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LFS: Economically Inactive: UK: All: Aged 16-64: Thousands: SA
9,285
2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
Employment in the UK: February 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have been affected by increased volatility, resulting from smaller achieved sample sizes, meaning that estimates of change should be treated with additional caution; we recommend using them as part of our suite of labour market indicators, alongside workforce jobs (WFJ), Claimant Count data, and Pay As You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) estimates.
- The LFS continues to be the sole source of data for unemployment, economic inactivity and self-employment, and provides a range of breakdowns that are only possible from LFS data.
- It is also likely that some of the recent movements in LFS estimates are being affected by the increased sample size and the changes made to data collection methods over the last year, in addition to any underlying changes in the labour market.
Time series related to Economic inactivity
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9,285 2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
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21.5 % 2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
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26.4 % 2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
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0.3 % 2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
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1,082 000's 2024 OCT-DEC
- Release date:
- 18 February 2025
- Next release:
- 20 March 2025
Datasets related to Economic inactivity
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
Publications related to Economic inactivity
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: February 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: February 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Labour market in the regions of the UK: February 2025
Regional, local authority, and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity, and other related statistics. These are official statistics in development.
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Working and workless households in the UK: July to September 2024
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Workless households for regions across the UK: 2023
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.
Articles
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Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK
Experimental statistics estimating the different health conditions of the working-age population and those economically inactive because of long-term sickness.