"Figure 6: Economic inactivity rate by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, July to September 2017 and July to September 2018","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Jul 2018 to Sep 2018","Jul 2017 to Sep 2017" "North East","25.2","22.9" "North West","21.8","22.6" "Yorkshire and The Humber","22.2","23.2" "East Midlands","21.4","23.0" "West Midlands","21.7","23.3" "East ","19.1","19.3" "London","21.0","21.7" "South East","19.1","17.6" "South West","18.7","19.6" "Wales","21.9","24.2" "Scotland","22.0","21.6" "Northern Ireland","28.5","28.9" "UK","21.2","21.6"