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
18 Jan 2012
Nov 2011
8.4%
14 Dec 2011
Oct 2011
8.3%
16 Nov 2011
Sep 2011
8.3%
12 Oct 2011
Aug 2011
8.1%
14 Sept 2011
Jul 2011
7.9%
17 Aug 2011
Jun 2011
7.9%
13 Jul 2011
May 2011
7.7%
15 Jun 2011
Apr 2011
7.7%
18 May 2011
Mar 2011
7.7%
13 Apr 2011
Feb 2011
7.8%
16 Mar 2011
Jan 2011
8.0%
16 Feb 2011
Dec 2010
7.9%
19 Jan 2011
Nov 2010
7.9%
15 Dec 2010
Oct 2010
7.9%
17 Nov 2010
Sep 2010
7.8%
13 Oct 2010
Aug 2010
7.7%
15 Sept 2010
Jul 2010
7.8%
11 Aug 2010
Jun 2010
7.8%
14 Jul 2010
May 2010
7.8%
16 Jun 2010
Apr 2010
8.0%

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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