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UK economic inactivity in United Kingdom

The economic inactivity rate in United Kingdom was 20.9% in the three months to July 2026.

Measure: UK economic inactivity rate, aged 16 to 64 Unit: % of people aged 16 to 64 Data: February 1971 to July 2026 Source: ONS
United Kingdom, July 2026 20.9% % of people aged 16 to 64
Change from June 2026 0percentage points June 2026: 20.9%

UK economic inactivity in United Kingdom over time

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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%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is unchanged from June 2026.
  • Since September 2025, when it was 21.0%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.

More for United Kingdom

All statistics for United Kingdom
UK employment rate 75.3% July 2026 · ONS 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 UK unemployment rate 4.7% July 2026 · ONS

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 for United Kingdom
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