Claimant Count : K02000001 UK : People : NSA : Thousands

Name: Claimant Count : K02000001 UK : People : NSA : Thousands
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: Claimant count and vacancies time series (UNEM)

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12 July 2017

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Period	Value
1950	341.1
1951	281.4
1952	462.5
1953	380.0
1954	317.8
1955	264.5
1956	287.1
1957	347.2
1958	500.9
1959	512.1
1960	392.8
1961	376.8
1962	499.9
1963	612.3
1964	413.4
1965	359.7
1966	390.9
1967	599.1
1968	601.3
1969	597.0
1970	639.9
1971	751.3
1972	837.4
1973	595.6
1974	599.5
1975	977.6
1976	1359.4
1977	1483.6
1978	1435.5
1979	1295.7
1980	1664.9
1981	2520.4
1982	2916.9
1983	3104.7
1984	3159.8
1985	3271.2
1986	3292.9
1987	2953.4
1988	2370.4
1989	1798.7
1990	1664.5
1991	2291.9
1992	2778.6
1993	2919.2
1994	2636.5
1995	2325.7
1996	2122.2
1997	1602.4
1998	1362.3
1999	1263.0
2000	1102.3
2001	983.0
2002	958.8
2003	945.9
2004	866.1
2005	874.4
2006	956.7
2007	873.0
2008	912.0
2009	1535.6
2010	1502.7
2011	1539.7
2012	1589.6
2013	1424.1
2014	1038.3
2015	800.0
2016	774.2
2017	796.6
2018	903.4
2019	1132.5
2020	2242.7
2021	2279.6
2022	1591.4
2023	1536.8
2024	1676.7
1983 Q3	3066.0
1983 Q4	3085.9
1984 Q1	3176.3
1984 Q2	3073.9
1984 Q3	3166.7
1984 Q4	3222.4
1985 Q1	3310.8
1985 Q2	3230.7
1985 Q3	3273.9
1985 Q4	3269.6
1986 Q1	3371.1
1986 Q2	3275.1
1986 Q3	3297.5
1986 Q4	3227.7
1987 Q1	3222.1
1987 Q2	2999.6
1987 Q3	2880.8
1987 Q4	2710.9
1988 Q1	2659.9
1988 Q2	2434.6
1988 Q3	2309.6
1988 Q4	2077.4
1989 Q1	2017.6
1989 Q2	1809.7
1989 Q3	1738.5
1989 Q4	1629.1
1990 Q1	1669.8
1990 Q2	1586.8
1990 Q3	1651.8
1990 Q4	1749.7
1991 Q1	2049.1
1991 Q2	2217.8
1991 Q3	2417.8
1991 Q4	2483.2
1992 Q1	2697.3
1992 Q2	2707.5
1992 Q3	2822.3
1992 Q4	2887.3
1993 Q1	3033.8
1993 Q2	2927.4
1993 Q3	2933.8
1993 Q4	2781.9
1994 Q1	2836.1
1994 Q2	2657.5
1994 Q3	2620.6
1994 Q4	2431.7
1995 Q1	2453.5
1995 Q2	2310.7
1995 Q3	2326.2
1995 Q4	2212.2
1996 Q1	2281.4
1996 Q2	2155.9
1996 Q3	2146.1
1996 Q4	1905.6
1997 Q1	1827.0
1997 Q2	1619.5
1997 Q3	1559.3
1997 Q4	1403.9
1998 Q1	1445.5
1998 Q2	1354.0
1998 Q3	1361.9
1998 Q4	1288.0
1999 Q1	1370.7
1999 Q2	1280.1
1999 Q3	1250.3
1999 Q4	1150.9
2000 Q1	1219.2
2000 Q2	1109.2
2000 Q3	1073.6
2000 Q4	1007.1
2001 Q1	1064.1
2001 Q2	978.4
2001 Q3	958.5
