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% of people aged 16 to 64. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

UK economic inactivity rate, aged 16 to 64 (% of people aged 16 to 64), January 2017 to July 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period United Kingdom
July 2026 20.9%
June 2026 20.9%
May 2026 20.9%
April 2026 20.9%
March 2026 21.0%
February 2026 20.9%
January 2026 21.0%
December 2025 20.7%
November 2025 20.9%
October 2025 20.8%
September 2025 21.0%
August 2025 20.9%
July 2025 21.0%
June 2025 21.0%
May 2025 20.9%
April 2025 21.0%
March 2025 21.2%
February 2025 21.3%
January 2025 21.3%
December 2024 21.5%
November 2024 21.5%
October 2024 21.6%
September 2024 21.7%
August 2024 21.6%
July 2024 21.8%
June 2024 21.9%
May 2024 22.1%
April 2024 22.1%
March 2024 22.1%
February 2024 22.0%
January 2024 22.1%
December 2023 22.0%
November 2023 22.0%
October 2023 22.0%
September 2023 21.9%
August 2023 21.8%
July 2023 21.9%
June 2023 21.6%
May 2023 21.4%
April 2023 21.4%

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Source and dates

Original producer
ONS
Source
Office for National Statistics (ONS), United Kingdom
Dataset or series code
LF2S · dataset details
Observation period
February 1971 to July 2026
Provider update
19 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0