"Figure 5: The North East had the highest unemployment rate in the UK","" "Unemployment rates by UK region, seasonally adjusted, February to April 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Change on quarter","Rate" "North East","-0.979","5.202" "North West","-0.319","4.090" "Yorkshire and The Humber","-0.670","3.913" "East Midlands","-0.262","3.672" "West Midlands","0.301","4.803" "East ","0.238","3.642" "London","0.170","4.631" "South East","-0.209","3.020" "South West","0.029","3.012" "Wales","-0.302","3.035" "Scotland","1.091","4.567" "Northern Ireland","-0.123","2.275" "UK","-0.022","3.891"