United Kingdom United Kingdom (UK) unemployment rate

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United Kingdom: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United Kingdom: Unemployment
1999 1998
Unemployment Rate5.9%6.2%
Male unemployment6.4%7.0%
Female unemployment5.2%5.3%
Unemployment less than 25 years12.5%13.7%
Gender Differences in unemployment-1.2%-1.7%
Male unemployment less than 25 years13.7%15.7%
Female unemployment less than 25 years11.1%11.4%
Unemployment over 24 years4.6%4.7%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.0%5.2%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.0%4.0%
United Kingdom: Unemployment

In this tables you can see data of UK unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is a percentage that expresses the proportion of people unemployed compare to labour force in UK.

Unemployment rate UK= Total Unemployed UK / Total labour force UK

More information clicking on the links in the tables.

If you want to compare the unemployment of UK with other countries, see unemployment .