"Figure 3: Headline unemployment rate, and unemployment by age group","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, January 2002 to March 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Gaps in the 50 and over series reflect missing observations." "Unit","%" "","" "","16 and over","18 to 24","25 to 49","50 and over" "Nov-Jan 2002","5.2","10.8","4.2","3.1" "Dec-Feb 2002","5.1","10.6","4.2","" "Jan-Mar 2002","5.2","10.8","4.1","3.1" "Feb-Apr 2002","5.2","10.5","4.2","3.2" "Mar-May 2002","5.2","10.4","4.2","3.4" "Apr-Jun 2002","5.2","10.2","4.1","3.4" "May-Jul 2002","5.2","10.5","4.1","3.5" "Jun-Aug 2002","5.2","10.7","4.1","3.4" "Jul-Sep 2002","5.3","10.5","4.3","3.5" "Aug-Oct 2002","5.2","10.2","4.2","3.4" "Sep-Nov 2002","5.2","10.5","4.1","" "Oct-Dec 2002","5.1","10.3","4.0","" "Nov-Jan 2003","5.0","10.1","3.8","" "Dec-Feb 2003","5.1","10.6","3.9","3.3" "Jan-Mar 2003","5.2","11.1","3.9","3.3" "Feb-Apr 2003","5.1","10.9","3.9","3.2" "Mar-May 2003","5.0","10.6","3.8","3.1" "Apr-Jun 2003","4.9","10.5","3.7","3.1" "May-Jul 2003","5.1","10.9","3.9","3.1" "Jun-Aug 2003","5.1","10.9","3.9","3.0" "Jul-Sep 2003","5.0","10.7","4.0","3.0" "Aug-Oct 2003","5.0","10.2","3.9","3.0" "Sep-Nov 2003","4.9","9.9","3.9","3.1" "Oct-Dec 2003","4.9","9.9","3.9","3.0" "Nov-Jan 2004","4.8","10.0","3.8","2.9" "Dec-Feb 2004","4.8","10.1","3.7","2.9" "Jan-Mar 2004","4.8","10.2","3.7","2.9" "Feb-Apr 2004","4.8","10.2","3.6","2.9" "Mar-May 2004","4.8","9.9","3.7","2.9" "Apr-Jun 2004","4.8","10.2","3.7","2.8" "May-Jul 2004","4.8","10.2","3.6","" "Jun-Aug 2004","4.7","10.3","3.5","2.7" "Jul-Sep 2004","4.7","10.4","3.5","" "Aug-Oct 2004","4.7","10.3","3.5","2.7" "Sep-Nov 2004","4.7","10.5","3.5","2.7" "Oct-Dec 2004","4.7","10.8","3.5","2.8" "Nov-Jan 2005","4.7","10.7","3.5","2.8" "Dec-Feb 2005","4.8","10.9","3.5","2.8" "Jan-Mar 2005","4.7","10.3","3.5","2.8" "Feb-Apr 2005","4.7","10.5","3.5","2.7" "Mar-May 2005","4.8","10.8","3.5","2.6" "Apr-Jun 2005","4.8","10.9","3.5","2.7" "May-Jul 2005","4.7","10.7","3.5","2.8" "Jun-Aug 2005","4.7","10.7","3.4","2.8" "Jul-Sep 2005","4.7","10.9","3.4","2.8" "Aug-Oct 2005","4.9","11.7","3.5","2.9" "Sep-Nov 2005","5.1","11.7","3.7","3.0" "Oct-Dec 2005","5.1","11.9","3.8","2.9" "Nov-Jan 2006","5.1","11.5","3.8","2.9" "Dec-Feb 2006","5.2","11.5","4.0","2.8" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.2","11.7","4.0","2.9" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.3","11.9","4.1","3.0" "Mar-May 2006","5.4","12.3","4.1","3.0" "Apr-Jun 2006","5.5","12.5","4.2","3.0" "May-Jul 2006","5.5","12.8","4.2","3.0" "Jun-Aug 