# Deprivation rank (Scotland)

The overall rank of each neighbourhood in Scotland (a 2011 data zone), from 1 (most deprived) to 6,976 (least deprived), from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2.

## Facts

- Published by: Scottish Government
- Level of detail: Neighbourhood
- Updates: Every few years
- History: Since 2020
- Licence: Open Government Licence 3.0
- Levels: Neighbourhood

## Periods

| Level | First | Latest | Periods |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neighbourhood | 2020 | 2020 | 1 |

## Coverage

| Nation | Areas | With a figure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scotland | 6976 | 6976 |

England measures deprivation its own way. See the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Wales measures deprivation its own way. See the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025.

Northern Ireland measures deprivation its own way. See the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017.

## Caveats

- Rank 1 is the most deprived neighbourhood in Scotland and rank 6,976 the least. The rank says where a neighbourhood sits among the others, not how deprived it is. Rank 100 is more deprived than rank 200, but not twice as deprived.
- The map colours each neighbourhood by the Scottish Government's deciles of the rank, from the darkest tenth (most deprived) to the lightest.
- The indices describe areas, not people. Many people who are not deprived live in deprived neighbourhoods, and many deprived people live in neighbourhoods that are not.
- The next edition, SIMD 2026, is due in the latter part of 2026. It will use the 2022 data zones, and Open Index will show it as a separate layer.
- Neighbourhoods on this layer are the 2011 data zones, which differ from the 2022 data zones used for other Scottish figures, so the outlines will not line up exactly.
- England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks or compares them together.

## Sources

### Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2

- Publisher: Scottish Government
- Licence: [Open Government Licence 3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Edition: SIMD 2020v2 ranks + SIMD rank to decile table
- Published: 27 April 2020
- Fetched: 15 October 2026
- Updates: irregular
- Credit: Source: Scottish Government, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2. Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Publisher's page: https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-index-of-multiple-deprivation-2020/

## Use it

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-rank-scotland)
- Download (Neighbourhood): https://data.openindex.co.uk/s/2026.10.9/downloads/layers/simd-2020-rank/neighbourhood.csv
- API: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/layers/simd-2020-rank

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-rank-scotland.

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- Source: Scottish Government, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2. Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-rank-scotland