Inactive wants a job people: 000s

Name: Inactive wants a job people: 000s
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2025-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Labour market statistics time series (LMS)

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Labour Market team

Release date:
20 March 2025
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Period	Value
1993	2209
1994	2328
1995	2311
1996	2390
1997	2448
1998	2427
1999	2334
2000	2345
2001	2287
2002	2322
2003	2202
2004	2100
2005	2108
2006	2147
2007	2174
2008	2220
2009	2292
2010	2399
2011	2326
2012	2374
2013	2321
2014	2292
2015	2289
2016	2202
2017	2052
2018	1918
2019	1874
2020	2059
2021	1824
2022	1812
2023	1824
2024	1863
1992 Q2	1985
1992 Q3	1996
1992 Q4	2013
1993 Q1	2050
1993 Q2	2177
1993 Q3	2282
1993 Q4	2328
1994 Q1	2308
1994 Q2	2323
1994 Q3	2310
1994 Q4	2373
1995 Q1	2374
1995 Q2	2335
1995 Q3	2277
1995 Q4	2259
1996 Q1	2307
1996 Q2	2358
1996 Q3	2437
1996 Q4	2456
1997 Q1	2474
1997 Q2	2438
1997 Q3	2439
1997 Q4	2442
1998 Q1	2466
1998 Q2	2439
1998 Q3	2413
1998 Q4	2391
1999 Q1	2325
1999 Q2	2361
1999 Q3	2336
1999 Q4	2315
2000 Q1	2345
2000 Q2	2397
2000 Q3	2340
2000 Q4	2297
2001 Q1	2294
2001 Q2	2260
2001 Q3	2278
2001 Q4	2316
2002 Q1	2357
2002 Q2	2317
2002 Q3	2302
2002 Q4	2310
2003 Q1	2239
2003 Q2	2223
2003 Q3	2160
2003 Q4	2186
2004 Q1	2133
2004 Q2	2080
2004 Q3	2115
2004 Q4	2073
2005 Q1	2040
2005 Q2	2144
2005 Q3	2117
2005 Q4	2129
2006 Q1	2101
2006 Q2	2159
2006 Q3	2162
2006 Q4	2167
2007 Q1	2172
2007 Q2	2174
2007 Q3	2176
2007 Q4	2175
2008 Q1	2225
2008 Q2	2257
2008 Q3	2219
2008 Q4	2177
2009 Q1	2163
2009 Q2	2237
2009 Q3	2346
2009 Q4	2420
2010 Q1	2408
2010 Q2	2369
2010 Q3	2413
2010 Q4	2406
2011 Q1	2394
2011 Q2	2316
2011 Q3	2289
2011 Q4	2305
2012 Q1	2371
2012 Q2	2418
2012 Q3	2365
2012 Q4	2344
2013 Q1	2327
2013 Q2	2300
2013 Q3	2341
2013 Q4	2315
2014 Q1	2307
2014 Q2	2303
2014 Q3	2279
2014 Q4	2280
2015 Q1	2309
2015 Q2	2337
2015 Q3	2261
2015 Q4	2250
2016 Q1	2196
2016 Q2	2191
2016 Q3	2231
2016 Q4	2189
2017 Q1	2117
2017 Q2	2045
2017 Q3	2027
2017 Q4	2018
2018 Q1	1996
2018 Q2	1941
2018 Q3	1896
2018 Q4	1839
2019 Q1	1861
2019 Q2	1840
2019 Q3	1881
2019 Q4	1913
2020 Q1	1953
2020 Q2	2233
2020 Q3	2038
2020 Q4	2011
2021 Q1	1944
2021 Q2	1836
2021 Q3	1782
2021 Q4	1736
2022 Q1	1809
2022 Q2	1843
2022 Q3	1809
2022 Q4	1789
2023 Q1	1847
2023 Q2	1770
2023 Q3	1805
2023 Q4	1876
2024 Q1	1744
2024 Q2	1823
2024 Q3	1916
2024 Q4	1968
1992 APR	1989
1992 MAY	1985
1992 JUN	1991
1992 JUL	2000
1992 AUG	1996
1992 SEP	1996
1992 OCT	2004
1992 NOV	2013
1992 DEC	2009
1993 JAN	1977
1993 FEB	2050
1993 MAR	2105
1993 APR	2185
1993 MAY	2177
1993 JUN	2220
1993 JUL	2260
1993 AUG	2282
