"Figure 16: UK Economic inactivity rate (aged 16 to 64), seasonally adjusted","" "January to March 1971 to December to February 2016","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Last 5 years","Economic inactivity rate" "Jan-Mar 1971",":","24.9" "Feb-Apr 1971",":","25.0" "Mar-May 1971",":","25.0" "Apr-Jun 1971",":","24.9" "May-Jul 1971",":","25.0" "Jun-Aug 1971",":","25.0" "Jul-Sep 1971",":","25.1" "Aug-Oct 1971",":","25.2" "Sep-Nov 1971",":","25.2" "Oct-Dec 1971",":","25.2" "Nov-Jan 1972",":","25.1" "Dec-Feb 1972",":","25.0" "Jan-Mar 1972",":","24.8" "Feb-Apr 1972",":","24.7" "Mar-May 1972",":","24.7" "Apr-Jun 1972",":","24.8" "May-Jul 1972",":","24.8" "Jun-Aug 1972",":","24.9" "Jul-Sep 1972",":","24.8" "Aug-Oct 1972",":","24.8" "Sep-Nov 1972",":","24.7" "Oct-Dec 1972",":","24.6" "Nov-Jan 1973",":","24.5" "Dec-Feb 1973",":","24.4" "Jan-Mar 1973",":","24.3" "Feb-Apr 1973",":","24.2" "Mar-May 1973",":","24.1" "Apr-Jun 1973",":","24.2" "May-Jul 1973",":","24.3" "Jun-Aug 1973",":","24.3" "Jul-Sep 1973",":","24.4" "Aug-Oct 1973",":","24.4" "Sep-Nov 1973",":","24.4" "Oct-Dec 1973",":","24.4" "Nov-Jan 1974",":","24.4" "Dec-Feb 1974",":","24.4" "Jan-Mar 1974",":","24.4" "Feb-Apr 1974",":","24.3" "Mar-May 1974",":","24.3" "Apr-Jun 1974",":","24.3" "May-Jul 1974",":","24.2" "Jun-Aug 1974",":","24.1" "Jul-Sep 1974",":","24.1" "Aug-Oct 1974",":","24.0" "Sep-Nov 1974",":","24.0" "Oct-Dec 1974",":","24.1" "Nov-Jan 1975",":","24.1" "Dec-Feb 1975",":","24.1" "Jan-Mar 1975",":","24.1" "Feb-Apr 1975",":","24.1" "Mar-May 1975",":","24.1" "Apr-Jun 1975",":","24.0" "May-Jul 1975",":","23.9" "Jun-Aug 1975",":","23.9" "Jul-Sep 1975",":","23.9" "Aug-Oct 1975",":","23.8" "Sep-Nov 1975",":","23.8" "Oct-Dec 1975",":","23.8" "Nov-Jan 1976",":","23.8" "Dec-Feb 1976",":","23.8" "Jan-Mar 1976",":","23.9" "Feb-Apr 1976",":","23.9" "Mar-May 1976",":","23.9" "Apr-Jun 1976",":","23.9" "May-Jul 1976",":","23.9" "Jun-Aug 1976",":","23.9" "Jul-Sep 1976",":","24.0" "Aug-Oct 1976",":","24.0" "Sep-Nov 1976",":","24.0" "Oct-Dec 1976",":","24.0" "Nov-Jan 1977",":","24.0" "Dec-Feb 1977",":","24.0" "Jan-Mar 1977",":","24.1" "Feb-Apr 1977",":","24.1" "Mar-May 1977",":","24.1" "Apr-Jun 1977",":","24.1" "May-Jul 1977",":","24.1" "Jun-Aug 1977",":","24.1" "Jul-Sep 1977",":","24.1" "Aug-Oct 1977",":","24.1" "Sep-Nov 1977",":","24.1" "Oct-Dec 1977",":","24.1" "Nov-Jan 1978",":","24.2" "Dec-Feb 1978",":","24.2" "Jan-Mar 1978",":","24.2" "Feb-Apr 1978",":","24.2" "Mar-May 1978",":","24.2" "Apr-Jun 1978",":","24.3" "May-Jul 1978",":","24.3" "Jun-Aug 1978",":","24.3" "Jul-Sep 1978",":","24.3" "Aug-Oct 1978",":","24.2" "Sep-Nov 1978",":","24.2" "Oct-Dec 1978",":","24.2" "Nov-Jan 1979",":","24.2" "Dec-Feb 