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Economic inactivity rate

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Share of people aged 16 to 64 who are neither in work nor looking for work, UK (rolling three months).

Economic inactivity rate, 16–64

20.9%

Jul 2026

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:46 UTC
Economic inactivity rate, 16–64
0%5%10%15%20%25%Aug 16Apr 18Dec 19Aug 21Apr 23Dec 24Jul 2620.9%

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

120 periods, newest first

PeriodEconomic inactivity rate, 16–64
Jul 202620.9%
Jun 202620.9%
May 202620.9%
Apr 202620.9%
Mar 202621.0%
Feb 202620.9%
Jan 202621.0%
Dec 202520.7%
Nov 202520.9%
Oct 202520.8%
Sep 202521.0%
Aug 202520.9%
Jul 202521.0%
Jun 202521.0%
May 202520.9%
Apr 202521.0%
Mar 202521.2%
Feb 202521.3%
Jan 202521.3%
Dec 202421.5%
Nov 202421.5%
Oct 202421.6%
Sep 202421.7%
Aug 202421.6%
Jul 202421.8%
Jun 202421.9%
May 202422.1%
Apr 202422.1%
Mar 202422.1%
Feb 202422.0%
Jan 202422.1%
Dec 202322.0%
Nov 202322.0%
Oct 202322.0%
Sep 202321.9%
Aug 202321.8%
Jul 202321.9%
Jun 202321.6%
May 202321.4%
Apr 202321.4%
Mar 202321.4%
Feb 202321.5%
Jan 202321.7%
Dec 202221.7%
Nov 202221.7%
Oct 202221.9%
Sep 202221.9%
Aug 202222.1%
Jul 202222.1%
Jun 202222.2%
May 202221.9%
Apr 202221.7%
Mar 202221.8%
Feb 202221.9%
Jan 202221.8%
Dec 202121.7%
Nov 202121.6%
Oct 202121.6%
Sep 202121.6%
Aug 202121.4%
Jul 202121.5%
Jun 202121.5%
May 202121.6%
Apr 202121.7%
Mar 202121.7%
Feb 202121.6%
Jan 202121.5%
Dec 202021.5%
Nov 202021.5%
Oct 202021.3%
Sep 202021.4%
Aug 202021.4%
Jul 202021.3%
Jun 202021.2%
May 202021.3%
Apr 202021.2%
Mar 202021.0%
Feb 202020.7%
Jan 202020.3%
Dec 201920.5%
Nov 201920.6%
Oct 201920.7%
Sep 201920.9%
Aug 201920.8%
Jul 201920.9%
Jun 201920.8%
May 201920.7%
Apr 201920.9%
Mar 201920.9%
Feb 201921.0%
Jan 201920.8%
Dec 201820.9%
Nov 201821.1%
Oct 201821.1%
Sep 201821.1%
Aug 201821.3%
Jul 201821.3%
Jun 201821.4%
May 201821.3%
Apr 201821.1%
Mar 201821.1%
Feb 201821.2%
Jan 201821.3%
Dec 201721.3%
Nov 201721.4%
Oct 201721.3%
Sep 201721.6%
Aug 201721.7%
Jul 201721.5%
Jun 201721.3%
May 201721.4%
Apr 201721.6%
Mar 201721.6%
Feb 201721.6%
Jan 201721.7%
Dec 201621.7%
Nov 201621.7%
Oct 201621.8%
Sep 201621.7%
Aug 201621.7%

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf2s/lms
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 12:36 UTC
Publisher release
2026-10-19T23:00:00.000Z; next release 17 November 2026
Series as published
LFS: Economic inactivity rate: UK: All: Aged 16-64: %: SA (LF2S, dataset LMS)
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Verification

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PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T12:36:06Z; 1 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2561 of 1 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures120 of 120 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers120 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure120 of 120 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS CSV download agrees120 of 120 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf2s/lms
PassONS series is currentlast released 2026-10-19, 8 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release 17 November 2026
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