2001 Q4	931.0
2002 Q1	1014.6
2002 Q2	958.1
2002 Q3	951.8
2002 Q4	910.6
2003 Q1	1001.0
2003 Q2	954.4
2003 Q3	939.0
2003 Q4	889.2
2004 Q1	947.1
2004 Q2	871.8
2004 Q3	839.0
2004 Q4	806.7
2005 Q1	879.8
2005 Q2	865.9
2005 Q3	874.4
2005 Q4	877.6
2006 Q1	976.4
2006 Q2	966.6
2006 Q3	957.5
2006 Q4	926.4
2007 Q1	965.3
2007 Q2	887.7
2007 Q3	846.4
2007 Q4	792.4
2008 Q1	840.7
2008 Q2	834.1
2008 Q3	913.3
2008 Q4	1059.9
2009 Q1	1422.0
2009 Q2	1558.6
2009 Q3	1588.8
2009 Q4	1573.0
2010 Q1	1642.0
2010 Q2	1504.8
2010 Q3	1445.5
2010 Q4	1418.4
2011 Q1	1523.4
2011 Q2	1506.3
2011 Q3	1565.7
2011 Q4	1563.4
2012 Q1	1667.4
2012 Q2	1590.6
2012 Q3	1565.2
2012 Q4	1535.2
2013 Q1	1593.4
2013 Q2	1491.4
2013 Q3	1378.5
2013 Q4	1233.2
2014 Q1	1230.9
2014 Q2	1088.4
2014 Q3	967.2
2014 Q4	866.6
2015 Q1	870.3
2015 Q2	807.7
2015 Q3	779.0
2015 Q4	742.7
2016 Q1	792.2
2016 Q2	780.1
2016 Q3	769.0
2016 Q4	755.5
2017 Q1	794.3
2017 Q2	809.8
2017 Q3	794.4
2017 Q4	788.0
2018 Q1	857.1
2018 Q2	901.4
2018 Q3	906.3
2018 Q4	948.7
2019 Q1	1053.8
2019 Q2	1119.9
2019 Q3	1159.9
2019 Q4	1196.3
2020 Q1	1248.2
2020 Q2	2461.6
2020 Q3	2669.6
2020 Q4	2591.6
2021 Q1	2637.4
2021 Q2	2459.5
2021 Q3	2136.6
2021 Q4	1884.9
2022 Q1	1757.4
2022 Q2	1587.6
2022 Q3	1517.7
2022 Q4	1502.8
2023 Q1	1529.1
2023 Q2	1550.0
2023 Q3	1533.2
2023 Q4	1534.8
2024 Q1	1585.2
2024 Q2	1621.1
2024 Q3	1773.3
2024 Q4	1727.0
1983 JUN	2983.9
1983 JUL	3020.6
1983 AUG	3009.9
1983 SEP	3167.4
1983 OCT	3094.0
1983 NOV	3084.4
1983 DEC	3079.4
1984 JAN	3199.7
1984 FEB	3186.4
1984 MAR	3142.8
1984 APR	3107.7
1984 MAY	3084.4
1984 JUN	3029.7
1984 JUL	3100.5
1984 AUG	3115.9
1984 SEP	3283.6
1984 OCT	3225.1
1984 NOV	3222.6
1984 DEC	3219.4
1985 JAN	3341.0
1985 FEB	3323.7
1985 MAR	3267.6
1985 APR	3272.6
1985 MAY	3240.9
1985 JUN	3178.6
1985 JUL	3235.0
1985 AUG	3240.4
1985 SEP	3346.2
1985 OCT	3276.9
1985 NOV	3258.9
1985 DEC	3273.1
1986 JAN	3407.7
1986 FEB	3381.9
1986 MAR	3323.8
1986 APR	3325.1
1986 MAY	3270.9
1986 JUN	3229.4
1986 JUL	3279.6
1986 AUG	3280.1
1986 SEP	3332.9
1986 OCT	3237.2
1986 NOV	3216.8
1986 DEC	3229.2
1987 JAN	3297.2
1987 FEB	3225.8
1987 MAR	3143.4
1987 APR	3107.1
1987 MAY	2986.5
1987 JUN	2905.3
1987 JUL	2906.5
1987 AUG	2865.8
1987 SEP	2870.2
1987 OCT	2751.4
1987 NOV	2685.6
1987 DEC	2695.8
1988 JAN	2722.2
1988 FEB	2665.5
1988 MAR	2592.1
1988 APR	2536.0
1988 MAY	2426.9
1988 JUN	2340.8
