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These figures gave an official UK unemployment rate of 4.7%. [8] UK unemployment rates consistent with this definition are available from 1971. Considering this consistent time series, the highest unemployment rate recorded since 1971 was 11.9% in 1984 and the lowest was 3.4% in late 1973/early 1974. [9]
The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate fell to a lower-than-expected 3.6% in the three months to July. UK unemployment rate slumps to 48-year low but more Britons quit jobs ...
The ONS said the jobless rate jumped to 4.2% in the three months to February, up from 3.9% in the three months to January. UK unemployment rate jumps by more than expected amid cooling jobs market ...
Wages in the U.K. spiked sharply in April, official figures showed Tuesday, a development that is set to cement expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates once again next week.
This is the highest youth unemployment rate in 17 years. [3] In November 2011 youth unemployment hit 1.02 million, [4] but had fallen to 767,000 by August 2014. [5] The high levels of youth unemployment in the United Kingdom have led some politicians and media commentators to talk of a "lost generation". [6] [7] [8] [9]
The unemployment rate was 7.4 per cent for men and 9.8 per cent for women. [ 26 ] 10.5 per cent of Portuguese-born men and 23.8 per cent of Portuguese-born women were economically inactive (this figure includes students, carers and the long-term sick, injured or disabled).
United Kingdom: 4.9% [16] 79.3% (2019) [18] September 2020 Vatican City - - See also. International organisations in Europe; List of European regions by unemployment ...
The UK has rarely been self-sufficient in terms of food supply. In 2023, the country was 54–60% self-sufficient in food. [4] [5] In 2022, the country produced enough sheep and milk to be self-sufficient, and almost enough poultry, eggs and cereals, but other foods, such as rice, tomatoes and exotic fruits, had to be imported. [6]