"Figure 6: Northern Ireland had the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK","" "Economic inactivity rate, UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2018 and January to March 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Jan 2018 to Mar 2018","Jan 2019 to Mar 2019" "North East","22.8","24.7" "North West","22.9","22.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","22.2","21.8" "East Midlands","21.2","20.2" "West Midlands","22.4","22.0" "East ","18.6","18.1" "London","21.0","21.6" "South East","18.5","18.2" "South West","17.9","18.3" "Wales","22.9","20.9" "Scotland","21.8","22.0" "Northern Ireland","27.9","26.5" "UK","21.1","20.8"