Key data points
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Observation period
Aug 2024
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Forecast
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Highest
11.90 % on Jun 30, 1984
Lowest
3.40 % on Jan 31, 1974
About UK unemployment rate
In the United Kingdom, the headline unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people (aged 16+) divided by the economically active population (aged 16+).
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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%.