2006","5.5","12.5","4.2","3.1" "Jul-Sep 2006","5.5","12.4","4.1","3.2" "Aug-Oct 2006","5.5","12.2","4.2","3.1" "Sep-Nov 2006","5.4","11.8","4.3","3.0" "Oct-Dec 2006","5.5","12.2","4.3","3.0" "Nov-Jan 2007","5.5","12.3","4.3","3.0" "Dec-Feb 2007","5.5","12.5","4.2","3.1" "Jan-Mar 2007","5.5","12.5","4.2","3.1" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.5","12.6","4.0","3.2" "Mar-May 2007","5.4","12.7","3.9","3.1" "Apr-Jun 2007","5.4","12.5","3.8","3.1" "May-Jul 2007","5.3","12.1","3.8","3.1" "Jun-Aug 2007","5.3","12.2","3.8","3.0" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.3","11.9","3.9","3.1" "Aug-Oct 2007","5.2","11.8","3.9","3.0" "Sep-Nov 2007","5.2","11.9","3.9","3.0" "Oct-Dec 2007","5.2","11.9","3.8","" "Nov-Jan 2008","5.2","12.0","3.9","2.8" "Dec-Feb 2008","5.2","12.0","3.9","2.9" "Jan-Mar 2008","5.2","12.2","3.9","2.8" "Feb-Apr 2008","5.3","12.4","4.0","2.9" "Mar-May 2008","5.2","12.0","3.9","2.8" "Apr-Jun 2008","5.4","12.6","4.0","2.9" "May-Jul 2008","5.5","12.8","4.1","3.0" "Jun-Aug 2008","5.7","13.3","4.3","3.2" "Jul-Sep 2008","5.9","13.7","4.4","3.3" "Aug-Oct 2008","6.0","14.0","4.5","3.4" "Sep-Nov 2008","6.2","14.4","4.7","3.6" "Oct-Dec 2008","6.4","14.6","4.9","3.8" "Nov-Jan 2009","6.5","14.8","5.0","3.8" "Dec-Feb 2009","6.7","15.2","5.3","4.0" "Jan-Mar 2009","7.1","16.3","5.5","4.2" "Feb-Apr 2009","7.3","16.9","5.7","4.3" "Mar-May 2009","7.6","17.6","6.0","4.3" "Apr-Jun 2009","7.8","17.4","6.3","4.5" "May-Jul 2009","7.9","17.5","6.3","4.5" "Jun-Aug 2009","7.9","17.6","6.4","4.5" "Jul-Sep 2009","7.8","18.0","6.3","4.5" "Aug-Oct 2009","7.9","18.3","6.3","4.6" "Sep-Nov 2009","7.8","17.6","6.3","4.7" "Oct-Dec 2009","7.8","17.5","6.2","4.7" "Nov-Jan 2010","7.7","17.5","6.2","4.7" "Dec-Feb 2010","7.9","17.8","6.5","4.6" "Jan-Mar 2010","8.0","18.1","6.5","4.6" "Feb-Apr 2010","8.0","17.8","6.5","4.4" "Mar-May 2010","7.9","17.7","6.4","4.6" "Apr-Jun 2010","7.9","17.9","6.3","4.6" "May-Jul 2010","7.8","17.7","6.3","4.6" "Jun-Aug 2010","7.8","18.0","6.2","4.6" "Jul-Sep 2010","7.8","17.3","6.3","4.6" "Aug-Oct 2010","7.9","17.9","6.3","4.6" "Sep-Nov 2010","7.9","18.2","6.3","4.5" "Oct-Dec 2010","7.9","18.2","6.2","4.5" "Nov-Jan 2011","7.9","18.3","6.3","4.5" "Dec-Feb 2011","7.8","18.0","6.2","4.5" "Jan-Mar 2011","7.8","17.9","6.2","4.6" "Feb-Apr 2011","7.7","17.3","6.2","4.6" "Mar-May 2011","7.8","17.8","6.3","4.5" "Apr-Jun 2011","7.9","18.4","6.4","4.5" "May-Jul 2011","8.0","19.0","6.3","4.5" "Jun-Aug 2011","8.2","19.5","6.5","4.5" "Jul-Sep 2011","8.3","19.8","6.5","4.8" "Aug-Oct 2011","8.4","20.2","6.5","4.8" "Sep-Nov 