"Figure 2: Employment rates (aged 16 to 64 years) for UK and non-UK nationals working in the UK, not seasonally adjusted","" "July to September 1997 to July to September 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. The EU series are based on the current membership of the EU; for example, Poland is included in the EU series throughout the entire time series back to 1997, although Poland did not join the EU until 2004. 2. Since 1997, an additional 13 countries have joined the EU; see Section 2 of this article for details. " "Unit","% " "","" "Period","UK nationals","EU nationals","Non-EU nationals" "Jul to Sep 1997","71.98515911","66.50615116","55.25279497" "Oct to Dec 1997","71.91524725","66.22423383","55.19053956" "Jan to Mar 1998","71.44365681","66.62747704","55.99019539" "Apr to Jun 1998","71.67195785","66.0746908","54.43941958" "Jul to Sep 1998","72.54581741","67.27151524","53.76317824" "Oct to Dec 1998","72.59309526","67.15880861","53.50296459" "Jan to Mar 1999","72.12689369","66.92527912","53.90550145" "Apr to Jun 1999","72.30726768","66.50619564","53.39575207" "Jul to Sep 1999","73.00093026","68.69070889","56.49137367" "Oct to Dec 1999","73.05404646","66.6766858","55.54963789" "Jan to Mar 2000","72.61225077","65.78311255","54.53590031" "Apr to Jun 2000","72.98130404","66.14463393","55.16642274" "Jul to Sep 2000","73.62372579","69.98970137","55.7172746" "Oct to Dec 2000","73.29148288","70.06487663","56.24979941" "Jan to Mar 2001","72.99261316","69.31628683","54.85945009" "Apr to Jun 2001","73.16293128","69.76381697","55.14588857" "Jul to Sep 2001","73.47218822","69.16925293","57.5057067" "Oct to Dec 2001","73.39440789","67.66563711","57.44660305" "Jan to Mar 2002","72.88380118","66.78816507","55.67875895" "Apr to Jun 2002","73.18359728","68.64981647","56.96265649" "Jul to Sep 2002","73.54433832","68.83585082","57.94778929" "Oct to Dec 2002","73.66033649","69.43431148","58.77004092" "Jan to Mar 2003","73.11868412","69.4911448","56.42222382" "Apr to Jun 2003","73.38226791","70.00788826","57.54102779" "Jul to Sep 2003","73.65291235","70.23275183","60.2215619" "Oct to Dec 2003","73.62496935","68.73283739","58.08585714" "Jan to Mar 2004","73.48542112","66.23570013","59.78649372" "Apr to Jun 2004","73.29219294","69.68630638","60.61239838" "Jul to Sep 2004","73.73190519","71.26129161","60.68415892" "Oct to Dec 2004","73.78573589","73.89062138","60.03449362" "Jan to Mar 2005","73.41855145","72.23970564","60.95888752" "Apr to Jun 2005","73.39795065","71.41973548","58.21480777" "Jul to Sep 2005","73.96713492","72.6391351","59.40178759" "Oct to Dec 2005","73.37217237","72.31509334","61.2435181" "Jan to Mar 2006","73.17466572","73.69319337","61.7242601" "Apr to Jun 2006","73.0774785","74.66534962","62.85688685" "Jul to Sep 2006","73.46639667","76.60657034","63.80015403" "Oct to Dec 2006","73.27879207","76.54044097","62.61690504" "Jan to Mar 2007","72.78753453","76.41699023","59.7768278" "Apr to Jun 2007","72.90085984","76.43163226","61.33827196" "Jul to Sep 2007","73.37583588","77.72992216","61.85240928" "Oct to Dec 2007","73.57583587","78.09754097","60.69311331" "Jan to Mar 2008","73.12354556","77.95926477","62.02738293" "Apr to Jun 2008","73.10582234","78.03404699","61.38362822" "Jul to Sep 2008","73.11061519","78.33665157","62.25343428" "Oct to Dec 2008","72.74107311","76.46729981","62.92402601" "Jan to Mar 2009","71.78043341","77.12534302","61.60012903" "Apr to Jun 2009","71.07051007","75.69312736","59.2963809" "Jul to Sep 2009","71.21488159","76.34787051","61.16175446" "Oct to Dec 2009","71.12456229","75.46899401","60.41650114" "Jan to Mar 2010","70.41351588","74.59944526","58.85574631" "Apr to Jun 2010","70.58611871","75.61929379","59.78554992" "Jul to Sep 2010","71.2609165","76.30459944","61.39618587" "Oct to Dec 2010","70.85190093","76.20594615","60.74147487" "Jan to Mar 2011","70.60379803","76.85632673","59.75606576" "Apr to Jun 2011","70.53599726","77.24762044","59.39473043" "Jul to Sep 2011","70.58593257","76.7208046","60.95410951" "Oct to Dec 2011","70.71887351","75.47195533","60.18984413" "Jan to Mar 2012","70.67287071","75.04615951","58.02660331" "Apr to Jun 2012","71.10589161","75.74762556","59.14054008" "Jul to Sep 2012","71.68967746","77.14019841","60.76803776" "Oct to Dec 2012","71.9619487","77.24074123","59.84696761" "Jan to Mar 2013","71.34932281","76.70072915","58.84055057" "Apr to Jun 2013","71.52391652","77.32503819","58.95892769" "Jul to Sep 2013","72.20186752","77.51711291","60.70689674" "Oct to Dec 2013","72.50161743","77.71085891","60.46946252" "Jan to Mar 2014","72.6099859","77.80767381","60.20081386" "Apr to Jun 2014","72.88280677","79.02196997","60.99196401" "Jul to Sep 2014","73.55785113","78.22901011","61.72078635" "Oct to Dec 2014","73.78872143","78.97919261","59.00691304" "Jan to Mar 2015","73.60446865","79.19389919","59.91009842" "Apr to Jun 2015","73.43850566","79.39677135","61.91072293" "Jul to Sep 2015","74.18562938","79.6672966","63.63089737" "Oct to Dec 2015","74.58304863","79.10225094","62.57611569" "Jan to Mar 2016","74.35227799","78.02592397","61.68377681" "Apr to Jun 2016","74.56014751","78.42955338","63.13275265" "Jul to Sep 2016","74.90479698","80.30312026","61.96394776" "Oct to Dec 2016","75.00985861","80.64234638","62.33454932" "Jan to Mar 2017","75.06991738","79.70811199","59.99058175" "Apr to Jun 2017","75.2611513","80.82132596","60.93117221" "Jul to Sep 2017","75.33414169","81.57042949","63.55409084"