"Figure 6: Economic inactivity rate by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, September to November 2016 and September to November 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","September to November 2017","September to November2016" "North East","23.7","24.3" "North West","22.6","22.8" "Yorkshire and The Humber","23.1","22.6" "East Midlands","21.7","20.7" "West Midlands","23.2","23.2" "East ","18.3","19.6" "London","21.5","21.9" "South East","17.4","19.0" "South West","18.4","19.5" "Wales","23.6","24.1" "Scotland","21.7","22.5" "Northern Ireland","28.2","26.5" "UK","21.2","21.7"