Quarterly GDP remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to figures released by the Scottish Government.
Statistics released on Wednesday show the economy grew by 0.2% in the final quarter of last year, but remains 0.4% below the same period in 2019, just before the impacts of Covid-19 began to take hold.
The publication said: “In quarterly terms, the level of GDP is 0.4% below the level in 2019 quarter four, prior to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, after an initial fall of 24.5% between 2019 quarter four and 2020 quarter two.”