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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.7 %
2022 NOV-JAN
- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
Labour market overview, UK: March 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.7% in November 2022 to January 2023, 0.1 percentage points higher than the previous three-month period. The increase in employment over the latest three-month period was driven by part-time employees and self-employed workers.
- The timeliest estimate of payrolled employees for February 2023 shows another monthly increase, up 98,000 on the revised January 2023 figures, to 30.0 million.
- The unemployment rate for November 2022 to January 2023 was largely unchanged on the quarter at 3.7%. The number of people unemployed for over 12 months increased slightly in the latest three-month period.
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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.7 % 2022 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
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1,253 000's 2022 NOV-JAN
- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
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Female unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.6 % 2022 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
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Male unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.8 % 2022 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
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3.8 % 2022 NOV-JAN
- Release date:
- 14 March 2023
- Next release:
- 18 April 2023
Datasets related to Unemployment
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data tables.
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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. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (not seasonally adjusted).
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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. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (seasonally adjusted).
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A03 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (not seasonally adjusted). The employment and inactivity rates shown in this table were the headline employment and inactivity rates until August 2010, when ONS replaced these headline rates with rates for those aged from 16 to 64 for both men and women. These new headline rates for those aged from 16 to 64 are shown in Table A02 NSA. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A03 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for men aged from 16 to 64 and women aged from 16 to 59 (seasonally adjusted). The employment and inactivity rates shown in this table were the headline employment and inactivity rates until August 2010, when ONS replaced these headline rates with rates for those aged from 16 to 64 for both men and women. These new headline rates for those aged from 16 to 64 are shown in Table A02 SA. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A04: Summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below state pension age
Labour market summary (employment, unemployment and inactivity) for people below state pension age. Estimates in this table follow the incremental increase in the female state pension age each quarter. These estimates are not the headline labour force survey estimates - they are shown at Tables A02 SA and A02 NSA. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
Publications related to Unemployment
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: March 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: March 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK: February 2023
Estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex.
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Working and workless households in the UK: October to December 2022
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: 2021
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.
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