United Kingdom Unemployment Rate

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
5.0%
Forecast
4.9%
Previous
4.9%
Next release
Actual
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Forecast
5.0%
Previous
5.0%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Mar 2026
5.0%
4.9%
Feb 2026
4.9%
Jan 2026
5.2%
Dec 2025
5.2%
Nov 2025
5.1%
Oct 2025
5.1%
Sep 2025
5.0%
Aug 2025
4.8%
4.3%
Jul 2025
4.7%
Jun 2025
4.7%
May 2025
4.7%
4.3%
Apr 2025
4.6%
4.2%
Mar 2025
4.5%
Feb 2025
4.4%
Jan 2025
4.4%
4.2%
Dec 2024
4.4%
4.2%
Nov 2024
4.4%
Oct 2024
4.3%
4.2%
Sep 2024
4.3%
3.7%
Aug 2024
4.0%

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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