"Figure 5: Economic inactivity rate by age group","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 2 (April to June) 1995 to Quarter 2 (April to June) 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Inactivity rate is calculated as a proportion of all people 16 and over. Labour Force Survey headline figures use inactivity rate as a proportion of all aged 16 to 64." "Unit","%" "","" "","16 to 17","18 to 24","25 to 34","35 to 49","50 to 64","65 and over" "Apr-Jun 1995","43.2","24.6","17.3","15.1","38.7","94.7" "Jul-Sep 1995","43.3","23.3","17.1","15.3","38.5","94.8" "Oct-Dec 1995","42.5","23.6","17.1","15.1","38.6","94.8" "Jan-Mar 1996","43.2","23.3","17.4","15.1","38.6","95.1" "Apr-Jun 1996","41.9","23.4","17.2","15.2","38.6","95.0" "Jul-Sep 1996","41.7","23.9","16.9","15.6","38.3","95.0" "Oct-Dec 1996","41.3","23.4","16.7","15.3","38.4","95.1" "Jan-Mar 1997","41.4","23.3","16.6","15.7","37.8","95.0" "Apr-Jun 1997","39.6","23.3","16.3","15.6","37.7","94.9" "Jul-Sep 1997","39.7","24.2","16.6","15.4","37.9","94.8" "Oct-Dec 1997","39.1","24.1","16.4","15.6","38.2","94.8" "Jan-Mar 1998","39.7","24.6","16.3","15.7","38.0","95.0" "Apr-Jun 1998","40.5","24.2","16.5","15.8","38.1","94.8" "Jul-Sep 1998","39.4","23.6","16.5","15.6","37.7","95.0" "Oct-Dec 1998","39.5","24.4","16.5","15.2","37.1","95.0" "Jan-Mar 1999","40.6","23.9","16.0","15.2","37.1","94.8" "Apr-Jun 1999","41.8","24.5","15.7","15.1","37.2","94.7" "Jul-Sep 1999","41.4","24.1","15.3","15.1","37.4","94.7" "Oct-Dec 1999","41.7","23.9","15.4","15.0","37.0","94.6" "Jan-Mar 2000","41.3","23.9","15.6","15.0","36.9","94.6" "Apr-Jun 2000","41.6","24.8","15.7","14.9","36.5","94.8" "Jul-Sep 2000","42.6","24.4","15.9","14.7","36.6","95.0" "Oct-Dec 2000","44.0","25.2","15.8","15.0","36.4","95.0" "Jan-Mar 2001","44.2","25.0","16.2","14.9","36.2","95.3" "Apr-Jun 2001","44.4","24.4","16.0","15.2","36.1","95.1" "Jul-Sep 2001","44.2","24.6","16.3","15.3","36.0","94.8" "Oct-Dec 2001","44.2","23.9","16.3","15.4","35.7","94.6" "Jan-Mar 2002","45.5","24.4","16.2","15.3","36.1","94.6" "Apr-Jun 2002","46.5","24.3","16.3","14.9","35.5","94.6" "Jul-Sep 2002","45.9","24.8","16.4","14.9","35.1","94.6" "Oct-Dec 2002","44.3","24.8","16.3","15.0","34.7","94.5" "Jan-Mar 2003","44.6","25.5","16.5","15.1","34.6","94.3" "Apr-Jun 2003","46.0","26.1","16.6","15.1","34.0","94.2" "Jul-Sep 2003","47.1","25.6","16.3","15.2","34.1","94.0" "Oct-Dec 2003","47.0","25.8","16.5","15.2","34.4","94.0" "Jan-Mar 2004","47.5","24.8","16.6","15.1","34.0","94.1" "Apr-Jun 2004","48.5","25.3","16.6","15.2","34.1","93.9" "Jul-Sep 2004","46.6","25.9","16.7","15.3","34.2","94.1" "Oct-Dec 2004","48.2","25.5","16.3","15.3","33.8","93.9" "Jan-Mar 2005","48.0","26.2","16.0","15.2","33.7","93.7" "Apr-Jun 