"Figure 2: UK Employment rate (aged 16 to 64), seasonally adjusted","" "January to March 1971 to January to March 2016","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Last 5 years","Employment rate" "Jan-Mar 1971",":","72.2" "Feb-Apr 1971",":","72.1" "Mar-May 1971",":","72.0" "Apr-Jun 1971",":","72.0" "May-Jul 1971",":","71.9" "Jun-Aug 1971",":","71.8" "Jul-Sep 1971",":","71.7" "Aug-Oct 1971",":","71.6" "Sep-Nov 1971",":","71.5" "Oct-Dec 1971",":","71.5" "Nov-Jan 1972",":","71.5" "Dec-Feb 1972",":","71.6" "Jan-Mar 1972",":","71.8" "Feb-Apr 1972",":","71.9" "Mar-May 1972",":","71.9" "Apr-Jun 1972",":","71.9" "May-Jul 1972",":","71.9" "Jun-Aug 1972",":","71.9" "Jul-Sep 1972",":","72.0" "Aug-Oct 1972",":","72.0" "Sep-Nov 1972",":","72.1" "Oct-Dec 1972",":","72.2" "Nov-Jan 1973",":","72.4" "Dec-Feb 1973",":","72.6" "Jan-Mar 1973",":","72.8" "Feb-Apr 1973",":","72.9" "Mar-May 1973",":","73.0" "Apr-Jun 1973",":","73.0" "May-Jul 1973",":","72.9" "Jun-Aug 1973",":","72.9" "Jul-Sep 1973",":","72.9" "Aug-Oct 1973",":","72.9" "Sep-Nov 1973",":","73.0" "Oct-Dec 1973",":","73.0" "Nov-Jan 1974",":","73.0" "Dec-Feb 1974",":","73.0" "Jan-Mar 1974",":","72.9" "Feb-Apr 1974",":","72.9" "Mar-May 1974",":","72.9" "Apr-Jun 1974",":","73.0" "May-Jul 1974",":","73.0" "Jun-Aug 1974",":","73.1" "Jul-Sep 1974",":","73.1" "Aug-Oct 1974",":","73.1" "Sep-Nov 1974",":","73.1" "Oct-Dec 1974",":","73.1" "Nov-Jan 1975",":","73.0" "Dec-Feb 1975",":","72.9" "Jan-Mar 1975",":","72.9" "Feb-Apr 1975",":","72.8" "Mar-May 1975",":","72.7" "Apr-Jun 1975",":","72.7" "May-Jul 1975",":","72.7" "Jun-Aug 1975",":","72.6" "Jul-Sep 1975",":","72.6" "Aug-Oct 1975",":","72.5" "Sep-Nov 1975",":","72.4" "Oct-Dec 1975",":","72.3" "Nov-Jan 1976",":","72.3" "Dec-Feb 1976",":","72.2" "Jan-Mar 1976",":","72.1" "Feb-Apr 1976",":","72.0" "Mar-May 1976",":","72.0" "Apr-Jun 1976",":","72.0" "May-Jul 1976",":","71.9" "Jun-Aug 1976",":","71.9" "Jul-Sep 1976",":","71.9" "Aug-Oct 1976",":","71.8" "Sep-Nov 1976",":","71.8" "Oct-Dec 1976",":","71.8" "Nov-Jan 1977",":","71.8" "Dec-Feb 1977",":","71.8" "Jan-Mar 1977",":","71.8" "Feb-Apr 1977",":","71.7" "Mar-May 1977",":","71.7" "Apr-Jun 1977",":","71.6" "May-Jul 1977",":","71.6" "Jun-Aug 1977",":","71.6" "Jul-Sep 1977",":","71.6" "Aug-Oct 1977",":","71.6" "Sep-Nov 1977",":","71.5" "Oct-Dec 1977",":","71.5" "Nov-Jan 1978",":","71.5" "Dec-Feb 1978",":","71.5" "Jan-Mar 1978",":","71.5" "Feb-Apr 1978",":","71.5" "Mar-May 1978",":","71.5" "Apr-Jun 1978",":","71.5" "May-Jul 1978",":","71.5" "Jun-Aug 1978",":","71.5" "Jul-Sep 1978",":","71.5" "Aug-Oct 1978",":","71.6" "Sep-Nov 1978",":","71.6" "Oct-Dec 1978",":","71.7" "Nov-Jan 1979",":","71.8" "Dec-Feb 1979",":","71.8" "Jan-Mar 