United Kingdom Unemployment Rate

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
14 Oct 2025 06:00 GMT
Actual
4.8%
Forecast
4.3%
Previous
4.7%
Next release
19 May 2026 06:00 GMT
Actual
Coming in 21 days
Forecast
4.9%
Previous
4.8%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
12 May 2010
Mar 2010
8.0%
21 Apr 2010
Feb 2010
8.0%
17 Mar 2010
Jan 2010
7.8%
17 Feb 2010
Dec 2009
7.8%
20 Jan 2010
Nov 2009
7.8%
16 Dec 2009
Oct 2009
7.9%
11 Nov 2009
Sep 2009
7.8%
14 Oct 2009
Aug 2009
7.9%
16 Sept 2009
Jul 2009
7.9%
12 Aug 2009
Jun 2009
7.8%
15 Jul 2009
May 2009
7.6%
17 Jun 2009
Apr 2009
7.2%
12 May 2009
Mar 2009
7.1%
22 Apr 2009
Feb 2009
6.7%
18 Mar 2009
Jan 2009
6.5%
11 Feb 2009
Dec 2008
6.3%
21 Jan 2009
Nov 2008
6.1%
17 Dec 2008
Oct 2008
6.0%
12 Nov 2008
Sep 2008
5.8%
15 Oct 2008
Aug 2008
5.7%

Unemployment Rate reflects the share of currently unemployed residents among the total civilian labor force. Unemployed people are those at the age of 16 and older, without a job who have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks or are waiting to start work.

The indicator growth can have affect GBP quotes negatively.

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