Year People who had stopped work within 8 years People who did not work in last 8 years or unknown Never had regular work Unemployed persons together
Agriculture, forestry and fishing Industry of which: Services of which: Total
Manufacturing Construction Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor-vehicles and motorcycles Transport and storage Accomodation and food service activities Administrative and support service activities Public administration and defence; compulsory social security Human health and social work activities
A B–F C F G–U G H I N O Q A–U
Total
2009 10.4 153.2 109.0 39.2 171.1 45.5 14.2 18.7 13.3 35.9 7.9 334.6 31.1 51.7 417.4
2010 14.1 154.5 104.6 44.1 209.2 55.6 19.2 22.7 17.6 44.1 9.1 377.9 33.6 57.5 469.1
2011 13.7 131.6 81.7 44.2 226.0 52.0 16.9 20.6 17.4 64.3 13.0 371.3 36.7 57.4 465.4
2012 13.6 130.9 81.3 43.4 227.2 52.4 16.2 22.0 18.8 57.4 12.2 371.7 31.5 69.6 472.8
2013 12.8 114.3 69.4 35.1 205.2 49.3 12.7 22.9 21.5 47.0 11.5 332.2 34.1 73.9 440.2
2014 10.2 82.3 53.3 23.0 161.4 39.6 10.1 15.0 15.2 47.4 7.1 253.9 27.9 61.0 342.9
2015 10.1 68.6 41.5 21.8 151.9 33.5 10.8 15.2 11.6 48.8 7.2 230.6 27.1 50.0 307.7
2016 8.7 49.9 28.1 17.4 117.5 24.1 5.3 11.4 10.6 40.2 7.9 176.0 21.2 37.2 234.5
2017 6.1 38.5 23.0 11.1 99.9 19.7 5.0 11.7 6.9 33.3 6.5 144.5 15.6 31.4 191.6
2018 5.9 42.5 26.7 12.7 81.5 16.6 4.0 9.9 7.0 24.9 3.2 129.8 12.6 27.0 169.4
2019 6.3 42.1 28.1 12.3 71.5 15.4 4.4 8.9 4.4 20.3 4.0 119.9 9.5 28.5 157.9
2020 6.1 57.7 37.8 15.6 95.1 22.6 7.2 15.8 8.1 17.3 3.9 158.8 8.8 28.6 196.2
2021 7.3 54.9 37.1 15.2 92.7 20.0 6.8 17.3 5.6 20.8 5.9 154.9 7.2 31.3 193.4
2022 7.8 52.7 34.6 15.4 78.9 17.1 5.6 9.2 6.0 19.0 6.9 139.3 11.4 23.3 174.0
2023 9.1 60.4 38.8 19.5 89.0 17.7 6.5 10.6 9.5 19.8 5.3 158.5 13.8 28.9 201.2
2024 8.2 59.6 38.2 18.1 101.2 21.6 7.2 9.9 9.8 19.2 9.2 169.0 15.2 36.2 220.4
Male
2009 7.4 100.6 59.5 37.3 82.3 18.4 10.5 6.0 8.4 23.2 … 190.4 14.2 27.3 231.8
2010 10.3 108.3 62.4 41.2 98.8 24.3 14.4 8.0 8.5 26.8 … 217.4 13.4 30.9 261.7
2011 10.0 93.3 47.2 41.8 104.4 19.8 12.8 6.7 9.6 36.2 3.9 207.6 14.0 29.8 251.5
2012 9.4 96.1 50.5 41.7 106.4 19.3 12.2 9.1 11.1 31.5 3.2 211.9 12.2 37.9 262.1
2013 9.0 82.1 42.0 33.4 94.7 20.4 9.1 9.1 12.9 26.6 3.3 185.8 14.2 39.3 239.3
2014 7.9 57.5 31.1 22.1 73.2 15.4 7.0 4.7 8.1 27.0 … 138.6 11.5 31.7 181.7
2015 7.0 46.4 21.5 21.2 70.8 16.3 7.9 5.9 5.7 25.0 … 124.2 11.4 26.3 161.9
