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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 employment 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 75.3%
June 2026 75.1%
May 2026 75.1%
April 2026 75.1%
March 2026 75.1%
February 2026 75.0%
January 2026 75.0%
December 2025 75.1%
November 2025 75.0%
October 2025 75.1%
September 2025 74.9%
August 2025 75.1%
July 2025 75.1%
June 2025 75.2%
May 2025 75.3%
April 2025 75.2%
March 2025 75.1%
February 2025 75.1%
January 2025 75.1%
December 2024 75.0%
November 2024 75.0%
October 2024 74.8%
September 2024 74.9%
August 2024 75.0%
July 2024 75.0%
June 2024 74.7%
May 2024 74.5%
April 2024 74.4%
March 2024 74.4%
February 2024 74.5%
January 2024 74.6%
December 2023 74.7%
November 2023 74.9%
October 2023 74.9%
September 2023 74.9%
August 2023 74.9%
July 2023 74.7%
June 2023 74.9%
May 2023 75.2%
April 2023 75.4%

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Source and dates

Original producer
ONS
Source
Office for National Statistics (ONS), United Kingdom
Dataset or series code
LF24 · 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