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UK unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Aug 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
11.90% on Jun 30, 1984
Lowest
3.40% on Jan 31, 1974

About UK unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In the United Kingdom, the headline unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people (aged 16+) divided by the economically active population (aged 16+).

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate UK unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever UK unemployment rate is 3.40%.
The highest figure UK unemployment rate has ever reached is 11.90%.
Last month UK unemployment rate was 4.00%, and the month before that it amounted to 4.10%.