"Figure 6: Northern Ireland had the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK","" "Economic inactivity rate estimates for people aged 16 to 64 years, by UK region, seasonally adjusted, between July to September 2019 and July to September 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Jul to Sep 2020","Jul to Sep 2019" "North East","23.253","24.210" "North West","21.560","22.199" "Yorkshire and The Humber","21.839","22.798" "East Midlands","21.002","19.565" "West Midlands","21.539","22.126" "East ","18.748","18.552" "London","20.171","22.198" "South East","18.128","18.147" "South West","19.983","16.971" "Wales","24.431","22.530" "Scotland","22.376","22.466" "Northern Ireland","26.782","26.366" "UK","20.903","20.838"