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LFS: Economically Inactive: UK: All: Aged 16-64: Thousands: SA
9,229
2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
Employment in the UK: May 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Estimates from January to March 2025 include the full effect of recent improvements in Labour Force Survey (LFS) data collection and sampling methods introduced from January 2024 and are therefore more likely to be representative of labour market conditions.
- An increased amount of volatility will remain in the estimates from mid-2023 and throughout 2024, so we would advise caution when interpreting change involving those periods.
- We recommend using the LFS estimates as part of our suite of labour market indicators, alongside workforce jobs, Claimant Count and Pay As You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) estimates.
Time series related to Economic inactivity
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9,229 2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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21.4 % 2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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26.5 % 2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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0.3 % 2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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1,102 000's 2025 JAN-MAR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
Datasets related to Economic inactivity
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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A05 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
Publications related to Economic inactivity
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: May 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: May 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Labour market in the regions of the UK: May 2025
Regional, local authority, and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity, and other related statistics. These are official statistics in development.
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Working and workless households in the UK: October to December 2024
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Workless households for regions across the UK: 2023
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.
Articles
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Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK
Experimental statistics estimating the different health conditions of the working-age population and those economically inactive because of long-term sickness.