"Figure 3: The single-month inactivity rate was down on the previous month","" "UK economic inactivity rates, ages 16 to 64 years (seasonally adjusted), between December 2016 and December 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Single month rate","Three month rate" "Dec-16","21.497","21.619" "Jan-17","21.891","21.675" "Feb-17","21.562","21.639" "Mar-17","21.172","21.550" "Apr-17","21.972","21.569" "May-17","21.391","21.505" "Jun-17","20.615","21.333" "Jul-17","21.772","21.257" "Aug-17","21.803","21.393" "Sep-17","21.137","21.576" "Oct-17","21.644","21.525" "Nov-17","20.915","21.226" "Dec-17","21.390","21.325" "Jan-18","21.361","21.217" "Feb-18","20.953","21.230" "Mar-18","20.813","21.055" "Apr-18","21.331","21.024" "May-18","20.888","21.007" "Jun-18","21.306","21.189" "Jul-18","21.525","21.230" "Aug-18","20.727","21.183" "Sep-18","21.153","21.147" "Oct-18","21.136","20.997" "Nov-18","20.593","20.956" "Dec-18","20.966","20.910" "Jan-19","20.572","20.704" "Feb-19","20.483","20.670" "Mar-19","21.453","20.844" "Apr-19","20.389","20.771" "May-19","20.754","20.862" "Jun-19","21.004","20.721" "Jul-19","20.570","20.776" "Aug-19","21.400","20.988" "Sep-19","20.539","20.838" "Oct-19","20.486","20.809" "Nov-19","20.670","20.563" "Dec-19","20.316","20.491"