LFS: Unemployed: UK: All: Aged 16+: 000s: SA: Annual = 4 quarter average

Name: LFS: Unemployed: UK: All: Aged 16+: 000s: SA: Annual = 4 quarter average
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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Release date:
20 March 2025
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Table

Period	Value
1971	1058
1972	1116
1973	946
1974	948
1975	1174
1976	1414
1977	1470
1978	1453
1979	1432
1980	1833
1981	2609
1982	2875
1983	3081
1984	3241
1985	3151
1986	3160
1987	2940
1988	2445
1989	2082
1990	2053
1991	2530
1992	2822
1993	2929
1994	2676
1995	2436
1996	2296
1997	1988
1998	1788
1999	1727
2000	1587
2001	1489
2002	1529
2003	1489
2004	1424
2005	1464
2006	1671
2007	1655
2008	1786
2009	2403
2010	2497
2011	2593
2012	2570
2013	2474
2014	2026
2015	1780
2016	1635
2017	1479
2018	1385
2019	1311
2020	1570
2021	1545
2022	1304
2023	1407
2024	1510
1971 Q1	980
1971 Q2	1045
1971 Q3	1076
1971 Q4	1133
1972 Q1	1155
1972 Q2	1140
1972 Q3	1100
1972 Q4	1070
1973 Q1	1002
1973 Q2	968
1973 Q3	927
1973 Q4	888
1974 Q1	923
1974 Q2	937
1974 Q3	958
1974 Q4	976
1975 Q1	1029
1975 Q2	1126
1975 Q3	1221
1975 Q4	1319
1976 Q1	1379
1976 Q2	1413
1976 Q3	1430
1976 Q4	1432
1977 Q1	1436
1977 Q2	1452
1977 Q3	1493
1977 Q4	1499
1978 Q1	1474
1978 Q2	1463
1978 Q3	1455
1978 Q4	1421
1979 Q1	1420
1979 Q2	1405
1979 Q3	1430
1979 Q4	1471
1980 Q1	1558
1980 Q2	1700
1980 Q3	1905
1980 Q4	2169
1981 Q1	2403
1981 Q2	2588
1981 Q3	2684
1981 Q4	2761
1982 Q1	2803
1982 Q2	2841
1982 Q3	2897
1982 Q4	2960
1983 Q1	2998
1983 Q2	3049
1983 Q3	3109
1983 Q4	3167
1984 Q1	3243
1984 Q2	3265
1984 Q3	3238
1984 Q4	3217
1985 Q1	3180
1985 Q2	3152
1985 Q3	3137
1985 Q4	3135
1986 Q1	3150
1986 Q2	3159
1986 Q3	3177
1986 Q4	3156
1987 Q1	3113
1987 Q2	3021
1987 Q3	2885
1987 Q4	2741
1988 Q1	2613
1988 Q2	2490
1988 Q3	2385
1988 Q4	2293
1989 Q1	2179
1989 Q2	2083
1989 Q3	2045
1989 Q4	2021
1990 Q1	2004
1990 Q2	2002
1990 Q3	2049
1990 Q4	2158
1991 Q1	2306
1991 Q2	2492
1991 Q3	2624
1991 Q4	2697
1992 Q1	2762
1992 Q2	2777
1992 Q3	2815
1992 Q4	2932
1993 Q1	3004
1993 Q2	2931
1993 Q3	2890
1993 Q4	2892
1994 Q1	2806
1994 Q2	2736
1994 Q3	2639
1994 Q4	2521
1995 Q1	2497
1995 Q2	2445
1995 Q3	2447
1995 Q4	2353
1996 Q1	2330
1996 Q2	2340
1996 Q3	2285
1996 Q4	2229
1997 Q1	2085
1997 Q2	2051
1997 Q3	1951
1997 Q4	1864
1998 Q1	1813
1998 Q2	1791
1998 Q3	1786
1998 Q4	1764
1999 Q1	1780
1999 Q2	1743
1999 Q3	1702
1999 Q4	1684
2000 Q1	1682
2000 Q2	1599
2000 Q3	1548
2000 Q4	1520
2001 Q1	1481
2001 Q2	1468
2001 Q3	1487
2001 Q4	1520
2002 Q1	1515
2002 Q2	1520
2002 Q3	1566
2002 Q4	1516