1993 SEP	2297
1993 OCT	2291
1993 NOV	2328
1993 DEC	2327
1994 JAN	2341
1994 FEB	2308
1994 MAR	2324
1994 APR	2311
1994 MAY	2323
1994 JUN	2296
1994 JUL	2291
1994 AUG	2310
1994 SEP	2338
1994 OCT	2361
1994 NOV	2373
1994 DEC	2383
1995 JAN	2395
1995 FEB	2374
1995 MAR	2352
1995 APR	2320
1995 MAY	2335
1995 JUN	2317
1995 JUL	2294
1995 AUG	2277
1995 SEP	2273
1995 OCT	2275
1995 NOV	2259
1995 DEC	2269
1996 JAN	2273
1996 FEB	2307
1996 MAR	2318
1996 APR	2358
1996 MAY	2358
1996 JUN	2398
1996 JUL	2419
1996 AUG	2437
1996 SEP	2421
1996 OCT	2434
1996 NOV	2456
1996 DEC	2471
1997 JAN	2475
1997 FEB	2474
1997 MAR	2457
1997 APR	2433
1997 MAY	2438
1997 JUN	2428
1997 JUL	2463
1997 AUG	2439
1997 SEP	2427
1997 OCT	2407
1997 NOV	2442
1997 DEC	2459
1998 JAN	2473
1998 FEB	2466
1998 MAR	2460
1998 APR	2462
1998 MAY	2439
1998 JUN	2435
1998 JUL	2414
1998 AUG	2413
1998 SEP	2435
1998 OCT	2396
1998 NOV	2391
1998 DEC	2356
1999 JAN	2312
1999 FEB	2325
1999 MAR	2332
1999 APR	2372
1999 MAY	2361
1999 JUN	2350
1999 JUL	2324
1999 AUG	2336
1999 SEP	2333
1999 OCT	2339
1999 NOV	2315
1999 DEC	2313
2000 JAN	2340
2000 FEB	2345
2000 MAR	2363
2000 APR	2388
2000 MAY	2397
2000 JUN	2379
2000 JUL	2354
2000 AUG	2340
2000 SEP	2315
2000 OCT	2303
2000 NOV	2297
2000 DEC	2292
2001 JAN	2288
2001 FEB	2294
2001 MAR	2289
2001 APR	2272
2001 MAY	2260
2001 JUN	2267
2001 JUL	2287
2001 AUG	2278
2001 SEP	2290
2001 OCT	2288
2001 NOV	2316
2001 DEC	2314
2002 JAN	2334
2002 FEB	2357
2002 MAR	2348
2002 APR	2330
2002 MAY	2317
2002 JUN	2312
2002 JUL	2288
2002 AUG	2302
2002 SEP	2360
2002 OCT	2373
2002 NOV	2310
2002 DEC	2301
2003 JAN	2273
2003 FEB	2239
2003 MAR	2208
2003 APR	2209
2003 MAY	2223
2003 JUN	2219
2003 JUL	2197
2003 AUG	2160
2003 SEP	2159
2003 OCT	2173
2003 NOV	2186
2003 DEC	2141
2004 JAN	2148
2004 FEB	2133
2004 MAR	2118
2004 APR	2082
2004 MAY	2080
2004 JUN	2085
2004 JUL	2099
2004 AUG	2115
2004 SEP	2100
2004 OCT	2078
2004 NOV	2073
2004 DEC	2087
2005 JAN	2032
2005 FEB	2040
2005 MAR	2085
2005 APR	2123
2005 MAY	2144
2005 JUN	2157
2005 JUL	2152
2005 AUG	2117
2005 SEP	2110
2005 OCT	2118
2005 NOV	2129
2005 DEC	2145
2006 JAN	2129
2006 FEB	2101
2006 MAR	2123
2006 APR	2139
2006 MAY	2159
2006 JUN	2134
2006 JUL	2138
2006 AUG	2162
2006 SEP	2171
2006 OCT	2174
2006 NOV	2167
2006 DEC	2165
2007 JAN	2168
2007 FEB	2172
2007 MAR	2202
2007 APR	2189
2007 MAY	2174
2007 JUN	2159
2007 JUL	2154
2007 AUG	2176
2007 SEP	2174
2007 OCT	2173
2007 NOV	2175
2007 DEC	2169
2008 JAN	2199
2008 FEB	2225
2008 MAR	2215
2008 APR	2241
2008 MAY	2257
2008 JUN	2267
2008 JUL	2235
2008 AUG	2219
2008 SEP	2215
2008 OCT	2172
2008 NOV	2177
2008 DEC	2179
2009 JAN	2193
2009 FEB	2163
2009 MAR	2189
2009 APR	2212
2009 MAY	2237
2009 JUN	2281
