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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.9 %
2023 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
Labour market overview, UK: May 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.9% in January to March 2023, 0.2 percentage points higher than October to December 2022. The increase in employment over the latest three-month period was driven by part-time employees and self-employed workers.
- The more timely estimate of payrolled employees for April 2023 shows a monthly decrease, down 136,000 on the revised March 2023 figures, to 29.8 million. This is the first fall in total payrolled employees since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, though this should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
- The unemployment rate for January to March 2023 increased by 0.1 percentage points on the quarter to 3.9%. The increase in unemployment was driven by people unemployed for over 12 months.
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Time series related to Unemployment
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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.9 % 2023 JAN-MAR- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
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1,329 000's 2023 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
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Female unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.6 % 2023 JAN-MAR- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
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Male unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
4.1 % 2023 JAN-MAR- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
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4 % 2023 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 16 May 2023
- Next release:
- 13 June 2023
Datasets related to Unemployment
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data table, including earnings, employment, unemployment, redundancies and vacancies, Great Britain and UK, published monthly.
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted.
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A03 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (not seasonally adjusted). The employment and inactivity rates shown in this table were the headline employment and inactivity rates until August 2010, when ONS replaced these headline rates with rates for those aged from 16 to 64 for both men and women. These new headline rates for those aged from 16 to 64 are shown in Table A02 NSA. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A03 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (seasonally adjusted). The employment and inactivity rates shown in this table were the headline employment and inactivity rates until August 2010, when ONS replaced these headline rates with rates for those aged from 16 to 64 for both men and women. These new headline rates for those aged from 16 to 64 are shown in Table A02 SA. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A04: Summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below state pension age
Labour market indicators including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below State Pension age, by sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.
Publications related to Unemployment
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: May 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: May 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK: May 2023
Estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex.
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Working and workless households in the UK: October to December 2022
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Workless households for regions across the UK: 2021
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.
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