"Figure 5: The North East had the highest unemployment rate in the UK","" "Unemployment rates by UK region, seasonally adjusted, October to December 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Change on quarter","Rate" "North East","0.264","6.116" "North West","0.045","4.242" "Yorkshire and The Humber","0.573","4.474" "East Midlands","-0.878","3.585" "West Midlands","0.347","4.438" "East ","0.192","3.322" "London","-0.256","4.289" "South East","-0.018","3.133" "South West","0.191","2.770" "Wales","-0.920","2.924" "Scotland","-0.521","3.475" "Northern Ireland","-0.140","2.376" "UK","-0.065","3.769"