United Kingdom United Kingdom (UK) unemployment rate

Subscribe to our free email alert service
United Kingdom: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United Kingdom: Unemployment
2009 2008
Unemployment Rate7.7%6.5%
Male unemployment8.8%7.2%
Female unemployment6.5%5.7%
Unemployment less than 25 years19.5%16.5%
Gender Differences in unemployment-2.2%-1.4%
Male unemployment less than 25 years22.4%18.7%
Female unemployment less than 25 years16.5%14.1%
Unemployment over 24 years5.8%4.5%
Male unemployment 25 years and over6.6%4.9%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.8%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 .