2003 Q1	1531
2003 Q2	1467
2003 Q3	1502
2003 Q4	1457
2004 Q1	1434
2004 Q2	1437
2004 Q3	1401
2004 Q4	1423
2005 Q1	1416
2005 Q2	1437
2005 Q3	1437
2005 Q4	1567
2006 Q1	1604
2006 Q2	1685
2006 Q3	1693
2006 Q4	1701
2007 Q1	1704
2007 Q2	1658
2007 Q3	1650
2007 Q4	1608
2008 Q1	1622
2008 Q2	1680
2008 Q3	1840
2008 Q4	2003
2009 Q1	2235
2009 Q2	2448
2009 Q3	2475
2009 Q4	2453
2010 Q1	2526
2010 Q2	2488
2010 Q3	2470
2010 Q4	2503
2011 Q1	2483
2011 Q2	2540
2011 Q3	2661
2011 Q4	2688
2012 Q1	2633
2012 Q2	2575
2012 Q3	2537
2012 Q4	2534
2013 Q1	2540
2013 Q2	2515
2013 Q3	2483
2013 Q4	2358
2014 Q1	2212
2014 Q2	2061
2014 Q3	1962
2014 Q4	1870
2015 Q1	1826
2015 Q2	1848
2015 Q3	1760
2015 Q4	1688
2016 Q1	1688
2016 Q2	1645
2016 Q3	1619
2016 Q4	1587
2017 Q1	1530
2017 Q2	1488
2017 Q3	1432
2017 Q4	1467
2018 Q1	1422
2018 Q2	1367
2018 Q3	1382
2018 Q4	1369
2019 Q1	1304
2019 Q2	1332
2019 Q3	1325
2019 Q4	1283
2020 Q1	1411
2020 Q2	1390
2020 Q3	1688
2020 Q4	1791
2021 Q1	1667
2021 Q2	1589
2021 Q3	1497
2021 Q4	1426
2022 Q1	1292
2022 Q2	1298
2022 Q3	1275
2022 Q4	1350
2023 Q1	1389
2023 Q2	1472
2023 Q3	1428
2023 Q4	1339
2024 Q1	1513
2024 Q2	1467
2024 Q3	1507
2024 Q4	1552
1971 FEB	980
1971 MAR	998
1971 APR	1023
1971 MAY	1045
1971 JUN	1062
1971 JUL	1068
1971 AUG	1076
1971 SEP	1090
1971 OCT	1113
1971 NOV	1133
1971 DEC	1143
1972 JAN	1149
1972 FEB	1155
1972 MAR	1161
1972 APR	1155
1972 MAY	1140
1972 JUN	1122
1972 JUL	1107
1972 AUG	1100
1972 SEP	1092
1972 OCT	1085
1972 NOV	1070
1972 DEC	1049
1973 JAN	1024
1973 FEB	1002
1973 MAR	987
1973 APR	977
1973 MAY	968
1973 JUN	957
1973 JUL	943
1973 AUG	927
1973 SEP	913
1973 OCT	901
1973 NOV	888
1973 DEC	892
1974 JAN	904
1974 FEB	923
1974 MAR	931
1974 APR	933
1974 MAY	937
1974 JUN	941
1974 JUL	951
1974 AUG	958
1974 SEP	965
1974 OCT	969
1974 NOV	976
1974 DEC	989
1975 JAN	1007
1975 FEB	1029
1975 MAR	1055
1975 APR	1089
1975 MAY	1126
1975 JUN	1162
1975 JUL	1193
1975 AUG	1221
1975 SEP	1252
1975 OCT	1286
1975 NOV	1319
1975 DEC	1343
1976 JAN	1363
1976 FEB	1379
1976 MAR	1392
1976 APR	1405
1976 MAY	1413
1976 JUN	1419
1976 JUL	1425
1976 AUG	1430
1976 SEP	1432
1976 OCT	1431
1976 NOV	1432
1976 DEC	1435
1977 JAN	1436
1977 FEB	1436
1977 MAR	1437
1977 APR	1441
1977 MAY	1452
1977 JUN	1467
1977 JUL	1481
1977 AUG	1493
1977 SEP	1498
1977 OCT	1502
1977 NOV	1499
1977 DEC	1493
1978 JAN	1484
1978 FEB	1474
1978 MAR	1469
1978 APR	1466
1978 MAY	1463
1978 JUN	1459
1978 JUL	1459
1978 AUG	1455
1978 SEP	1449
1978 OCT	1435
1978 NOV	1421
1978 DEC	1413
1979 JAN	1417
1979 FEB	1420
1979 MAR	1414
1979 APR	1405
1979 MAY	1405
1979 JUN	1415
1979 JUL	1422
1979 AUG	1430