2005","48.9","26.3","16.5","15.1","33.7","93.6" "Jul-Sep 2005","50.4","26.6","16.3","14.8","33.4","93.6" "Oct-Dec 2005","53.2","26.5","15.9","14.9","33.4","93.3" "Jan-Mar 2006","53.1","25.7","15.7","14.5","33.3","93.3" "Apr-Jun 2006","53.0","25.4","15.5","14.6","33.0","93.2" "Jul-Sep 2006","53.5","25.1","15.8","14.6","32.9","93.0" "Oct-Dec 2006","52.5","25.5","15.8","14.6","33.1","93.0" "Jan-Mar 2007","54.2","25.7","15.9","14.9","33.2","93.1" "Apr-Jun 2007","55.3","26.2","15.7","14.8","32.9","93.1" "Jul-Sep 2007","53.9","26.6","15.7","14.7","32.9","93.0" "Oct-Dec 2007","53.1","26.7","15.9","14.7","32.4","92.9" "Jan-Mar 2008","55.0","26.4","15.5","14.6","32.4","92.6" "Apr-Jun 2008","54.9","26.9","15.2","14.4","32.3","92.5" "Jul-Sep 2008","55.3","26.7","15.4","14.5","32.4","92.5" "Oct-Dec 2008","56.9","26.7","15.3","14.2","32.0","92.4" "Jan-Mar 2009","57.2","27.7","15.1","13.9","31.8","92.4" "Apr-Jun 2009","59.1","28.1","15.7","14.1","31.8","92.3" "Jul-Sep 2009","60.8","29.0","15.4","14.1","31.9","92.0" "Oct-Dec 2009","61.8","29.8","15.2","14.1","31.9","91.9" "Jan-Mar 2010","62.0","29.7","15.6","14.5","31.8","91.8" "Apr-Jun 2010","61.8","29.3","15.3","14.3","32.0","91.4" "Jul-Sep 2010","62.7","28.8","15.2","14.2","31.5","91.1" "Oct-Dec 2010","62.8","29.5","15.0","14.3","32.1","91.0" "Jan-Mar 2011","62.4","29.9","14.8","14.2","31.7","91.0" "Apr-Jun 2011","62.8","29.4","14.9","14.1","31.8","91.0" "Jul-Sep 2011","63.1","30.1","15.1","14.1","31.6","91.3" "Oct-Dec 2011","62.6","29.8","15.3","13.9","31.3","91.1" "Jan-Mar 2012","62.7","29.6","15.2","13.8","31.0","91.0" "Apr-Jun 2012","62.7","28.6","15.3","13.6","30.6","90.7" "Jul-Sep 2012","62.7","29.2","15.0","13.4","30.3","90.8" "Oct-Dec 2012","64.6","28.3","14.9","13.3","29.8","90.5" "Jan-Mar 2013","65.8","28.9","15.0","13.5","29.7","90.5" "Apr-Jun 2013","65.1","29.8","14.7","13.6","29.2","90.2" "Jul-Sep 2013","65.4","28.7","14.5","13.7","28.9","90.1" "Oct-Dec 2013","65.9","28.8","14.6","13.8","28.5","89.8" "Jan-Mar 2014","66.5","29.3","14.3","13.4","28.4","89.6" "Apr-Jun 2014","67.8","29.4","14.4","13.0","28.6","89.7" "Jul-Sep 2014","67.6","29.6","14.8","13.0","28.4","89.7" "Oct-Dec 2014","66.2","29.6","15.1","13.1","28.4","89.7" "Jan-Mar 2015","66.6","29.0","15.0","13.0","28.3","89.0" "Apr-Jun 2015","66.0","28.9","14.9","13.4","28.1","89.6" "Jul-Sep 2015","65.2","29.0","14.5","13.8","27.7","89.4" "Oct-Dec 2015","66.4","28.9","13.9","13.7","27.4","89.2" "Jan-Mar 2016","65.9","28.8","14.3","13.5","27.3","89.4" "Apr-Jun 2016","65.6","29.2","14.0","13.4","26.9","89.2" "Jul-Sep 2016","68.7","29.5","14.1","13.4","26.7","89.1" "Oct-Dec 2016","66.2","29.7","14.0","13.4","26.7","89.4" "Jan-Mar 2017","64.9","29.8","13.7","13.4","26.7","89.5" "Apr-Jun 2017","67.8","29.6","13.3","13.0","26.6","89.8"