodology
Annex 3: Definitions
Annex 4: Where to find more information
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
Table 1: Proportion of people in persistent poverty in Scotland by age group
% of people (BHC = before housing costs, AHC = after housing costs)
Working-age adults
8 11 11 15 6 9 10 9
8 11 10 14 7 9 10 11
9 12 10 15 7 10 11 11
Source: Understanding Society, 2010-2011 to 2017-2018
Table 2: Proportion of people in persistent poverty by country
8 9 9 10 9 11 14 11 13 13
9 9 10 10 9 13 13 11 13 13
Table 3: Proportion of children in persistent poverty by country
Table 4: Proportion of working-age adults in persistent poverty by country
7 7 7 8 7 9 12 9 12 12
Table 5: Proportion of pensioners in persistent poverty by country
10 12 13 10 12 9 11 9 8 10
10 11 10 11 11 11 10 8 9 10
11 12 9 12 11 11 11 6 10 11
Email: social-justice-analysis@gov.scot