United Kingdom United Kingdom (UK) unemployment rate

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United Kingdom: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United Kingdom: Unemployment
2011 2010
Unemployment Rate8.4%7.9%
Male unemployment8.9%8.5%
Female unemployment7.7%7.2%
Unemployment less than 25 years22.2%20.6%
Gender Differences in unemployment-1.3%-1.4%
Male unemployment less than 25 years25.4%22.2%
Female unemployment less than 25 years18.8%18.7%
Unemployment over 24 years6.0%5.7%
Male unemployment 25 years and over6.3%6.2%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.7%5.0%
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 .