1979 SEP	1441
1979 OCT	1453
1979 NOV	1471
1979 DEC	1490
1980 JAN	1521
1980 FEB	1558
1980 MAR	1603
1980 APR	1648
1980 MAY	1700
1980 JUN	1756
1980 JUL	1828
1980 AUG	1905
1980 SEP	1989
1980 OCT	2077
1980 NOV	2169
1980 DEC	2255
1981 JAN	2330
1981 FEB	2403
1981 MAR	2476
1981 APR	2544
1981 MAY	2588
1981 JUN	2624
1981 JUL	2654
1981 AUG	2684
1981 SEP	2713
1981 OCT	2740
1981 NOV	2761
1981 DEC	2780
1982 JAN	2792
1982 FEB	2803
1982 MAR	2813
1982 APR	2824
1982 MAY	2841
1982 JUN	2857
1982 JUL	2877
1982 AUG	2897
1982 SEP	2917
1982 OCT	2938
1982 NOV	2960
1982 DEC	2976
1983 JAN	2988
1983 FEB	2998
1983 MAR	3008
1983 APR	3023
1983 MAY	3049
1983 JUN	3074
1983 JUL	3093
1983 AUG	3109
1983 SEP	3125
1983 OCT	3146
1983 NOV	3167
1983 DEC	3189
1984 JAN	3215
1984 FEB	3243
1984 MAR	3263
1984 APR	3278
1984 MAY	3265
1984 JUN	3256
1984 JUL	3242
1984 AUG	3238
1984 SEP	3233
1984 OCT	3229
1984 NOV	3217
1984 DEC	3206
1985 JAN	3195
1985 FEB	3180
1985 MAR	3169
1985 APR	3156
1985 MAY	3152
1985 JUN	3145
1985 JUL	3139
1985 AUG	3137
1985 SEP	3135
1985 OCT	3133
1985 NOV	3135
1985 DEC	3138
1986 JAN	3143
1986 FEB	3150
1986 MAR	3151
1986 APR	3154
1986 MAY	3159
1986 JUN	3168
1986 JUL	3175
1986 AUG	3177
1986 SEP	3171
1986 OCT	3165
1986 NOV	3156
1986 DEC	3150
1987 JAN	3134
1987 FEB	3113
1987 MAR	3090
1987 APR	3061
1987 MAY	3021
1987 JUN	2973
1987 JUL	2929
1987 AUG	2885
1987 SEP	2838
1987 OCT	2788
1987 NOV	2741
1987 DEC	2697
1988 JAN	2657
1988 FEB	2613
1988 MAR	2569
1988 APR	2526
1988 MAY	2490
1988 JUN	2452
1988 JUL	2416
1988 AUG	2385
1988 SEP	2361
1988 OCT	2333
1988 NOV	2293
1988 DEC	2253
1989 JAN	2213
1989 FEB	2179
1989 MAR	2140
1989 APR	2106
1989 MAY	2083
1989 JUN	2071
1989 JUL	2057
1989 AUG	2045
1989 SEP	2034
1989 OCT	2027
1989 NOV	2021
1989 DEC	2012
1990 JAN	2006
1990 FEB	2004
1990 MAR	2004
1990 APR	2004
1990 MAY	2002
1990 JUN	2009
1990 JUL	2024
1990 AUG	2049
1990 SEP	2079
1990 OCT	2115
1990 NOV	2158
1990 DEC	2196
1991 JAN	2244
1991 FEB	2306
1991 MAR	2378
1991 APR	2442
1991 MAY	2492
1991 JUN	2540
1991 JUL	2585
1991 AUG	2624
1991 SEP	2652
1991 OCT	2675
1991 NOV	2697
1991 DEC	2714
1992 JAN	2735
1992 FEB	2762
1992 MAR	2782
1992 APR	2796
1992 MAY	2777
1992 JUN	2803
1992 JUL	2816
1992 AUG	2815
1992 SEP	2850
1992 OCT	2899
1992 NOV	2932
1992 DEC	2983
1993 JAN	3023
1993 FEB	3004
1993 MAR	2988
1993 APR	2952
1993 MAY	2931
1993 JUN	2927
1993 JUL	2906
1993 AUG	2890
1993 SEP	2892
1993 OCT	2885
1993 NOV	2892
1993 DEC	2892
1994 JAN	2845
1994 FEB	2806
1994 MAR	2769
1994 APR	2750
1994 MAY	2736
1994 JUN	2705
1994 JUL	2691
1994 AUG	2639
1994 SEP	2608
1994 OCT	2556
1994 NOV	2521
