"Figure 1: The South West had the highest employment rate in the UK; the highest rate for any region since records began","" "Employment rates by UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, July to September 2018 and July to September 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Jul to Sep 2019","Jul to Sep 2018" "North East","71.236","71.092" "North West","75.266","74.954" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.719","73.858" "East Midlands","76.712","74.920" "West Midlands","75.125","74.261" "East ","78.343","78.409" "London","74.635","75.211" "South East","79.309","77.827" "South West","80.972","78.914" "Wales","73.883","74.980" "Scotland","74.437","74.957" "Northern Ireland","72.253","69.441" "UK","76.046","75.552"