The country's official jobless rate is just 3.6 per cent - but does not include the more than 350,000 Scots who are neither in work nor looking for a job
Unemployment in Scotland is four times higher than official figures suggest, a new report has warned.
The report found Dundee has Scotland’s highest hidden unemployment rate at 16.3 per cent, followed by Glasgow at 16.1 per cent and Aberdeen at 15.6 per cent. Chief Executive Andrew Carter said: "Since the pandemic we have seen lots of headlines alluding to record-low numbers of job seekers but Cities Outlook shows there is actually a jobs shortage, with a significant regional divide in involuntary inactivity rates.
Daniel Johnson, Scottish Labour finance spokesman, said: "Hidden unemployment is detrimental to the people affected and Scotland’s wider economy.
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