1979",":","24.2" "Jan-Mar 1979",":","24.2" "Feb-Apr 1979",":","24.2" "Mar-May 1979",":","24.2" "Apr-Jun 1979",":","24.2" "May-Jul 1979",":","24.2" "Jun-Aug 1979",":","24.2" "Jul-Sep 1979",":","24.1" "Aug-Oct 1979",":","24.1" "Sep-Nov 1979",":","24.1" "Oct-Dec 1979",":","24.1" "Nov-Jan 1980",":","24.1" "Dec-Feb 1980",":","24.0" "Jan-Mar 1980",":","24.0" "Feb-Apr 1980",":","24.0" "Mar-May 1980",":","24.0" "Apr-Jun 1980",":","23.9" "May-Jul 1980",":","23.9" "Jun-Aug 1980",":","23.9" "Jul-Sep 1980",":","23.9" "Aug-Oct 1980",":","23.9" "Sep-Nov 1980",":","23.9" "Oct-Dec 1980",":","23.9" "Nov-Jan 1981",":","23.8" "Dec-Feb 1981",":","23.8" "Jan-Mar 1981",":","23.8" "Feb-Apr 1981",":","23.9" "Mar-May 1981",":","23.9" "Apr-Jun 1981",":","23.9" "May-Jul 1981",":","24.0" "Jun-Aug 1981",":","24.1" "Jul-Sep 1981",":","24.1" "Aug-Oct 1981",":","24.2" "Sep-Nov 1981",":","24.3" "Oct-Dec 1981",":","24.4" "Nov-Jan 1982",":","24.5" "Dec-Feb 1982",":","24.6" "Jan-Mar 1982",":","24.6" "Feb-Apr 1982",":","24.7" "Mar-May 1982",":","24.8" "Apr-Jun 1982",":","24.9" "May-Jul 1982",":","25.0" "Jun-Aug 1982",":","25.1" "Jul-Sep 1982",":","25.2" "Aug-Oct 1982",":","25.3" "Sep-Nov 1982",":","25.4" "Oct-Dec 1982",":","25.5" "Nov-Jan 1983",":","25.7" "Dec-Feb 1983",":","25.8" "Jan-Mar 1983",":","25.8" "Feb-Apr 1983",":","25.9" "Mar-May 1983",":","25.9" "Apr-Jun 1983",":","25.9" "May-Jul 1983",":","25.7" "Jun-Aug 1983",":","25.6" "Jul-Sep 1983",":","25.4" "Aug-Oct 1983",":","25.2" "Sep-Nov 1983",":","25.0" "Oct-Dec 1983",":","24.9" "Nov-Jan 1984",":","24.7" "Dec-Feb 1984",":","24.6" "Jan-Mar 1984",":","24.5" "Feb-Apr 1984",":","24.4" "Mar-May 1984",":","24.3" "Apr-Jun 1984",":","24.2" "May-Jul 1984",":","24.2" "Jun-Aug 1984",":","24.2" "Jul-Sep 1984",":","24.2" "Aug-Oct 1984",":","24.1" "Sep-Nov 1984",":","24.1" "Oct-Dec 1984",":","24.0" "Nov-Jan 1985",":","24.0" "Dec-Feb 1985",":","24.0" "Jan-Mar 1985",":","24.0" "Feb-Apr 1985",":","23.9" "Mar-May 1985",":","23.9" "Apr-Jun 1985",":","23.9" "May-Jul 1985",":","23.9" "Jun-Aug 1985",":","23.9" "Jul-Sep 1985",":","23.9" "Aug-Oct 1985",":","23.8" "Sep-Nov 1985",":","23.8" "Oct-Dec 1985",":","23.8" "Nov-Jan 1986",":","23.8" "Dec-Feb 1986",":","23.8" "Jan-Mar 1986",":","23.8" "Feb-Apr 1986",":","23.7" "Mar-May 1986",":","23.7" "Apr-Jun 1986",":","23.7" "May-Jul 1986",":","23.6" "Jun-Aug 1986",":","23.5" "Jul-Sep 1986",":","23.5" "Aug-Oct 1986",":","23.5" "Sep-Nov 1986",":","23.4" "Oct-Dec 1986",":","23.4" "Nov-Jan 1987",":","23.3" "Dec-Feb 1987",":","23.3" "Jan-Mar 1987",":","23.4" "Feb-Apr 1987",":","23.3" "Mar-May 1987",":","23.3" "Apr-Jun 1987",":","23.2" "May-Jul 1987",":","23.1" "Jun-Aug 1987",":","23.0" "Jul-Sep 1987",":","23.0" "Aug-Oct 