1979",":","71.8" "Feb-Apr 1979",":","71.7" "Mar-May 1979",":","71.7" "Apr-Jun 1979",":","71.7" "May-Jul 1979",":","71.8" "Jun-Aug 1979",":","71.8" "Jul-Sep 1979",":","71.8" "Aug-Oct 1979",":","71.8" "Sep-Nov 1979",":","71.8" "Oct-Dec 1979",":","71.7" "Nov-Jan 1980",":","71.7" "Dec-Feb 1980",":","71.6" "Jan-Mar 1980",":","71.5" "Feb-Apr 1980",":","71.4" "Mar-May 1980",":","71.3" "Apr-Jun 1980",":","71.2" "May-Jul 1980",":","71.1" "Jun-Aug 1980",":","70.9" "Jul-Sep 1980",":","70.7" "Aug-Oct 1980",":","70.4" "Sep-Nov 1980",":","70.2" "Oct-Dec 1980",":","69.9" "Nov-Jan 1981",":","69.7" "Dec-Feb 1981",":","69.5" "Jan-Mar 1981",":","69.3" "Feb-Apr 1981",":","69.1" "Mar-May 1981",":","68.9" "Apr-Jun 1981",":","68.7" "May-Jul 1981",":","68.5" "Jun-Aug 1981",":","68.4" "Jul-Sep 1981",":","68.2" "Aug-Oct 1981",":","68.1" "Sep-Nov 1981",":","67.9" "Oct-Dec 1981",":","67.7" "Nov-Jan 1982",":","67.6" "Dec-Feb 1982",":","67.5" "Jan-Mar 1982",":","67.4" "Feb-Apr 1982",":","67.3" "Mar-May 1982",":","67.2" "Apr-Jun 1982",":","67.1" "May-Jul 1982",":","66.9" "Jun-Aug 1982",":","66.8" "Jul-Sep 1982",":","66.6" "Aug-Oct 1982",":","66.5" "Sep-Nov 1982",":","66.3" "Oct-Dec 1982",":","66.1" "Nov-Jan 1983",":","65.9" "Dec-Feb 1983",":","65.8" "Jan-Mar 1983",":","65.7" "Feb-Apr 1983",":","65.6" "Mar-May 1983",":","65.6" "Apr-Jun 1983",":","65.6" "May-Jul 1983",":","65.6" "Jun-Aug 1983",":","65.7" "Jul-Sep 1983",":","65.9" "Aug-Oct 1983",":","66.0" "Sep-Nov 1983",":","66.2" "Oct-Dec 1983",":","66.3" "Nov-Jan 1984",":","66.4" "Dec-Feb 1984",":","66.4" "Jan-Mar 1984",":","66.5" "Feb-Apr 1984",":","66.6" "Mar-May 1984",":","66.6" "Apr-Jun 1984",":","66.7" "May-Jul 1984",":","66.7" "Jun-Aug 1984",":","66.8" "Jul-Sep 1984",":","66.8" "Aug-Oct 1984",":","66.9" "Sep-Nov 1984",":","67.0" "Oct-Dec 1984",":","67.1" "Nov-Jan 1985",":","67.1" "Dec-Feb 1985",":","67.2" "Jan-Mar 1985",":","67.3" "Feb-Apr 1985",":","67.3" "Mar-May 1985",":","67.3" "Apr-Jun 1985",":","67.4" "May-Jul 1985",":","67.4" "Jun-Aug 1985",":","67.4" "Jul-Sep 1985",":","67.5" "Aug-Oct 1985",":","67.5" "Sep-Nov 1985",":","67.5" "Oct-Dec 1985",":","67.5" "Nov-Jan 1986",":","67.5" "Dec-Feb 1986",":","67.6" "Jan-Mar 1986",":","67.6" "Feb-Apr 1986",":","67.6" "Mar-May 1986",":","67.6" "Apr-Jun 1986",":","67.6" "May-Jul 1986",":","67.6" "Jun-Aug 1986",":","67.7" "Jul-Sep 1986",":","67.8" "Aug-Oct 1986",":","67.8" "Sep-Nov 1986",":","67.9" "Oct-Dec 1986",":","67.9" "Nov-Jan 1987",":","68.0" "Dec-Feb 1987",":","68.0" "Jan-Mar 1987",":","68.1" "Feb-Apr 1987",":","68.2" "Mar-May 1987",":","68.3" "Apr-Jun 1987",":","68.5" "May-Jul 1987",":","68.7" "Jun-Aug 1987",":","68.9" "Jul-Sep 1987",":","69.1" "Aug-Oct 1987",":","69.3" "Sep-Nov 