1988 JUL	2326.7
1988 AUG	2291.2
1988 SEP	2311.0
1988 OCT	2118.9
1988 NOV	2066.9
1988 DEC	2046.5
1989 JAN	2074.3
1989 FEB	2018.2
1989 MAR	1960.2
1989 APR	1883.6
1989 MAY	1802.5
1989 JUN	1743.1
1989 JUL	1771.4
1989 AUG	1741.1
1989 SEP	1702.9
1989 OCT	1635.8
1989 NOV	1612.4
1989 DEC	1639.0
1990 JAN	1687.0
1990 FEB	1675.7
1990 MAR	1646.6
1990 APR	1626.3
1990 MAY	1578.5
1990 JUN	1555.6
1990 JUL	1623.6
1990 AUG	1657.8
1990 SEP	1673.9
1990 OCT	1670.6
1990 NOV	1728.1
1990 DEC	1850.4
1991 JAN	1959.7
1991 FEB	2045.4
1991 MAR	2142.1
1991 APR	2198.5
1991 MAY	2213.8
1991 JUN	2241.0
1991 JUL	2367.5
1991 AUG	2435.1
1991 SEP	2450.7
1991 OCT	2426.0
1991 NOV	2471.8
1991 DEC	2551.7
1992 JAN	2673.9
1992 FEB	2710.5
1992 MAR	2707.5
1992 APR	2736.5
1992 MAY	2707.9
1992 JUN	2678.2
1992 JUL	2774.0
1992 AUG	2845.5
1992 SEP	2847.4
1992 OCT	2814.4
1992 NOV	2864.1
1992 DEC	2983.3
1993 JAN	3062.1
1993 FEB	3042.6
1993 MAR	2996.7
1993 APR	3000.5
1993 MAY	2916.6
1993 JUN	2865.0
1993 JUL	2929.3
1993 AUG	2960.0
1993 SEP	2912.1
1993 OCT	2793.6
1993 NOV	2769.4
1993 DEC	2782.7
1994 JAN	2889.3
1994 FEB	2841.4
1994 MAR	2777.5
1994 APR	2734.4
1994 MAY	2652.6
1994 JUN	2585.6
1994 JUL	2643.1
1994 AUG	2638.3
1994 SEP	2580.4
1994 OCT	2455.0
1994 NOV	2423.0
1994 DEC	2417.0
1995 JAN	2503.4
1995 FEB	2458.8
1995 MAR	2398.3
1995 APR	2375.3
1995 MAY	2302.3
1995 JUN	2254.5
1995 JUL	2336.2
1995 AUG	2350.2
1995 SEP	2292.2
1995 OCT	2212.3
1995 NOV	2196.1
1995 DEC	2228.2
1996 JAN	2310.5
1996 FEB	2303.0
1996 MAR	2230.8
1996 APR	2223.9
1996 MAY	2147.4
1996 JUN	2096.3
1996 JUL	2158.1
1996 AUG	2176.4
1996 SEP	2103.7
1996 OCT	1977.2
1996 NOV	1871.4
1996 DEC	1868.2
1997 JAN	1907.8
1997 FEB	1827.8
1997 MAR	1745.3
1997 APR	1688.0
1997 MAY	1620.5
1997 JUN	1550.1
1997 JUL	1585.3
1997 AUG	1579.2
1997 SEP	1513.5
1997 OCT	1432.8
1997 NOV	1387.6
1997 DEC	1391.4
1998 JAN	1479.3
1998 FEB	1451.2
1998 MAR	1405.9
1998 APR	1389.9
1998 MAY	1349.4
1998 JUN	1322.8
1998 JUL	1368.3
1998 AUG	1383.2
1998 SEP	1334.3
1998 OCT	1286.4
1998 NOV	1283.9
1998 DEC	1293.6
1999 JAN	1386.4
1999 FEB	1379.1
1999 MAR	1346.6
1999 APR	1320.1
1999 MAY	1275.6
1999 JUN	1244.7
1999 JUL	1263.6
1999 AUG	1263.2
1999 SEP	1224.0
1999 OCT	1164.9
1999 NOV	1147.2
1999 DEC	1140.6
2000 JAN	1236.4
2000 FEB	1227.0
2000 MAR	1194.3
2000 APR	1142.1
2000 MAY	1108.2
2000 JUN	1077.2
2000 JUL	1088.8