1987",":","22.9" "Sep-Nov 1987",":","22.9" "Oct-Dec 1987",":","22.8" "Nov-Jan 1988",":","22.7" "Dec-Feb 1988",":","22.7" "Jan-Mar 1988",":","22.6" "Feb-Apr 1988",":","22.6" "Mar-May 1988",":","22.6" "Apr-Jun 1988",":","22.5" "May-Jul 1988",":","22.5" "Jun-Aug 1988",":","22.5" "Jul-Sep 1988",":","22.4" "Aug-Oct 1988",":","22.3" "Sep-Nov 1988",":","22.2" "Oct-Dec 1988",":","22.2" "Nov-Jan 1989",":","22.1" "Dec-Feb 1989",":","22.1" "Jan-Mar 1989",":","22.0" "Feb-Apr 1989",":","21.9" "Mar-May 1989",":","21.9" "Apr-Jun 1989",":","21.9" "May-Jul 1989",":","21.9" "Jun-Aug 1989",":","21.9" "Jul-Sep 1989",":","21.9" "Aug-Oct 1989",":","21.8" "Sep-Nov 1989",":","21.8" "Oct-Dec 1989",":","21.7" "Nov-Jan 1990",":","21.7" "Dec-Feb 1990",":","21.7" "Jan-Mar 1990",":","21.8" "Feb-Apr 1990",":","21.7" "Mar-May 1990",":","21.7" "Apr-Jun 1990",":","21.7" "May-Jul 1990",":","21.7" "Jun-Aug 1990",":","21.7" "Jul-Sep 1990",":","21.7" "Aug-Oct 1990",":","21.8" "Sep-Nov 1990",":","21.8" "Oct-Dec 1990",":","21.8" "Nov-Jan 1991",":","21.9" "Dec-Feb 1991",":","22.0" "Jan-Mar 1991",":","22.0" "Feb-Apr 1991",":","22.1" "Mar-May 1991",":","22.1" "Apr-Jun 1991",":","22.2" "May-Jul 1991",":","22.3" "Jun-Aug 1991",":","22.4" "Jul-Sep 1991",":","22.5" "Aug-Oct 1991",":","22.6" "Sep-Nov 1991",":","22.8" "Oct-Dec 1991",":","22.9" "Nov-Jan 1992",":","23.0" "Dec-Feb 1992",":","23.0" "Jan-Mar 1992",":","23.1" "Feb-Apr 1992",":","23.1" "Mar-May 1992",":","23.18170345" "Apr-Jun 1992",":","23.32628447" "May-Jul 1992",":","23.39713681" "Jun-Aug 1992",":","23.3824802" "Jul-Sep 1992",":","23.41248465" "Aug-Oct 1992",":","23.45133762" "Sep-Nov 1992",":","23.4115201" "Oct-Dec 1992",":","23.48139397" "Nov-Jan 1993",":","23.43349708" "Dec-Feb 1993",":","23.40223388" "Jan-Mar 1993",":","23.43484197" "Feb-Apr 1993",":","23.53933746" "Mar-May 1993",":","23.54094373" "Apr-Jun 1993",":","23.5637985" "May-Jul 1993",":","23.56516115" "Jun-Aug 1993",":","23.67594532" "Jul-Sep 1993",":","23.61153985" "Aug-Oct 1993",":","23.61838996" "Sep-Nov 1993",":","23.62511435" "Oct-Dec 1993",":","23.6121" "Nov-Jan 1993",":","23.60975049" "Dec-Feb 1994",":","23.61335806" "Jan-Mar 1994",":","23.5939717" "Feb-Apr 1994",":","23.60798317" "Mar-May 1994",":","23.66481191" "Apr-Jun 1994",":","23.71350696" "May-Jul 1994",":","23.64048869" "Jun-Aug 1994",":","23.69676037" "Jul-Sep 1994",":","23.74809763" "Aug-Oct 1994",":","23.850478" "Sep-Nov 1994",":","23.95407952" "Oct-Dec 1994",":","24.05709534" "Nov-Jan 1994",":","24.17340477" "Dec-Feb 1995",":","24.06438059" "Jan-Mar 1995",":","23.97225564" "Feb-Apr 1995",":","23.91993097" "Mar-May 1995",":","23.88848062" "Apr-Jun 1995",":","23.90430504" "May-Jul 1995",":","23.82843938" "Jun-Aug 