Public sector employment as % of total employment; UK; HC; NSA; percentage

Name: Public sector employment as % of total employment; UK; HC; NSA; percentage
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2025-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Public sector employment time series (PSE)

Contact:
Labour Market team

Release date:
20 March 2025
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10 June 2025

Series ID: DB36 What's this?
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Period	Value
1992	23.1
1993	23.0
1994	22.2
1995	21.7
1996	21.2
1997	20.4
1998	20.2
1999	19.9
2000	19.9
2001	20.1
2002	20.4
2003	20.7
2004	21.1
2005	21.1
2006	20.8
2007	20.5
2008	20.2
2009	22.2
2010	21.9
2011	21.2
2012	20.4
2013	20.1
2014	18.7
2015	18.2
2016	17.8
2017	17.6
2018	17.0
2019	16.8
2020	17.5
2021	17.9
2022	17.9
2023	18.0
2024	18.1
1992 Q2	23.1
1992 Q3
1992 Q4
1993 Q1
1993 Q2	23.0
1993 Q3
1993 Q4
1994 Q1
1994 Q2	22.2
1994 Q3
1994 Q4
1995 Q1
1995 Q2	21.7
1995 Q3
1995 Q4
1996 Q1
1996 Q2	21.2
1996 Q3
1996 Q4
1997 Q1
1997 Q2	20.4
1997 Q3
1997 Q4
1998 Q1
1998 Q2	20.2
1998 Q3
1998 Q4
1999 Q1	20.1
1999 Q2	19.9
1999 Q3	19.8
1999 Q4	20.1
2000 Q1	20.1
2000 Q2	19.9
2000 Q3	19.9
2000 Q4	20.1
2001 Q1	20.2
2001 Q2	20.1
2001 Q3	20.1
2001 Q4	20.3
2002 Q1	20.4
2002 Q2	20.4
2002 Q3	20.3
2002 Q4	20.6
2003 Q1	20.8
2003 Q2	20.7
2003 Q3	20.7
2003 Q4	21.0
2004 Q1	21.1
2004 Q2	21.1
2004 Q3	21.0
2004 Q4	21.1
2005 Q1	21.2
2005 Q2	21.1
2005 Q3	20.9
2005 Q4	21.1
2006 Q1	21.0
2006 Q2	20.8
2006 Q3	20.6
2006 Q4	20.7
2007 Q1	20.7
2007 Q2	20.5
2007 Q3	20.3
2007 Q4	20.4
2008 Q1	20.3
2008 Q2	20.2
2008 Q3	20.8
2008 Q4	21.8
2009 Q1	22.1
2009 Q2	22.2
2009 Q3	22.1
2009 Q4	22.3
2010 Q1	22.3
2010 Q2	21.9
2010 Q3	21.6
2010 Q4	21.6
2011 Q1	21.6
2011 Q2	21.2
2011 Q3	21.0
2011 Q4	21.0
2012 Q1	20.9
2012 Q2	20.4
2012 Q3	20.2
2012 Q4	20.3
2013 Q1	20.2
2013 Q2	20.1
2013 Q3	19.8
2013 Q4	19.3
2014 Q1	18.8
2014 Q2	18.7
2014 Q3	18.4
2014 Q4	18.4
2015 Q1	18.4
2015 Q2	18.2
2015 Q3	17.9
2015 Q4	18.0
2016 Q1	18.0
2016 Q2	17.8
2016 Q3	17.7
2016 Q4	17.7
2017 Q1	17.7
2017 Q2	17.6
2017 Q3	17.5
2017 Q4	17.0
2018 Q1	17.0
2018 Q2	17.0
2018 Q3	16.8
2018 Q4	16.8
2019 Q1	16.8
2019 Q2	16.8
2019 Q3	16.9
2019 Q4	16.8
2020 Q1	17.1
2020 Q2	17.5
2020 Q3	17.6
2020 Q4	17.7
2021 Q1	18.0
2021 Q2	17.9
2021 Q3	17.8
2021 Q4	17.9
2022 Q1	17.9
2022 Q2	17.9
2022 Q3	17.8
2022 Q4	17.9
2023 Q1	17.9
2023 Q2	18.0
2023 Q3	18.1
2023 Q4	18.3
2024 Q1	18.4
2024 Q2	18.1
2024 Q3	18.1
2024 Q4	18.1

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