There has been a dramatic increase in the number of workless homes in Dundee.
However, in Fife and Perth there has been a fall in the number of workless homes.
More than 21% of homes in Dundee and Angus are now workless, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), while the figure is 18.2% in Fife, down from 17.1% in 2012, and 13.2% in Perth and Kinross, down from 17.1% in 2012.
Dundee and Angus experienced a rise in the number of workless homes, with the number being at its highest in Dundee since 2004.
Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser has welcomed the drop in his area.
He has also called for more to be done to help those currently looking for work.
He said: “The number of workless households in Perth and Kinross, Fife, Stirling and Clackmannanshire has been dropping significantly over the past year, but more can always be done to help those not in employment.
“The UK Government has made real progress in getting the long-term unemployed back to work, and now the Scottish Government needs to step up and help those struggling on the margins.
“In Mid-Scotland and Fife there is still a real divide between local authorities performing well and others that are not, which must change if we are to successfully tackle poverty.”
Glasgow City had the highest percentage of workless households in Britain when students are excluded, with 28.6% of households without work, followed by East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland with 28.5% of households out of work.
More than one-third (33.7%) of people living in workless households were not working because of disability or sickness, the study found.
The areas with the fewest workless households were Hertfordshire, Outer London South, Surrey, Berkshire and West Sussex.
Along with Glasgow and Ayrshire, Nottingham and Wolverhampton and Liverpool completed the five areas with most workless households.