1995",":","23.7303695" "Jul-Sep 1995",":","23.69330009" "Aug-Oct 1995",":","23.68867296" "Sep-Nov 1995",":","23.70788168" "Oct-Dec 1995",":","23.66236227" "Nov-Jan 1996",":","23.59185945" "Dec-Feb 1996",":","23.66071816" "Jan-Mar 1996",":","23.76533874" "Feb-Apr 1996",":","23.72519282" "Mar-May 1996",":","23.68340827" "Apr-Jun 1996",":","23.70276053" "May-Jul 1996",":","23.80710435" "Jun-Aug 1996",":","23.78293052" "Jul-Sep 1996",":","23.79642124" "Aug-Oct 1996",":","23.66295333" "Sep-Nov 1996",":","23.58320644" "Oct-Dec 1996",":","23.62667828" "Nov-Jan 1997",":","23.62458644" "Dec-Feb 1997",":","23.61076597" "Jan-Mar 1997",":","23.60644254" "Feb-Apr 1997",":","23.58713457" "Mar-May 1997",":","23.57749144" "Apr-Jun 1997",":","23.42791498" "May-Jul 1997",":","23.4422353" "Jun-Aug 1997",":","23.59917713" "Jul-Sep 1997",":","23.64732952" "Aug-Oct 1997",":","23.69610598" "Sep-Nov 1997",":","23.72827855" "Oct-Dec 1997",":","23.76157387" "Nov-Jan 1998",":","23.90840468" "Dec-Feb 1998",":","23.8545576" "Jan-Mar 1998",":","23.83370381" "Feb-Apr 1998",":","23.84312381" "Mar-May 1998",":","23.8948101" "Apr-Jun 1998",":","23.90549661" "May-Jul 1998",":","23.74447153" "Jun-Aug 1998",":","23.58443358" "Jul-Sep 1998",":","23.63455313" "Aug-Oct 1998",":","23.55994541" "Sep-Nov 1998",":","23.47176608" "Oct-Dec 1998",":","23.4713022" "Nov-Jan 1999",":","23.32767526" "Dec-Feb 1999",":","23.31373418" "Jan-Mar 1999",":","23.36267464" "Feb-Apr 1999",":","23.40947559" "Mar-May 1999",":","23.46565159" "Apr-Jun 1999",":","23.43670282" "May-Jul 1999",":","23.45497685" "Jun-Aug 1999",":","23.40989391" "Jul-Sep 1999",":","23.33365942" "Aug-Oct 1999",":","23.41144241" "Sep-Nov 1999",":","23.2784342" "Oct-Dec 1999",":","23.22608008" "Nov-Jan 2000",":","23.25184627" "Dec-Feb 2000",":","23.33800056" "Jan-Mar 2000",":","23.24205051" "Feb-Apr 2000",":","23.2356686" "Mar-May 2000",":","23.18858086" "Apr-Jun 2000",":","23.2630756" "May-Jul 2000",":","23.27625534" "Jun-Aug 2000",":","23.26097687" "Jul-Sep 2000",":","23.24721047" "Aug-Oct 2000",":","23.31057347" "Sep-Nov 2000",":","23.48236859" "Oct-Dec 2000",":","23.4675246" "Nov-Jan 2001",":","23.2895026" "Dec-Feb 2001",":","23.34472442" "Jan-Mar 2001",":","23.43405329" "Feb-Apr 2001",":","23.43412215" "Mar-May 2001",":","23.47467935" "Apr-Jun 2001",":","23.4351004" "May-Jul 2001",":","23.52367222" "Jun-Aug 2001",":","23.47985799" "Jul-Sep 2001",":","23.53448248" "Aug-Oct 2001",":","23.52873267" "Sep-Nov 2001",":","23.43792798" "Oct-Dec 2001",":","23.4053288" "Nov-Jan 2002",":","23.52883649" "Dec-Feb 2002",":","23.56208585" "Jan-Mar 2002",":","23.55622554" "Feb-Apr 2002",":","23.42712205" "Mar-May 2002",":","23.34569372" "Apr-Jun 