"Figure 26: Record quarterly increase for economically inactive people who want a job","" "Change in number of economically inactive people (aged 16 to 64 years) who want a job and who do not want a job in UK, seasonally adjusted, April to June 2020 compared with April to June 2015","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Does not want job","Wants a job" "Apr-Jun 2015","0.000","0.000" "May-Jul 2015","0.829","-2.728" "Jun-Aug 2015","0.433","-0.885" "Jul-Sep 2015","0.231","-3.250" "Aug-Oct 2015","-0.613","-2.298" "Sep-Nov 2015","-0.248","-3.211" "Oct-Dec 2015","-0.404","-3.722" "Nov-Jan 2016","0.351","-5.151" "Dec-Feb 2016","0.123","-5.801" "Jan-Mar 2016","0.506","-6.016" "Feb-Apr 2016","0.838","-6.839" "Mar-May 2016","-0.235","-5.735" "Apr-Jun 2016","-0.360","-6.228" "May-Jul 2016","-0.706","-6.264" "Jun-Aug 2016","-0.728","-7.290" "Jul-Sep 2016","-0.636","-4.535" "Aug-Oct 2016","-0.048","-5.708" "Sep-Nov 2016","-0.188","-4.967" "Oct-Dec 2016","-0.153","-6.337" "Nov-Jan 2017","0.359","-6.740" "Dec-Feb 2017","0.772","-8.491" "Jan-Mar 2017","0.568","-9.391" "Feb-Apr 2017","0.736","-9.460" "Mar-May 2017","0.936","-11.085" "Apr-Jun 2017","0.393","-12.466" "May-Jul 2017","0.463","-13.933" "Jun-Aug 2017","1.253","-13.733" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.236","-13.260" "Aug-Oct 2017","1.806","-12.843" "Sep-Nov 2017","0.980","-15.678" "Oct-Dec 2017","0.896","-13.619" "Nov-Jan 2018","0.197","-13.444" "Dec-Feb 2018","-0.279","-11.790" "Jan-Mar 2018","-0.355","-14.581" "Feb-Apr 2018","-0.186","-15.536" "Mar-May 2018","0.228","-16.960" "Apr-Jun 2018","1.366","-16.950" "May-Jul 2018","1.665","-17.008" "Jun-Aug 2018","1.871","-18.369" "Jul-Sep 2018","1.834","-18.840" "Aug-Oct 2018","1.287","-19.859" "Sep-Nov 2018","1.375","-20.768" "Oct-Dec 2018","1.294","-21.305" "Nov-Jan 2019","0.392","-22.292" "Dec-Feb 2019","-0.001","-21.701" "Jan-Mar 2019","0.845","-20.995" "Feb-Apr 2019","0.758","-21.971" "Mar-May 2019","1.029","-21.094" "Apr-Jun 2019","0.074","-20.791" "May-Jul 2019","0.079","-19.760" "Jun-Aug 2019","1.272","-19.366" "Jul-Sep 2019","0.795","-20.574" "Aug-Oct 2019","0.895","-21.297" "Sep-Nov 2019","-0.899","-20.436" "Oct-Dec 2019","-1.521","-19.847" "Nov-Jan 2020","-2.187","-19.941" "Dec-Feb 2020","-2.754","-20.922" "Jan-Mar 2020","-3.313","-20.032" "Feb-Apr 2020","-3.668","-14.007" "Mar-May 2020","-5.149","-10.097" "Apr-Jun 2020","-5.329","-10.722"