1987",":","69.5" "Oct-Dec 1987",":","69.7" "Nov-Jan 1988",":","69.9" "Dec-Feb 1988",":","70.0" "Jan-Mar 1988",":","70.2" "Feb-Apr 1988",":","70.4" "Mar-May 1988",":","70.5" "Apr-Jun 1988",":","70.7" "May-Jul 1988",":","70.8" "Jun-Aug 1988",":","70.9" "Jul-Sep 1988",":","71.1" "Aug-Oct 1988",":","71.3" "Sep-Nov 1988",":","71.4" "Oct-Dec 1988",":","71.5" "Nov-Jan 1989",":","71.7" "Dec-Feb 1989",":","71.9" "Jan-Mar 1989",":","72.1" "Feb-Apr 1989",":","72.3" "Mar-May 1989",":","72.4" "Apr-Jun 1989",":","72.4" "May-Jul 1989",":","72.5" "Jun-Aug 1989",":","72.5" "Jul-Sep 1989",":","72.6" "Aug-Oct 1989",":","72.6" "Sep-Nov 1989",":","72.7" "Oct-Dec 1989",":","72.8" "Nov-Jan 1990",":","72.8" "Dec-Feb 1990",":","72.8" "Jan-Mar 1990",":","72.8" "Feb-Apr 1990",":","72.8" "Mar-May 1990",":","72.8" "Apr-Jun 1990",":","72.8" "May-Jul 1990",":","72.8" "Jun-Aug 1990",":","72.8" "Jul-Sep 1990",":","72.7" "Aug-Oct 1990",":","72.6" "Sep-Nov 1990",":","72.4" "Oct-Dec 1990",":","72.3" "Nov-Jan 1991",":","72.1" "Dec-Feb 1991",":","71.9" "Jan-Mar 1991",":","71.7" "Feb-Apr 1991",":","71.5" "Mar-May 1991",":","71.2" "Apr-Jun 1991",":","71.0" "May-Jul 1991",":","70.7" "Jun-Aug 1991",":","70.5" "Jul-Sep 1991",":","70.3" "Aug-Oct 1991",":","70.1" "Sep-Nov 1991",":","69.9" "Oct-Dec 1991",":","69.8" "Nov-Jan 1992",":","69.6" "Dec-Feb 1992",":","69.5" "Jan-Mar 1992",":","69.4" "Feb-Apr 1992",":","69.3" "Mar-May 1992",":","69.19450407" "Apr-Jun 1992",":","69.09527378" "May-Jul 1992",":","68.95566992" "Jun-Aug 1992",":","68.93114881" "Jul-Sep 1992",":","68.90426738" "Aug-Oct 1992",":","68.76454172" "Sep-Nov 1992",":","68.66612796" "Oct-Dec 1992",":","68.50765109" "Nov-Jan 1993",":","68.41149709" "Dec-Feb 1993",":","68.32965428" "Jan-Mar 1993",":","68.35416768" "Feb-Apr 1993",":","68.29186739" "Mar-May 1993",":","68.39125565" "Apr-Jun 1993",":","68.42793192" "May-Jul 1993",":","68.42889794" "Jun-Aug 1993",":","68.3735626" "Jul-Sep 1993",":","68.47658919" "Aug-Oct 1993",":","68.47328024" "Sep-Nov 1993",":","68.48735407" "Oct-Dec 1993",":","68.47860027" "Nov-Jan 1993",":","68.48296107" "Dec-Feb 1994",":","68.60653432" "Jan-Mar 1994",":","68.7346975" "Feb-Apr 1994",":","68.82350188" "Mar-May 1994",":","68.8166628" "Apr-Jun 1994",":","68.8066952" "May-Jul 1994",":","68.96019634" "Jun-Aug 1994",":","68.95078192" "Jul-Sep 1994",":","69.0464764" "Aug-Oct 1994",":","69.02567246" "Sep-Nov 1994",":","69.06903666" "Oct-Dec 1994",":","69.05977608" "Nov-Jan 1994",":","69.00725169" "Dec-Feb 1995",":","69.12210949" "Jan-Mar 1995",":","69.20887592" "Feb-Apr 1995",":","69.28580535" "Mar-May 1995",":","69.36205871" "Apr-Jun 1995",":","69.42731418" "May-Jul 1995",":","69.494318" "Jun-Aug 1995",":","69.61926026" "Jul-Sep 