2011","8.5","20.3","6.6","5.0" "Oct-Dec 2011","8.4","20.1","6.5","5.0" "Nov-Jan 2012","8.3","20.0","6.5","4.9" "Dec-Feb 2012","8.3","19.8","6.4","4.9" "Jan-Mar 2012","8.2","19.9","6.4","4.8" "Feb-Apr 2012","8.2","19.9","6.3","4.8" "Mar-May 2012","8.1","20.0","6.2","4.6" "Apr-Jun 2012","8.0","19.6","6.2","4.5" "May-Jul 2012","8.0","19.6","6.2","4.6" "Jun-Aug 2012","7.9","18.8","6.2","4.6" "Jul-Sep 2012","7.9","19.0","6.2","4.5" "Aug-Oct 2012","7.9","18.3","6.3","4.5" "Sep-Nov 2012","7.8","18.6","6.1","4.5" "Oct-Dec 2012","7.8","18.8","6.1","4.5" "Nov-Jan 2013","7.8","19.4","6.1","4.4" "Dec-Feb 2013","8.0","19.1","6.4","4.5" "Jan-Mar 2013","7.8","18.7","6.2","4.5" "Feb-Apr 2013","7.8","18.6","6.2","4.7" "Mar-May 2013","7.8","18.8","6.0","4.6" "Apr-Jun 2013","7.7","19.3","5.9","4.6" "May-Jul 2013","7.7","19.1","5.9","4.5" "Jun-Aug 2013","7.7","19.3","5.9","4.5" "Jul-Sep 2013","7.6","19.2","5.8","4.4" "Aug-Oct 2013","7.4","18.6","5.6","4.4" "Sep-Nov 2013","7.2","18.0","5.4","4.2" "Oct-Dec 2013","7.2","18.0","5.5","4.3" "Nov-Jan 2014","7.2","17.7","5.5","4.3" "Dec-Feb 2014","6.9","17.1","5.2","4.2" "Jan-Mar 2014","6.8","16.8","5.1","4.1" "Feb-Apr 2014","6.6","16.3","5.0","4.0" "Mar-May 2014","6.4","15.7","4.9","4.0" "Apr-Jun 2014","6.3","14.7","4.9","3.9" "May-Jul 2014","6.1","14.5","4.8","3.8" "Jun-Aug 2014","6.0","14.0","4.8","3.6" "Jul-Sep 2014","6.0","14.4","4.7","3.6" "Aug-Oct 2014","6.0","14.7","4.6","3.5" "Sep-Nov 2014","5.9","15.2","4.4","3.4" "Oct-Dec 2014","5.7","14.5","4.3","3.3" "Nov-Jan 2015","5.7","14.4","4.3","3.2" "Dec-Feb 2015","5.6","14.3","4.3","3.2" "Jan-Mar 2015","5.5","14.2","4.2","3.2" "Feb-Apr 2015","5.5","14.2","4.2","3.1" "Mar-May 2015","5.6","14.1","4.3","3.3" "Apr-Jun 2015","5.6","14.2","4.3","3.3" "May-Jul 2015","5.5","13.9","4.2","3.4" "Jun-Aug 2015","5.4","13.1","4.1","3.4" "Jul-Sep 2015","5.3","12.5","4.1","3.4" "Aug-Oct 2015","5.2","12.2","4.1","3.4" "Sep-Nov 2015","5.1","12.3","3.9","3.3" "Oct-Dec 2015","5.1","12.0","4.0","3.2" "Nov-Jan 2016","5.1","12.1","3.9","3.2" "Dec-Feb 2016","5.1","12.2","4.0","3.4" "Jan-Mar 2016","5.1","12.2","3.8","3.5" "Feb-Apr 2016","5.0","11.9","3.8","3.4" "Mar-May 2016","4.9","11.7","3.8","3.2" "Apr-Jun 2016","4.9","11.8","3.8","3.1" "May-Jul 2016","4.9","11.8","3.7","3.2" "Jun-Aug 2016","5.0","12.0","3.8","3.2" "Jul-Sep 2016","4.8","11.6","3.8","3.1" "Aug-Oct 2016","4.8","11.4","3.8","3.1" "Sep-Nov 2016","4.8","11.1","3.8","3.0" "Oct-Dec 2016","4.8","11.1","3.8","3.1" "Nov-Jan 2017","4.7","10.9","3.8","3.0" "Dec-Feb 2017","4.7","10.8","3.7","3.0" "Jan-Mar 2017","4.6","10.6","3.7","2.8"