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ONS · 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · percent

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate: 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%198019902000201020201971 Q1: 3.8% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q2: 4.1% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q3: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q4: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q1: 4.5% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q2: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q3: 4.3% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q4: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q1: 3.9% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q2: 3.7% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q3: 3.6% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q4: 3.4% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q1: 3.6% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q2: 3.6% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q3: 3.7% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q4: 3.7% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q1: 4% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q2: 4.3% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q3: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q4: 5% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q1: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q2: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q3: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q4: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q1: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q2: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q3: 5.7% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q4: 5.7% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q1: 5.6% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q2: 5.6% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q3: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q4: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q1: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q2: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q3: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q4: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q1: 5.8% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q2: 6.3% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q3: 7.1% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q4: 8% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q1: 8.9% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q2: 9.6% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q3: 9.9% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q4: 10.2% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q1: 10.4% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q2: 10.6% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q3: 10.8% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q4: 11.1% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q1: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q2: 11.4% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q3: 11.5% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q4: 11.7% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q1: 11.8% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q2: 11.9% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q3: 11.7% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q4: 11.6% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q1: 11.5% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q2: 11.4% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q3: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q4: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q1: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q2: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q3: 11.4% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q4: 11.3% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q1: 11.1% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q2: 10.7% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q3: 10.2% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q4: 9.7% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q1: 9.2% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q2: 8.7% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q3: 8.4% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q4: 8% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q1: 7.6% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q2: 7.2% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q3: 7.1% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q4: 7% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q1: 6.9% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q2: 6.9% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q3: 7.1% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q4: 7.5% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q1: 8% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q2: 8.7% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q3: 9.2% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q4: 9.5% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q1: 9.7% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q2: 9.8% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q3: 9.9% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q4: 10.4% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q1: 10.6% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q2: 10.4% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q3: 10.2% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q4: 10.3% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q1: 9.9% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q2: 9.7% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q3: 9.4% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q4: 9% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q1: 8.9% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q2: 8.7% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q3: 8.6% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q4: 8.3% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q1: 8.2% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q2: 8.3% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q3: 8.1% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q4: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q1: 7.3% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q2: 7.2% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q3: 6.8% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q4: 6.5% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q1: 6.4% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q2: 6.3% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q3: 6.2% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q4: 6.1% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q1: 6.2% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q2: 6% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q3: 5.9% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q4: 5.8% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q1: 5.8% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q2: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q3: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q4: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q1: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q2: 5% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q3: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q4: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q1: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q2: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q3: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q4: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q1: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q2: 4.9% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q3: 5% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q4: 4.9% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q1: 4.8% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q2: 4.8% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q3: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q4: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q1: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q2: 4.8% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q3: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q4: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q1: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q2: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q3: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q4: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q1: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q2: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q3: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q4: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q1: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q2: 5.4% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q3: 5.9% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q4: 6.4% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q1: 7.1% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q2: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q3: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q4: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q1: 8% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q2: 7.9% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q3: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q4: 7.9% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q1: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q2: 7.9% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q3: 8.3% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q4: 8.4% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q1: 8.2% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q2: 8% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q3: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q4: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q1: 7.8% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q2: 7.7% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q3: 7.6% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q4: 7.2% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q1: 6.7% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q2: 6.3% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q3: 6% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q4: 5.7% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q1: 5.5% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q2: 5.6% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q3: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q4: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q1: 5.1% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q2: 4.9% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q3: 4.8% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q4: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q1: 4.6% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q2: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q3: 4.3% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q4: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q1: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q2: 4% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q3: 4.1% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q4: 4% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q1: 3.8% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q2: 3.9% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q3: 3.9% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q4: 3.7% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q1: 4.1% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q2: 4.1% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q3: 5% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q4: 5.3% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q1: 4.9% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q2: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q3: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q4: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q1: 3.8% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q2: 3.8% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q3: 3.7% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q4: 3.9% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q1: 4% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q2: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q3: 4.1% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q4: 3.9% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q1: 4.3% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q2: 4.2% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q3: 4.3% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q4: 4.4% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q1: 4.6% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q2: 4.7% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q3: 5% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q4: 5.2% percent · published 17 August 20262026 Q1: 5% percent · published 17 August 20262026 Q2: 4.9% percent · published 17 August 2026
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Source: ONS, Labour market overview, UK (LMS time series), Labour market overview, UK: August 2026 (published 17 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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