"Figure 1: The South West had the highest employment rate in the UK","" "Employment rate estimates by UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, August to October 2018 and August to October 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Aug to Oct 2018","Aug to Oct 2019" "North East","71.519","70.924" "North West","75.227","75.667" "Yorkshire and The Humber","74.118","73.760" "East Midlands","75.638","77.263" "West Midlands","73.721","75.068" "East ","78.296","78.222" "London","75.513","74.795" "South East","78.181","79.408" "South West","78.734","80.762" "Wales","75.241","74.294" "Scotland","75.039","74.513" "Northern Ireland","69.495","72.383" "UK","75.712","76.153"