2016 6.8 36.5 16.9 16.9 56.3 11.4 4.2 4.8 5.6 21.4 2.6 99.7 9.8 18.0 127.5
2017 4.3 24.9 12.3 10.3 46.4 7.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 17.3 … 75.6 6.3 13.9 95.7
2018 3.9 30.3 15.8 12.3 33.8 6.0 2.9 3.7 4.1 11.7 … 67.9 5.4 14.3 87.6
2019 4.5 29.7 16.2 11.9 30.5 6.2 3.4 4.1 1.6 10.0 … 64.8 5.0 15.8 85.6
2020 4.4 40.7 23.3 13.9 42.9 9.2 5.6 6.3 3.8 8.3 … 88.0 4.0 12.8 104.8
2021 5.0 38.0 21.7 14.1 38.2 8.4 5.2 6.0 2.2 9.9 … 81.2 2.7 15.6 99.5
2022 5.3 37.2 19.6 15.2 34.3 7.3 4.4 3.0 3.4 8.1 … 76.8 5.9 12.7 95.4
2023 5.7 44.4 24.6 18.2 35.7 6.0 4.9 3.9 4.4 7.4 … 85.8 5.4 14.9 106.0
2024 5.1 43.4 24.2 17.1 42.9 9.1 5.0 3.0 4.3 7.5 … 91.4 7.4 19.8 118.6
Female
2009 3.0 52.6 49.5 … 88.7 27.1 3.7 12.6 4.9 12.8 6.0 144.3 16.9 24.5 185.6
2010 3.8 46.2 42.2 2.9 110.4 31.4 4.8 14.7 9.1 17.3 7.0 160.5 20.2 26.7 207.4
2011 3.7 38.4 34.5 … 121.7 32.2 4.2 13.9 7.8 28.1 9.1 163.7 22.7 27.6 214.0
2012 4.2 34.8 30.8 … 120.7 33.0 4.0 12.9 7.7 26.0 9.0 159.8 19.3 31.7 210.7
2013 3.8 32.2 27.4 … 110.5 28.9 3.5 13.8 8.6 20.4 8.2 146.5 19.9 34.6 201.0
2014 … 24.8 22.3 … 88.2 24.2 3.2 10.3 7.1 20.4 5.5 115.3 16.5 29.3 161.1
2015 3.1 22.1 20.0 … 81.1 17.2 2.9 9.3 6.0 23.8 5.4 106.3 15.7 23.8 145.7
2016 … 13.4 11.2 … 61.1 12.7 … 6.6 5.0 18.8 5.3 76.4 11.4 19.2 107.0
2017 … 13.6 10.7 … 53.6 12.5 … 7.2 … 16.0 4.8 69.0 9.4 17.5 95.8
2018 … 12.2 11.0 … 47.7 10.6 … 6.2 2.9 13.2 2.6 61.9 7.2 12.7 81.8
2019 … 12.3 11.9 … 41.1 9.2 … 4.8 2.8 10.3 3.5 55.1 4.4 12.8 72.3
2020 … 17.0 14.5 … 52.2 13.4 … 9.5 4.3 9.0 2.6 70.8 4.8 15.8 91.4
2021 … 16.9 15.4 … 54.5 11.6 … 11.2 3.3 10.9 4.8 73.8 4.5 15.7 94.0
2022 … 15.5 15.0 … 44.6 9.8 … 6.2 2.6 11.0 5.4 62.5 5.5 10.7 78.6
2023 3.4 16.0 14.3 … 53.3 11.6 … 6.6 5.1 12.4 4.6 72.7 8.4 14.0 95.2
2024 3.2 16.2 14.0 … 58.3 12.4 … 6.9 5.5 11.7 7.2 77.6 7.8 16.4 101.8

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. From 1 January 2025, the NACE Rev.2. classification is based on the economic activity of the local unit of the employer enterprise or business, instead of the economic activity of the employer enterprise or business. The time series have been revised back to 2018, so the data for the period 1992–2017 and for the period 2018 and beyond are not directly comparable. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
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Revised datum.
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