What the unemployment rates have been in the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) East Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 19…

The official source for unemployment is the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Table 1 shows the unemployment rates for West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire for people aged 16 and over where available.
The following table gives the unemployment rates for West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire for people aged 16 and over.

| East Dunbartonshire
| West Dunbartonshire

1996
| 4.5%*
| 14.9%

1997
| 4.4%*
| 12.5%

1998
| 3.1%*
| 6.8%*

1999
| 4.0%*
| 10.7%*

2000
| 6.8%*
| 7.4%*

2001
| 5.4%*
| 8.9%*

2002
| 3.7%*
| 6.0%*

2003
| 3.3%
| 8.1%

2004
| 3.1%
| 6.8%

Source: 1996-2002 data – Labour Force Survey annual average, 2003-04 – Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey.
Notes:
1. Rates are calculated as the total number of people who are unemployed divided by the total number economically active people
2. *Data is above disclosure threshold but is considered statistically unreliable.