2000 AUG	1089.1
2000 SEP	1042.8
2000 OCT	1009.2
2000 NOV	1000.6
2000 DEC	1011.4
2001 JAN	1077.8
2001 FEB	1073.4
2001 MAR	1041.1
2001 APR	1006.4
2001 MAY	980.9
2001 JUN	947.9
2001 JUL	961.8
2001 AUG	973.2
2001 SEP	940.4
2001 OCT	918.4
2001 NOV	926.2
2001 DEC	948.5
2002 JAN	1021.5
2002 FEB	1024.0
2002 MAR	998.2
2002 APR	982.7
2002 MAY	954.5
2002 JUN	937.0
2002 JUL	956.4
2002 AUG	962.7
2002 SEP	936.2
2002 OCT	907.2
2002 NOV	905.6
2002 DEC	919.1
2003 JAN	998.0
2003 FEB	1012.8
2003 MAR	992.3
2003 APR	966.1
2003 MAY	957.8
2003 JUN	939.2
2003 JUL	946.3
2003 AUG	948.6
2003 SEP	922.1
2003 OCT	893.2
2003 NOV	884.6
2003 DEC	889.7
2004 JAN	952.4
2004 FEB	957.0
2004 MAR	932.0
2004 APR	905.2
2004 MAY	869.7
2004 JUN	840.5
2004 JUL	841.5
2004 AUG	847.6
2004 SEP	827.8
2004 OCT	806.8
2004 NOV	803.0
2004 DEC	810.2
2005 JAN	872.1
2005 FEB	885.0
2005 MAR	882.3
2005 APR	871.8
2005 MAY	867.6
2005 JUN	858.2
2005 JUL	871.0
2005 AUG	880.7
2005 SEP	871.5
2005 OCT	864.8
2005 NOV	875.3
2005 DEC	892.7
2006 JAN	955.3
2006 FEB	984.7
2006 MAR	989.1
2006 APR	981.2
2006 MAY	965.7
2006 JUN	952.9
2006 JUL	960.8
2006 AUG	958.9
2006 SEP	952.9
2006 OCT	933.7
2006 NOV	922.1
2006 DEC	923.5
2007 JAN	965.1
2007 FEB	974.9
2007 MAR	956.0
2007 APR	918.5
2007 MAY	889.1
2007 JUN	855.6
2007 JUL	854.1
2007 AUG	857.1
2007 SEP	827.9
2007 OCT	801.0
2007 NOV	785.8
2007 DEC	790.4
2008 JAN	830.5
2008 FEB	848.9
2008 MAR	842.8
2008 APR	835.2
2008 MAY	831.9
2008 JUN	835.3
2008 JUL	871.3
2008 AUG	923.9
2008 SEP	944.7
2008 OCT	970.3
2008 NOV	1056.1
2008 DEC	1153.3
2009 JAN	1282.6
2009 FEB	1459.8
2009 MAR	1523.5
2009 APR	1557.6
2009 MAY	1565.0
2009 JUN	1553.3
2009 JUL	1573.1
2009 AUG	1602.2
2009 SEP	1591.1
2009 OCT	1582.6
2009 NOV	1569.4
2009 DEC	1567.0
2010 JAN	1654.0
2010 FEB	1657.0
2010 MAR	1614.9
2010 APR	1568.1
2010 MAY	1502.2
2010 JUN	1444.1
2010 JUL	1441.0
2010 AUG	1456.0
2010 SEP	1439.6
2010 OCT	1416.8
2010 NOV	1413.3
2010 DEC	1425.2
2011 JAN	1505.1
2011 FEB	1538.2
2011 MAR	1526.9
2011 APR	1520.8
2011 MAY	1504.9
2011 JUN	1493.1
2011 JUL	1541.8
2011 AUG	1576.8
2011 SEP	1578.6
2011 OCT	1562.5
2011 NOV	1558.8
2011 DEC	1568.8
2012 JAN	1649.2
2012 FEB	1686.0
2012 MAR	1666.9
2012 APR	1616.8
2012 MAY	1590.7
2012 JUN	1564.2
2012 JUL	1572.7
2012 AUG	1569.9
2012 SEP	1553.0
2012 OCT	1547.4
2012 NOV	1535.0
2012 DEC	1523.2
2013 JAN	1581.8
