In an official document entitled ‘Scotland’s Performs’, released alongside the Budget, the Scottish Government was found to be either stagnating or actually getting worse in 46 out of 67 key indicators.
The indicators measure everything from obesity rates to the performance of the economy – and are used by the SNP Government to rate their own progress.
The Government's performance is particularly poor on the economy, with targets to “increase exports", “increase research and development spending”, “raise GDP growth rate to the UK level” and “reduce the proportion of individuals living in poverty" all falling.
It comes after the Scottish Conservatives revealed that, under the SNP, Scotland is below the rest of the UK in 25 out of 30 key economic indicators.
Scottish Conservative shadow finance secretary Murdo Fraser said:
"Even when the SNP are marking their own report card they can’t get seem to get a good grade. This is a poor record from a government which is drifting in many areas, and failing in others.
"It is particularly troubling that their performance is especially poor on the economy.
"This is yet another reminder of the need for the SNP to prioritise economic growth first, second and last.
“Instead, we have a Government which is doing the opposite, by telling hardworking Scots they must pay more in taxes.
"It is time to ditch the plan to tax Scots more, and focus on the best ways to grow the economy.
"If they won’t listen to us, they should at least pay heed to the damning evidence of their own assessment.”