{
 "id": "economic-inactivity-rate",
 "title": "Economic inactivity rate",
 "category": "labour-market",
 "summary": "Share of people aged 16 to 64 who are neither in work nor looking for work, UK (rolling three months).",
 "unit": "percent",
 "chart": "line",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Official statistics, not accredited",
 "notes": [],
 "provenance": {
  "publisher": "Office for National Statistics",
  "publisher_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/",
  "source_page": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf2s/lms",
  "licence": "OGL-3.0",
  "licence_name": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T12:36:06Z",
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 "meta": {
  "ons_title": "LFS: Economic inactivity rate: UK: All: Aged 16-64: %: SA",
  "cdid": "LF2S",
  "ons_dataset": "LMS",
  "release_date": "2026-10-19T23:00:00.000Z",
  "next_release": "17 November 2026",
  "ons_unit": "%",
  "frequency": "months"
 },
 "headline": {
  "label": "Economic inactivity rate, 16–64",
  "value": 20.9,
  "period": "2026 JUL"
 },
 "series": [
  {
   "name": "Economic inactivity rate, 16–64",
   "points": [
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     "x": "2016 AUG",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2016 SEP",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2016 OCT",
     "v": 21.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2016 NOV",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2016 DEC",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 JAN",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 FEB",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 MAR",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2017 APR",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 MAY",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 JUN",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 JUL",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 AUG",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 SEP",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 OCT",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 NOV",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2017 DEC",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 JAN",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 FEB",
     "v": 21.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 MAR",
     "v": 21.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 APR",
     "v": 21.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 MAY",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 JUN",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 JUL",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 AUG",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 SEP",
     "v": 21.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 OCT",
     "v": 21.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 NOV",
     "v": 21.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2018 DEC",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 JAN",
     "v": 20.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 FEB",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 MAR",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 APR",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 MAY",
     "v": 20.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 JUN",
     "v": 20.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 JUL",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 AUG",
     "v": 20.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 SEP",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 OCT",
     "v": 20.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 NOV",
     "v": 20.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 DEC",
     "v": 20.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 JAN",
     "v": 20.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 FEB",
     "v": 20.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 MAR",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 APR",
     "v": 21.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 MAY",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 JUN",
     "v": 21.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 JUL",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 AUG",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 SEP",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 OCT",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 NOV",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 DEC",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 JAN",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 FEB",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 MAR",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 APR",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2021 MAY",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 JUN",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 JUL",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 AUG",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 SEP",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 OCT",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 NOV",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 DEC",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 JAN",
     "v": 21.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 FEB",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 MAR",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2022 APR",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 MAY",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 JUN",
     "v": 22.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 JUL",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 AUG",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 SEP",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 OCT",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 NOV",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2022 DEC",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 JAN",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 FEB",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 MAR",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 APR",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 MAY",
     "v": 21.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 JUN",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 JUL",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 AUG",
     "v": 21.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 SEP",
     "v": 21.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 OCT",
     "v": 22.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 NOV",
     "v": 22.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 DEC",
     "v": 22.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 JAN",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 FEB",
     "v": 22.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 MAR",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 APR",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 MAY",
     "v": 22.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 JUN",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2024 JUL",
     "v": 21.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 AUG",
     "v": 21.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 SEP",
     "v": 21.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 OCT",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2024 NOV",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 DEC",
     "v": 21.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 JAN",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 FEB",
     "v": 21.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 MAR",
     "v": 21.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 APR",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 MAY",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 JUN",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 JUL",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 AUG",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 SEP",
     "v": 21.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 OCT",
     "v": 20.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 NOV",
     "v": 20.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 DEC",
     "v": 20.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2026 JAN",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 FEB",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 MAR",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 APR",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 MAY",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 JUN",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2026 JUL",
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  }
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}