1994 DEC	2497
1995 JAN	2496
1995 FEB	2497
1995 MAR	2490
1995 APR	2473
1995 MAY	2445
1995 JUN	2448
1995 JUL	2439
1995 AUG	2447
1995 SEP	2438
1995 OCT	2421
1995 NOV	2353
1995 DEC	2377
1996 JAN	2357
1996 FEB	2330
1996 MAR	2350
1996 APR	2347
1996 MAY	2340
1996 JUN	2314
1996 JUL	2285
1996 AUG	2285
1996 SEP	2287
1996 OCT	2262
1996 NOV	2229
1996 DEC	2181
1997 JAN	2131
1997 FEB	2085
1997 MAR	2052
1997 APR	2047
1997 MAY	2051
1997 JUN	2083
1997 JUL	2022
1997 AUG	1951
1997 SEP	1909
1997 OCT	1887
1997 NOV	1864
1997 DEC	1821
1998 JAN	1816
1998 FEB	1813
1998 MAR	1799
1998 APR	1787
1998 MAY	1791
1998 JUN	1800
1998 JUL	1807
1998 AUG	1786
1998 SEP	1782
1998 OCT	1768
1998 NOV	1764
1998 DEC	1790
1999 JAN	1794
1999 FEB	1780
1999 MAR	1773
1999 APR	1760
1999 MAY	1743
1999 JUN	1723
1999 JUL	1705
1999 AUG	1702
1999 SEP	1687
1999 OCT	1693
1999 NOV	1684
1999 DEC	1702
2000 JAN	1685
2000 FEB	1682
2000 MAR	1655
2000 APR	1640
2000 MAY	1599
2000 JUN	1551
2000 JUL	1529
2000 AUG	1548
2000 SEP	1571
2000 OCT	1540
2000 NOV	1520
2000 DEC	1504
2001 JAN	1516
2001 FEB	1481
2001 MAR	1459
2001 APR	1431
2001 MAY	1468
2001 JUN	1472
2001 JUL	1483
2001 AUG	1487
2001 SEP	1487
2001 OCT	1495
2001 NOV	1520
2001 DEC	1518
2002 JAN	1508
2002 FEB	1515
2002 MAR	1522
2002 APR	1542
2002 MAY	1520
2002 JUN	1527
2002 JUL	1539
2002 AUG	1566
2002 SEP	1546
2002 OCT	1532
2002 NOV	1516
2002 DEC	1480
2003 JAN	1517
2003 FEB	1531
2003 MAR	1517
2003 APR	1486
2003 MAY	1467
2003 JUN	1506
2003 JUL	1504
2003 AUG	1502
2003 SEP	1473
2003 OCT	1461
2003 NOV	1457
2003 DEC	1442
2004 JAN	1436
2004 FEB	1434
2004 MAR	1437
2004 APR	1435
2004 MAY	1437
2004 JUN	1423
2004 JUL	1405
2004 AUG	1401
2004 SEP	1397
2004 OCT	1407
2004 NOV	1423
2004 DEC	1425
2005 JAN	1447
2005 FEB	1416
2005 MAR	1420
2005 APR	1436
2005 MAY	1437
2005 JUN	1424
2005 JUL	1420
2005 AUG	1437
2005 SEP	1500
2005 OCT	1538
2005 NOV	1567
2005 DEC	1551
2006 JAN	1584
2006 FEB	1604
2006 MAR	1633
2006 APR	1664
2006 MAY	1685
2006 JUN	1698
2006 JUL	1690
2006 AUG	1693
2006 SEP	1691
2006 OCT	1674
2006 NOV	1701
2006 DEC	1703
2007 JAN	1708
2007 FEB	1704
2007 MAR	1692
2007 APR	1670
2007 MAY	1658
2007 JUN	1645
2007 JUL	1645
2007 AUG	1650
2007 SEP	1629
2007 OCT	1633
2007 NOV	1608
2007 DEC	1617
2008 JAN	1622
2008 FEB	1622
2008 MAR	1667
2008 APR	1625
2008 MAY	1680
2008 JUN	1724
2008 JUL	1793
2008 AUG	1840
2008 SEP	1875
2008 OCT	1941
2008 NOV	2003
2008 DEC	2057
2009 JAN	2128
2009 FEB	2235
2009 MAR	2296
2009 APR	2395
2009 MAY	2448
2009 JUN	2478
2009 JUL	2484
2009 AUG	2475
2009 SEP	2484
2009 OCT	2455
2009 NOV	2453
2009 DEC	2434
2010 JAN	2496