2002",":","23.32727117" "May-Jul 2002",":","23.41892054" "Jun-Aug 2002",":","23.29644326" "Jul-Sep 2002",":","23.32257374" "Aug-Oct 2002",":","23.20395957" "Sep-Nov 2002",":","23.19814834" "Oct-Dec 2002",":","23.15002698" "Nov-Jan 2003",":","23.36180651" "Dec-Feb 2003",":","23.39868028" "Jan-Mar 2003",":","23.3159788" "Feb-Apr 2003",":","23.30669186" "Mar-May 2003",":","23.29745476" "Apr-Jun 2003",":","23.29387962" "May-Jul 2003",":","23.2316864" "Jun-Aug 2003",":","23.32048001" "Jul-Sep 2003",":","23.30625525" "Aug-Oct 2003",":","23.34900865" "Sep-Nov 2003",":","23.39452697" "Oct-Dec 2003",":","23.45217312" "Nov-Jan 2004",":","23.27570158" "Dec-Feb 2004",":","23.22907073" "Jan-Mar 2004",":","23.24812157" "Feb-Apr 2004",":","23.31816117" "Mar-May 2004",":","23.35186145" "Apr-Jun 2004",":","23.39902225" "May-Jul 2004",":","23.48281736" "Jun-Aug 2004",":","23.54666755" "Jul-Sep 2004",":","23.50854434" "Aug-Oct 2004",":","23.52526504" "Sep-Nov 2004",":","23.38036039" "Oct-Dec 2004",":","23.30121455" "Nov-Jan 2005",":","23.23946867" "Dec-Feb 2005",":","23.11095334" "Jan-Mar 2005",":","23.28852321" "Feb-Apr 2005",":","23.43776915" "Mar-May 2005",":","23.41315203" "Apr-Jun 2005",":","23.42061278" "May-Jul 2005",":","23.3880229" "Jun-Aug 2005",":","23.33006376" "Jul-Sep 2005",":","23.291628" "Aug-Oct 2005",":","23.27243647" "Sep-Nov 2005",":","23.33728557" "Oct-Dec 2005",":","23.34204887" "Nov-Jan 2006",":","23.3037699" "Dec-Feb 2006",":","23.15141614" "Jan-Mar 2006",":","23.0211504" "Feb-Apr 2006",":","22.94160429" "Mar-May 2006",":","22.96389367" "Apr-Jun 2006",":","22.88506243" "May-Jul 2006",":","22.81156646" "Jun-Aug 2006",":","22.70087534" "Jul-Sep 2006",":","22.90421092" "Aug-Oct 2006",":","22.93997224" "Sep-Nov 2006",":","23.02567133" "Oct-Dec 2006",":","22.99205075" "Nov-Jan 2007",":","23.06831287" "Dec-Feb 2007",":","23.19270997" "Jan-Mar 2007",":","23.20989966" "Feb-Apr 2007",":","23.21287066" "Mar-May 2007",":","23.11671978" "Apr-Jun 2007",":","23.19641301" "May-Jul 2007",":","23.24062215" "Jun-Aug 2007",":","23.23251764" "Jul-Sep 2007",":","23.17868939" "Aug-Oct 2007",":","23.14967025" "Sep-Nov 2007",":","23.08008524" "Oct-Dec 2007",":","23.05825649" "Nov-Jan 2008",":","23.02062595" "Dec-Feb 2008",":","22.92708861" "Jan-Mar 2008",":","22.97376646" "Feb-Apr 2008",":","22.88525392" "Mar-May 2008",":","22.92727216" "Apr-Jun 2008",":","22.91732787" "May-Jul 2008",":","22.91944221" "Jun-Aug 2008",":","22.98798251" "Jul-Sep 2008",":","22.9959348" "Aug-Oct 2008",":","23.07121786" "Sep-Nov 2008",":","22.8949484" "Oct-Dec 2008",":","22.85064715" "Nov-Jan 2009",":","22.69538899" "Dec-Feb 2009",":","22.83777463" "Jan-Mar 2009",":","22.78565772" "Feb-Apr 