United Kingdom: Unemployment rate
Percent · 1760–2025 · 266 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp
- 2025
- 4.85%percent
- Change on 2024
- +0.5 pointsfrom 4.30%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 4.34%10 years
- Record high and low
- 15.4% (1932)low 0.283% (1944)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.50 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 4.50 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 4.50 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 4.80 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 5.32 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 3.96 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 4.85 | |
| 2024 | 4.30 | |
| 2023 | 4.05 | |
| 2022 | 3.80 | |
| 2021 | 4.55 | |
| 2020 | 4.63 | |
| 2019 | 3.83 | |
| 2018 | 4.07 | |
| 2017 | 4.43 | |
| 2016 | 4.88 |
Sources
- Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1760–2016
- Feinstein1855–1965
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
- Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1932–1936
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1971–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
- World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
- International Labour Organization2000–2023
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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