Figure 8: Economic inactivity rates (aged 16 to 64 years) for UK born and non-UK born people, not seasonally adjusted
July to September 1997 to July to September 2017
Source: Labour Force Survey: Office for National Statistics
Notes:
The EU series are based on the current membership of the EU; for example, Poland is included in the EU series throughout the entire time series back to 1997, although Poland did not join the EU until 2004.
Since 1997, an additional 13 countries have joined the EU; see Section 2 of this article for details.