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
17 Sept 2008
Jul 2008
5.5%
13 Aug 2008
Jun 2008
5.4%
16 Jul 2008
May 2008
5.2%
11 Jun 2008
Apr 2008
5.3%
14 May 2008
Mar 2008
5.2%
16 Apr 2008
Feb 2008
5.2%
19 Mar 2008
Jan 2008
5.3%
13 Feb 2008
Dec 2007
5.2%
16 Jan 2008
Nov 2007
5.4%
12 Dec 2007
Oct 2007
5.3%
14 Nov 2007
Sep 2007
5.4%
15 Oct 2007
Aug 2007
5.4%
14 Feb 2007
Dec 2006
5.5%

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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