Economic inactivity rate, England's regions and the UK's nations
Official statistics, not accredited
Share of people aged 16 to 64 who are neither in work nor looking for work in England's nine regions, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, in the latest two rolling quarters, seasonally adjusted, from the ONS's Labour Force Survey table for all regions.
England
20.37%
Jun–Aug 2026
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTC- Jun–Aug 2026
- May–Jul 2026
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
13 rows
| Area | Jun–Aug 2026 | May–Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 25.87% | 26.00% |
| North East | 25.52% | 24.67% |
| Wales | 23.98% | 23.78% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 22.98% | 22.90% |
| West Midlands | 22.85% | 23.02% |
| Scotland | 22.60% | 22.21% |
| North West | 21.57% | 21.15% |
| London | 20.09% | 20.46% |
| East Midlands | 19.95% | 20.31% |
| East of England | 18.97% | 18.80% |
| South East | 17.92% | 18.21% |
| South West | 17.54% | 18.52% |
| England | 20.37% | 20.50% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsforallregionshi00
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 23:40 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsforallregionshi00/dataSHA-256 c7010b47aea71b8210931edf001f63ca7ed4c95c645671647faed8484bceb77a · 1,433 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsforallregionshi00/current/dataSHA-256 5ccd03894fb3c305f98ba976bcb8f465cbbc66868829693b38bd50f1255f5d17 · 30,786 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsforallregionshi00/current/regionaltable1s.xlsxSHA-256 f00ebf36d9e6aa4b4689b097d1cf169205da974eb536809e6e2590571d1c46e9 · 4,814,903 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTC; 26 of 26 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T23:40:08Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 26 of 26 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 26 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 26 of 26 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the current edition counts at 2026-08-31, 58 days before retrieval (limit 130) |
| Pass | The rate is the table's own counts divided | 26 of 26 figures match column 15 over column 11 of each area's sheet, within a millionth of a point |
| Pass | Column 15's regions add up to England | in 2 of 2 cases the nine regions' counts in column 15 sum to the whole within 1 (2 exactly) |
| Pass | Column 11's regions add up to England | in 2 of 2 cases the nine regions' counts in column 11 sum to the whole within 1 (2 exactly) |
| Pass | The hub's economic-inactivity-rate-by-nation agrees | 8 of 8 figures match economic-inactivity-rate-by-nation's record (the ONS's series for each nation, to one decimal place rounded half up) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsforallregionshi00 – HTTP 200 |