"Figure 3: The employment rate for young people (those aged 16 to 24 years) has increased on the quarter, while the unemployment rate for young people has returned to pre-coronavirus levels","" "UK economic status rates by age (people aged 16 to 24 years and 25 years and over), seasonally adjusted, cumulative change from December 2019 to February 2020, for each period up to August to October 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage points " "","" "","Employment (16 to 24)","Employment (25 years and over)","Unemployment (16 to 24)","Unemployment (25 years and over)","Inactivity (16 to 24)","Inactivity (25 years and over)" "Dec to Feb 2020","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000" "Jan to Mar 2020","-0.532","-0.099","0.494","-0.027","0.251","0.120" "Feb to Apr 2020","-1.097","-0.442","0.887","-0.030","0.617","0.475" "Mar to May 2020","-1.108","-0.664","1.242","0.031","0.375","0.663" "Apr to Jun 2020","-1.995","-0.753","1.314","0.030","1.344","0.755" "May to Jul 2020","-3.390","-0.655","1.956","0.177","2.502","0.557" "Jun to Aug 2020","-4.348","-0.724","2.434","0.381","3.282","0.494" "Jul to Sep 2020","-4.598","-0.945","2.975","0.658","3.196","0.539" "Aug to Oct 2020","-4.732","-1.015","2.932","0.900","3.384","0.450" "Sep to Nov 2020","-4.187","-1.107","2.555","1.010","3.010","0.473" "Oct to Dec 2020","-4.849","-1.331","2.895","1.100","3.547","0.646" "Nov to Jan 2021","-5.347","-1.352","2.777","1.033","4.212","0.712" "Dec to Feb 2021","-5.676","-1.235","2.738","0.938","4.624","0.654" "Jan to Mar 2021","-5.316","-1.278","1.835","0.893","4.819","0.728" "Feb to Apr 2021","-5.252","-1.293","1.670","0.865","4.856","0.762" "Mar to May 2021","-4.737","-1.358","1.646","0.855","4.276","0.837" "Apr to Jun 2021","-3.874","-1.283","1.264","0.763","3.542","0.819" "May to Jul 2021","-3.390","-1.193","1.062","0.611","3.123","0.827" "Jun to Aug 2021","-2.855","-1.153","0.384","0.563","2.976","0.817" "Jul to Sep 2021","-2.550","-0.980","-0.176","0.428","3.012","0.727" "Aug to Oct 2021","-2.351","-1.059","-0.578","0.405","3.059","0.824"