2009",":","22.9081102" "Mar-May 2009",":","23.01235624" "Apr-Jun 2009",":","23.09746637" "May-Jul 2009",":","23.25497368" "Jun-Aug 2009",":","23.19033967" "Jul-Sep 2009",":","23.27022162" "Aug-Oct 2009",":","23.27429789" "Sep-Nov 2009",":","23.37112167" "Oct-Dec 2009",":","23.39676004" "Nov-Jan 2010",":","23.58720421" "Dec-Feb 2010",":","23.57038199" "Jan-Mar 2010",":","23.58758856" "Feb-Apr 2010",":","23.60642034" "Mar-May 2010",":","23.42858566" "Apr-Jun 2010",":","23.4505984" "May-Jul 2010",":","23.25226218" "Jun-Aug 2010",":","23.27008044" "Jul-Sep 2010",":","23.21916065" "Aug-Oct 2010",":","23.32901278" "Sep-Nov 2010",":","23.51792398" "Oct-Dec 2010",":","23.46830172" "Nov-Jan 2011","","23.33954032" "Dec-Feb 2011","23.29737947",":" "Jan-Mar 2011","23.36033416",":" "Feb-Apr 2011","23.48347438",":" "Mar-May 2011","23.36219159",":" "Apr-Jun 2011","23.32860866",":" "May-Jul 2011","23.53132177",":" "Jun-Aug 2011","23.42132454",":" "Jul-Sep 2011","23.40187698",":" "Aug-Oct 2011","23.34413612",":" "Sep-Nov 2011","23.25384962",":" "Oct-Dec 2011","23.23274344",":" "Nov-Jan 2012","23.21773463",":" "Dec-Feb 2012","23.18659982",":" "Jan-Mar 2012","23.09105753",":" "Feb-Apr 2012","23.0579461",":" "Mar-May 2012","22.97589295",":" "Apr-Jun 2012","22.77236228",":" "May-Jul 2012","22.55646924",":" "Jun-Aug 2012","22.58751771",":" "Jul-Sep 2012","22.66458566",":" "Aug-Oct 2012","22.74833401",":" "Sep-Nov 2012","22.55460928",":" "Oct-Dec 2012","22.41663074",":" "Nov-Jan 2013","22.42538435",":" "Dec-Feb 2013","22.48404784",":" "Jan-Mar 2013","22.5768832",":" "Feb-Apr 2013","22.58380931",":" "Mar-May 2013","22.6448133",":" "Apr-Jun 2013","22.51948832",":" "May-Jul 2013","22.41121899",":" "Jun-Aug 2013","22.37649246",":" "Jul-Sep 2013","22.30372916",":" "Aug-Oct 2013","22.30287239",":" "Sep-Nov 2013","22.31393237",":" "Oct-Dec 2013","22.29449658",":" "Nov-Jan 2014","22.2059655",":" "Dec-Feb 2014","22.12012057",":" "Jan-Mar 2014","22.11550536",":" "Feb-Apr 2014","22.05718341",":" "Mar-May 2014","21.95162136",":" "Apr-Jun 2014","22.13791463",":" "May-Jul 2014","22.29610318",":" "Jun-Aug 2014","22.21821988",":" "Jul-Sep 2014","22.21928058",":" "Aug-Oct 2014","22.27909933",":" "Sep-Nov 2014","22.36753679",":" "Oct-Dec 2014","22.26092624",":" "Nov-Jan 2015","22.19227098",":" "Dec-Feb 2015","22.09814234",":" "Jan-Mar 2015","22.07723808",":" "Feb-Apr 2015","22.15521752",":" "Mar-May 2015","22.1579203",":" "Apr-Jun 2015","22.08140509",":" "May-Jul 2015","22.08362215",":" "Jun-Aug 2015","22.13364119",":" "Jul-Sep 2015","22.0133222",":" "Aug-Oct 2015","21.91528148",":" "Sep-Nov 2015","21.89048456",":" "Oct-Dec 2015","21.78305591",":" "Nov-Jan 2016","21.80255421",":" "Dec-Feb 2016","21.74558433",""