United Kingdom United Kingdom (UK) unemployment rate

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United Kingdom: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United Kingdom: Unemployment
2006 2005
Unemployment Rate5.5%5.1%
Male unemployment5.8%5.6%
Female unemployment5.2%4.6%
Unemployment less than 25 years14.1%13.9%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.6%-1.0%
Male unemployment less than 25 years15.8%15.8%
Female unemployment less than 25 years12.3%11.9%
Unemployment over 24 years3.9%3.5%
Male unemployment 25 years and over4.0%3.8%
Female unemployment 25 years and over3.7%3.2%
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 .