2010 FEB	2526
2010 MAR	2510
2010 APR	2508
2010 MAY	2488
2010 JUN	2488
2010 JUL	2476
2010 AUG	2470
2010 SEP	2513
2010 OCT	2502
2010 NOV	2503
2010 DEC	2524
2011 JAN	2492
2011 FEB	2483
2011 MAR	2462
2011 APR	2500
2011 MAY	2540
2011 JUN	2556
2011 JUL	2610
2011 AUG	2661
2011 SEP	2677
2011 OCT	2712
2011 NOV	2688
2011 DEC	2674
2012 JAN	2654
2012 FEB	2633
2012 MAR	2624
2012 APR	2598
2012 MAY	2575
2012 JUN	2598
2012 JUL	2549
2012 AUG	2537
2012 SEP	2534
2012 OCT	2531
2012 NOV	2534
2012 DEC	2536
2013 JAN	2584
2013 FEB	2540
2013 MAR	2525
2013 APR	2512
2013 MAY	2515
2013 JUN	2493
2013 JUL	2504
2013 AUG	2483
2013 SEP	2405
2013 OCT	2341
2013 NOV	2358
2013 DEC	2340
2014 JAN	2257
2014 FEB	2212
2014 MAR	2161
2014 APR	2112
2014 MAY	2061
2014 JUN	2010
2014 JUL	1972
2014 AUG	1962
2014 SEP	1954
2014 OCT	1924
2014 NOV	1870
2014 DEC	1858
2015 JAN	1840
2015 FEB	1826
2015 MAR	1813
2015 APR	1848
2015 MAY	1848
2015 JUN	1821
2015 JUL	1779
2015 AUG	1760
2015 SEP	1716
2015 OCT	1687
2015 NOV	1688
2015 DEC	1685
2016 JAN	1701
2016 FEB	1688
2016 MAR	1667
2016 APR	1649
2016 MAY	1645
2016 JUN	1637
2016 JUL	1670
2016 AUG	1619
2016 SEP	1615
2016 OCT	1604
2016 NOV	1587
2016 DEC	1575
2017 JAN	1553
2017 FEB	1530
2017 MAR	1523
2017 APR	1492
2017 MAY	1488
2017 JUN	1460
2017 JUL	1456
2017 AUG	1432
2017 SEP	1426
2017 OCT	1441
2017 NOV	1467
2017 DEC	1455
2018 JAN	1423
2018 FEB	1422
2018 MAR	1421
2018 APR	1413
2018 MAY	1367
2018 JUN	1363
2018 JUL	1368
2018 AUG	1382
2018 SEP	1379
2018 OCT	1375
2018 NOV	1369
2018 DEC	1345
2019 JAN	1349
2019 FEB	1304
2019 MAR	1312
2019 APR	1300
2019 MAY	1332
2019 JUN	1321
2019 JUL	1328
2019 AUG	1325
2019 SEP	1300
2019 OCT	1313
2019 NOV	1283
2019 DEC	1341
2020 JAN	1364
2020 FEB	1411
2020 MAR	1400
2020 APR	1408
2020 MAY	1390
2020 JUN	1488
2020 JUL	1579
2020 AUG	1688
2020 SEP	1758
2020 OCT	1782
2020 NOV	1791
2020 DEC	1761
2021 JAN	1718
2021 FEB	1667
2021 MAR	1640
2021 APR	1628
2021 MAY	1589
2021 JUN	1564
2021 JUL	1545
2021 AUG	1497
2021 SEP	1473
2021 OCT	1435
2021 NOV	1426
2021 DEC	1402
2022 JAN	1335
2022 FEB	1292
2022 MAR	1307
2022 APR	1281
2022 MAY	1298
2022 JUN	1242
2022 JUL	1231
2022 AUG	1275
2022 SEP	1316
2022 OCT	1330
2022 NOV	1350
2022 DEC	1335
2023 JAN	1376
2023 FEB	1389
2023 MAR	1350
2023 APR	1396
2023 MAY	1472
2023 JUN	1511
2023 JUL	1487
2023 AUG	1428
2023 SEP	1397
2023 OCT	1373
2023 NOV	1339
2023 DEC	1414
2024 JAN	1460
2024 FEB	1513
2024 MAR	1524
2024 APR	1549
2024 MAY	1467
2024 JUN	1480
2024 JUL	1440
2024 AUG	1507
2024 SEP	1505
2024 OCT	1560
2024 NOV	1552
2024 DEC	1545

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