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
11 Sept 2013
Jul 2013
7.7%
14 Aug 2013
Jun 2013
7.8%
17 Jul 2013
May 2013
7.8%
12 Jun 2013
Apr 2013
7.8%
15 May 2013
Mar 2013
7.8%
17 Apr 2013
Feb 2013
7.9%
20 Mar 2013
Jan 2013
7.8%
20 Feb 2013
Dec 2012
7.8%
23 Jan 2013
Nov 2012
7.7%
12 Dec 2012
Oct 2012
7.8%
14 Nov 2012
Sep 2012
7.8%
17 Oct 2012
Aug 2012
7.9%
12 Sept 2012
Jul 2012
8.1%
15 Aug 2012
Jun 2012
8.0%
18 Jul 2012
May 2012
8.1%
20 Jun 2012
Apr 2012
8.2%
16 May 2012
Mar 2012
8.2%
18 Apr 2012
Feb 2012
8.3%
14 Mar 2012
Jan 2012
8.4%
15 Feb 2012
Dec 2011
8.4%

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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