1995",":","69.63810361" "Aug-Oct 1995",":","69.66858001" "Sep-Nov 1995",":","69.71093974" "Oct-Dec 1995",":","69.94928117" "Nov-Jan 1996",":","69.96428721" "Dec-Feb 1996",":","69.93552668" "Jan-Mar 1996",":","69.90427224" "Feb-Apr 1996",":","69.89533109" "Mar-May 1996",":","69.93939323" "Apr-Jun 1996",":","69.93794803" "May-Jul 1996",":","69.90638368" "Jun-Aug 1996",":","70.02210951" "Jul-Sep 1996",":","70.01677009" "Aug-Oct 1996",":","70.13862581" "Sep-Nov 1996",":","70.29390399" "Oct-Dec 1996",":","70.33843256" "Nov-Jan 1997",":","70.46858681" "Dec-Feb 1997",":","70.62811345" "Jan-Mar 1997",":","70.76297069" "Feb-Apr 1997",":","70.86882875" "Mar-May 1997",":","70.88625016" "Apr-Jun 1997",":","71.02296516" "May-Jul 1997",":","70.92600492" "Jun-Aug 1997",":","70.93586935" "Jul-Sep 1997",":","71.07688594" "Aug-Oct 1997",":","71.14330548" "Sep-Nov 1997",":","71.1698744" "Oct-Dec 1997",":","71.2008075" "Nov-Jan 1998",":","71.17711721" "Dec-Feb 1998",":","71.24804685" "Jan-Mar 1998",":","71.2775295" "Feb-Apr 1998",":","71.31323047" "Mar-May 1998",":","71.29128245" "Apr-Jun 1998",":","71.27883121" "May-Jul 1998",":","71.41782697" "Jun-Aug 1998",":","71.55527758" "Jul-Sep 1998",":","71.56139572" "Aug-Oct 1998",":","71.6460646" "Sep-Nov 1998",":","71.77586188" "Oct-Dec 1998",":","71.78234663" "Nov-Jan 1999",":","71.85928379" "Dec-Feb 1999",":","71.86377383" "Jan-Mar 1999",":","71.85897654" "Feb-Apr 1999",":","71.82768918" "Mar-May 1999",":","71.81215265" "Apr-Jun 1999",":","71.8872926" "May-Jul 1999",":","71.92715947" "Jun-Aug 1999",":","72.02593926" "Jul-Sep 1999",":","72.11745273" "Aug-Oct 1999",":","72.07433806" "Sep-Nov 1999",":","72.1954863" "Oct-Dec 1999",":","72.27322573" "Nov-Jan 2000",":","72.20455856" "Dec-Feb 2000",":","72.16157162" "Jan-Mar 2000",":","72.26477593" "Feb-Apr 2000",":","72.34339476" "Mar-May 2000",":","72.43537773" "Apr-Jun 2000",":","72.47511263" "May-Jul 2000",":","72.59501056" "Jun-Aug 2000",":","72.66942548" "Jul-Sep 2000",":","72.62688567" "Aug-Oct 2000",":","72.50611496" "Sep-Nov 2000",":","72.42682379" "Oct-Dec 2000",":","72.50131438" "Nov-Jan 2001",":","72.71995003" "Dec-Feb 2001",":","72.63400066" "Jan-Mar 2001",":","72.64143523" "Feb-Apr 2001",":","72.69892278" "Mar-May 2001",":","72.73654671" "Apr-Jun 2001",":","72.67933188" "May-Jul 2001",":","72.58291613" "Jun-Aug 2001",":","72.59699109" "Jul-Sep 2001",":","72.52943365" "Aug-Oct 2001",":","72.53610235" "Sep-Nov 2001",":","72.61165069" "Oct-Dec 2001",":","72.58171575" "Nov-Jan 2002",":","72.46632088" "Dec-Feb 2002",":","72.4629404" "Jan-Mar 2002",":","72.45695081" "Feb-Apr 2002",":","72.57125654" "Mar-May 2002",":","72.60730577" "Apr-Jun 2002",":","72.68495407" "May-Jul 