2009 JUL	2288
2009 AUG	2346
2009 SEP	2370
2009 OCT	2405
2009 NOV	2420
2009 DEC	2424
2010 JAN	2425
2010 FEB	2408
2010 MAR	2414
2010 APR	2383
2010 MAY	2369
2010 JUN	2377
2010 JUL	2420
2010 AUG	2413
2010 SEP	2417
2010 OCT	2387
2010 NOV	2406
2010 DEC	2375
2011 JAN	2376
2011 FEB	2394
2011 MAR	2339
2011 APR	2321
2011 MAY	2316
2011 JUN	2382
2011 JUL	2312
2011 AUG	2289
2011 SEP	2268
2011 OCT	2305
2011 NOV	2305
2011 DEC	2330
2012 JAN	2362
2012 FEB	2371
2012 MAR	2396
2012 APR	2394
2012 MAY	2418
2012 JUN	2387
2012 JUL	2373
2012 AUG	2365
2012 SEP	2351
2012 OCT	2348
2012 NOV	2344
2012 DEC	2333
2013 JAN	2308
2013 FEB	2327
2013 MAR	2361
2013 APR	2327
2013 MAY	2300
2013 JUN	2279
2013 JUL	2310
2013 AUG	2341
2013 SEP	2331
2013 OCT	2299
2013 NOV	2315
2013 DEC	2350
2014 JAN	2333
2014 FEB	2307
2014 MAR	2269
2014 APR	2283
2014 MAY	2303
2014 JUN	2334
2014 JUL	2304
2014 AUG	2279
2014 SEP	2277
2014 OCT	2298
2014 NOV	2280
2014 DEC	2250
2015 JAN	2266
2015 FEB	2309
2015 MAR	2360
2015 APR	2315
2015 MAY	2337
2015 JUN	2273
2015 JUL	2316
2015 AUG	2261
2015 SEP	2283
2015 OCT	2262
2015 NOV	2250
2015 DEC	2216
2016 JAN	2201
2016 FEB	2196
2016 MAR	2177
2016 APR	2203
2016 MAY	2191
2016 JUN	2190
2016 JUL	2166
2016 AUG	2231
2016 SEP	2203
2016 OCT	2221
2016 NOV	2189
2016 DEC	2179
2017 JAN	2138
2017 FEB	2117
2017 MAR	2116
2017 APR	2078
2017 MAY	2045
2017 JUN	2011
2017 JUL	2016
2017 AUG	2027
2017 SEP	2037
2017 OCT	1970
2017 NOV	2018
2017 DEC	2023
2018 JAN	2061
2018 FEB	1996
2018 MAR	1974
2018 APR	1940
2018 MAY	1941
2018 JUN	1939
2018 JUL	1907
2018 AUG	1896
2018 SEP	1873
2018 OCT	1851
2018 NOV	1839
2018 DEC	1816
2019 JAN	1830
2019 FEB	1861
2019 MAR	1825
2019 APR	1841
2019 MAY	1840
2019 JUN	1881
2019 JUL	1885
2019 AUG	1881
2019 SEP	1878
2019 OCT	1907
2019 NOV	1913
2019 DEC	1915
2020 JAN	1868
2020 FEB	1953
2020 MAR	2093
2020 APR	2237
2020 MAY	2233
2020 JUN	2138
2020 JUL	2068
2020 AUG	2038
2020 SEP	2043
2020 OCT	2021
2020 NOV	2011
2020 DEC	1974
2021 JAN	1953
2021 FEB	1944
2021 MAR	1918
2021 APR	1881
2021 MAY	1836
2021 JUN	1808
2021 JUL	1791
2021 AUG	1782
2021 SEP	1777
2021 OCT	1753
2021 NOV	1736
2021 DEC	1767
2022 JAN	1796
2022 FEB	1809
2022 MAR	1814
2022 APR	1797
2022 MAY	1843
2022 JUN	1829
2022 JUL	1826
2022 AUG	1809
2022 SEP	1801
2022 OCT	1774
2022 NOV	1789
2022 DEC	1843
2023 JAN	1868
2023 FEB	1847
2023 MAR	1849
2023 APR	1799
2023 MAY	1770
2023 JUN	1758
2023 JUL	1822
2023 AUG	1805
2023 SEP	1856
2023 OCT	1885
2023 NOV	1876
2023 DEC	1811
2024 JAN	1710
2024 FEB	1744
2024 MAR	1747
2024 APR	1833
2024 MAY	1823
2024 JUN	1870
2024 JUL	1875
2024 AUG	1916
2024 SEP	1921
2024 OCT	1955
2024 NOV	1968
2024 DEC	1973

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