"Figure 6: Northern Ireland had the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK","" "Economic inactivity rate estimates by UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, between May to July 2019 and May to July 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","May-Jul 2020","May-Jul 2019" "North East","21.410","25.040" "North West","21.006","21.809" "Yorkshire and The Humber","22.021","22.624" "East Midlands","19.410","19.230" "West Midlands","21.259","22.066" "East ","18.620","18.168" "London","18.947","22.064" "South East","17.429","17.786" "South West","18.972","17.226" "Wales","22.855","22.247" "Scotland","21.983","21.891" "Northern Ireland","26.257","25.826" "UK","20.159","20.776"