2002",":","72.57545768" "Jun-Aug 2002",":","72.6654904" "Jul-Sep 2002",":","72.57181651" "Aug-Oct 2002",":","72.743412" "Sep-Nov 2002",":","72.77993914" "Oct-Dec 2002",":","72.87222886" "Nov-Jan 2003",":","72.75481152" "Dec-Feb 2003",":","72.63595629" "Jan-Mar 2003",":","72.6813217" "Feb-Apr 2003",":","72.73462946" "Mar-May 2003",":","72.82521376" "Apr-Jun 2003",":","72.88156782" "May-Jul 2003",":","72.83758712" "Jun-Aug 2003",":","72.75579366" "Jul-Sep 2003",":","72.78017065" "Aug-Oct 2003",":","72.81803917" "Sep-Nov 2003",":","72.81205874" "Oct-Dec 2003",":","72.76870337" "Nov-Jan 2004",":","72.98437644" "Dec-Feb 2004",":","73.04388535" "Jan-Mar 2004",":","73.03428711" "Feb-Apr 2004",":","72.95875782" "Mar-May 2004",":","72.93544077" "Apr-Jun 2004",":","72.87856577" "May-Jul 2004",":","72.82897528" "Jun-Aug 2004",":","72.81738104" "Jul-Sep 2004",":","72.86720715" "Aug-Oct 2004",":","72.86783559" "Sep-Nov 2004",":","72.99857293" "Oct-Dec 2004",":","73.0410796" "Nov-Jan 2005",":","73.1016012" "Dec-Feb 2005",":","73.17462428" "Jan-Mar 2005",":","73.07722818" "Feb-Apr 2005",":","72.92221069" "Mar-May 2005",":","72.90314142" "Apr-Jun 2005",":","72.89472333" "May-Jul 2005",":","72.97030646" "Jun-Aug 2005",":","73.04076025" "Jul-Sep 2005",":","73.04504645" "Aug-Oct 2005",":","72.90148293" "Sep-Nov 2005",":","72.75423862" "Oct-Dec 2005",":","72.67357434" "Nov-Jan 2006",":","72.75720306" "Dec-Feb 2006",":","72.82095168" "Jan-Mar 2006",":","72.90407284" "Feb-Apr 2006",":","72.91115256" "Mar-May 2006",":","72.81178879" "Apr-Jun 2006",":","72.84348399" "May-Jul 2006",":","72.89365138" "Jun-Aug 2006",":","73.02282433" "Jul-Sep 2006",":","72.81694322" "Aug-Oct 2006",":","72.77926341" "Sep-Nov 2006",":","72.74512514" "Oct-Dec 2006",":","72.70734081" "Nov-Jan 2007",":","72.63154648" "Dec-Feb 2007",":","72.49854637" "Jan-Mar 2007",":","72.50234341" "Feb-Apr 2007",":","72.53544318" "Mar-May 2007",":","72.69101432" "Apr-Jun 2007",":","72.65089577" "May-Jul 2007",":","72.63747804" "Jun-Aug 2007",":","72.64425664" "Jul-Sep 2007",":","72.68253188" "Aug-Oct 2007",":","72.76693155" "Sep-Nov 2007",":","72.82990447" "Oct-Dec 2007",":","72.90884671" "Nov-Jan 2008",":","72.93198207" "Dec-Feb 2008",":","73.02100277" "Jan-Mar 2008",":","72.97558044" "Feb-Apr 2008",":","72.96386986" "Mar-May 2008",":","73.0271611" "Apr-Jun 2008",":","72.89978322" "May-Jul 2008",":","72.78734254" "Jun-Aug 2008",":","72.55520682" "Jul-Sep 2008",":","72.43636041" "Aug-Oct 2008",":","72.28021983" "Sep-Nov 2008",":","72.29106822" "Oct-Dec 2008",":","72.17424172" "Nov-Jan 2009",":","72.19417618" "Dec-Feb 2009",":","71.88187795" "Jan-Mar 2009",":","71.67345933" "Feb-Apr 2009",":","71.39585136" "Mar-May 