ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in United Kingdom
The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in United Kingdom at 4.7% in 2025.
United Kingdom, 2025
4.7%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
4.9%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
5.4%
Position in 2025
102nd of 181
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in United Kingdom over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 4.0% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | 6.0% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 4.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 102nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
14.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
61.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
4.9%
September 2020 · Eurostat
Usual weekly working hours
37.0 hours per week
2019 · Eurostat
Part-time employment
24.4%
2019 · Eurostat
Monthly youth unemployment
14.5%
September 2020 · Eurostat