2013 FEB	1613.8
2013 MAR	1584.5
2013 APR	1538.6
2013 MAY	1495.8
2013 JUN	1439.9
2013 JUL	1418.9
2013 AUG	1390.4
2013 SEP	1326.1
2013 OCT	1270.6
2013 NOV	1225.1
2013 DEC	1203.9
2014 JAN	1245.6
2014 FEB	1247.1
2014 MAR	1200.1
2014 APR	1146.4
2014 MAY	1094.1
2014 JUN	1024.8
2014 JUL	1000.8
2014 AUG	968.5
2014 SEP	932.4
2014 OCT	898.9
2014 NOV	861.6
2014 DEC	839.2
2015 JAN	871.3
2015 FEB	883.9
2015 MAR	855.8
2015 APR	833.0
2015 MAY	806.6
2015 JUN	783.6
2015 JUL	785.0
2015 AUG	783.7
2015 SEP	768.3
2015 OCT	756.5
2015 NOV	737.9
2015 DEC	733.8
2016 JAN	772.1
2016 FEB	800.0
2016 MAR	804.4
2016 APR	792.8
2016 MAY	780.2
2016 JUN	767.4
2016 JUL	766.2
2016 AUG	773.5
2016 SEP	767.3
2016 OCT	763.4
2016 NOV	755.6
2016 DEC	747.5
2017 JAN	768.9
2017 FEB	798.2
2017 MAR	815.8
2017 APR	820.1
2017 MAY	810.0
2017 JUN	799.2
2017 JUL	795.0
2017 AUG	797.6
2017 SEP	790.7
2017 OCT	786.5
2017 NOV	783.8
2017 DEC	793.7
2018 JAN	821.6
2018 FEB	865.6
2018 MAR	884.1
2018 APR	917.1
2018 MAY	896.8
2018 JUN	890.3
2018 JUL	893.4
2018 AUG	907.4
2018 SEP	918.2
2018 OCT	931.8
2018 NOV	946.4
2018 DEC	968.0
2019 JAN	1004.7
2019 FEB	1063.7
2019 MAR	1093.1
2019 APR	1108.3
2019 MAY	1114.5
2019 JUN	1137.0
2019 JUL	1147.4
2019 AUG	1165.7
2019 SEP	1166.6
2019 OCT	1186.1
2019 NOV	1198.9
2019 DEC	1204.0
2020 JAN	1217.1
2020 FEB	1257.3
2020 MAR	1270.2
2020 APR	2117.8
2020 MAY	2669.4
2020 JUN	2597.6
2020 JUL	2650.8
2020 AUG	2696.8
2020 SEP	2661.2
2020 OCT	2570.5
2020 NOV	2609.7
2020 DEC	2594.5
2021 JAN	2558.6
2021 FEB	2678.3
2021 MAR	2675.3
2021 APR	2629.5
2021 MAY	2462.9
2021 JUN	2286.0
2021 JUL	2232.8
2021 AUG	2144.3
2021 SEP	2032.7
2021 OCT	1957.8
2021 NOV	1881.7
2021 DEC	1815.3
2022 JAN	1777.5
2022 FEB	1776.9
2022 MAR	1717.7
2022 APR	1632.2
2022 MAY	1582.2
2022 JUN	1548.5
2022 JUL	1523.3
2022 AUG	1520.0
2022 SEP	1509.9
2022 OCT	1489.3
2022 NOV	1504.0
2022 DEC	1515.2
2023 JAN	1502.8
2023 FEB	1526.5
2023 MAR	1557.9
2023 APR	1584.5
2023 MAY	1529.1
2023 JUN	1536.5
2023 JUL	1545.7
2023 AUG	1529.8
2023 SEP	1524.0
2023 OCT	1524.9
2023 NOV	1535.9
2023 DEC	1543.5
2024 JAN	1552.0
2024 FEB	1595.4
2024 MAR	1608.3
2024 APR	1594.0
2024 MAY	1629.2
2024 JUN	1640.2
2024 JUL	1777.6
2024 AUG	1772.6
2024 SEP	1769.7
2024 OCT	1754.3
2024 NOV	1726.3
2024 DEC	1700.4
2025 JAN	1697.4
2025 FEB	1783.5

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