2009",":","71.04905758" "Apr-Jun 2009",":","70.84011894" "May-Jul 2009",":","70.6150636" "Jun-Aug 2009",":","70.66099311" "Jul-Sep 2009",":","70.61651835" "Aug-Oct 2009",":","70.59955176" "Sep-Nov 2009",":","70.57904934" "Oct-Dec 2009",":","70.55178558" "Nov-Jan 2010",":","70.41635119" "Dec-Feb 2010",":","70.28016481" "Jan-Mar 2010",":","70.19506234" "Feb-Apr 2010",":","70.21358318" "Mar-May 2010",":","70.39761589" "Apr-Jun 2010",":","70.42266739" "May-Jul 2010",":","70.62148615" "Jun-Aug 2010",":","70.63859368" "Jul-Sep 2010",":","70.70539956" "Aug-Oct 2010",":","70.49040919" "Sep-Nov 2010",":","70.33870208" "Oct-Dec 2010",":","70.38984941" "Nov-Jan 2011","","70.46886514" "Dec-Feb 2011","","70.58639674" "Jan-Mar 2011","70.54614689",":" "Feb-Apr 2011","70.48174478",":" "Mar-May 2011","70.51215848",":" "Apr-Jun 2011","70.45046186",":" "May-Jul 2011","70.21955685",":" "Jun-Aug 2011","70.1940869",":" "Jul-Sep 2011","70.09503098",":" "Aug-Oct 2011","70.12410456",":" "Sep-Nov 2011","70.13579324",":" "Oct-Dec 2011","70.21112256",":" "Nov-Jan 2012","70.25311432",":" "Dec-Feb 2012","70.32772251",":" "Jan-Mar 2012","70.48304537",":" "Feb-Apr 2012","70.53204794",":" "Mar-May 2012","70.65208663",":" "Apr-Jun 2012","70.90087327",":" "May-Jul 2012","71.06342305",":" "Jun-Aug 2012","71.17010841",":" "Jul-Sep 2012","71.12858644",":" "Aug-Oct 2012","71.06304642",":" "Sep-Nov 2012","71.28050382",":" "Oct-Dec 2012","71.38981445",":" "Nov-Jan 2013","71.34360818",":" "Dec-Feb 2013","71.15243378",":" "Jan-Mar 2013","71.1774227",":" "Feb-Apr 2013","71.23082022",":" "Mar-May 2013","71.20932492",":" "Apr-Jun 2013","71.3472772",":" "May-Jul 2013","71.49644926",":" "Jun-Aug 2013","71.52499262",":" "Jul-Sep 2013","71.64910804",":" "Aug-Oct 2013","71.85487355",":" "Sep-Nov 2013","72.014367",":" "Oct-Dec 2013","71.97542971",":" "Nov-Jan 2014","72.08448453",":" "Dec-Feb 2014","72.35463073",":" "Jan-Mar 2014","72.4621611",":" "Feb-Apr 2014","72.67389699",":" "Mar-May 2014","72.91830699",":" "Apr-Jun 2014","72.86034954",":" "May-Jul 2014","72.8006508",":" "Jun-Aug 2014","73.00184685",":" "Jul-Sep 2014","73.03443541",":" "Aug-Oct 2014","72.97058393",":" "Sep-Nov 2014","72.96845568",":" "Oct-Dec 2014","73.18039803",":" "Nov-Jan 2015","73.28451873",":" "Dec-Feb 2015","73.40638822",":" "Jan-Mar 2015","73.45703091",":" "Feb-Apr 2015","73.42316027",":" "Mar-May 2015","73.35017764",":" "Apr-Jun 2015","73.44328916",":" "May-Jul 2015","73.51535431",":" "Jun-Aug 2015","73.6063961",":" "Jul-Sep 2015","73.77234924",":" "Aug-Oct 2015","73.93647728",":" "Sep-Nov 2015","74.03950803",":" "Oct-Dec 2015","74.10784037",":" "Nov-Jan 2016","74.09867362",":" "Dec-Feb 2016","74.11962639","" "Jan-Mar 2016","74.18919318",""