Census 2022: Black/minority ethnic representation in the public sector

A colourful bar chart presenting the proportion of Scotland's working-age population coming from a Black/minority ethnic background, compared to their representation within selected public sector workforces. 7.7% of Scotland's working-age population (displayed in blue) come from a BME background. 3.0% of Scottish Government's workforce (displayed in dark green) comes from a BME background. 1.8% of Scotland's teaching workforce (displayed in red) come from a BME background. 1.6% of Police Scotland's workforce (displayed in yellow) come from a BME background.

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BME (Black/minority ethnic) includes mixed ethnicity groups, Asian groups, African, Caribbean and Black groups, Arab groups and those of another non-white ethnicity

Chart: Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)Source: Public Sector Equalities Duties: official workforce statisticsGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper