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
employee self-employeda total
Total
2009 321.9 12.7 334.6 31.1 51.7 417.4
2010 357.2 20.7 377.9 33.6 57.5 469.1
2011 353.9 17.4 371.3 36.7 57.4 465.4
2012 357.2 14.5 371.7 31.5 69.6 472.8
2013 315.3 16.9 332.2 34.1 73.9 440.2
2014 238.8 15.1 253.9 27.9 61.0 342.9
2015 221.1 9.4 230.6 27.1 50.0 307.7
2016 169.2 6.9 176.0 21.2 37.2 234.5
2017 136.7 7.8 144.5 15.6 31.4 191.6
2018 126.5 5.2 131.7 12.6 27.6 171.8
2019 118.4 120.2 9.7 29.1 158.9
2020 154.8 5.1 159.9 8.7 29.0 197.6
2021 150.1 6.0 156.2 7.2 32.3 195.7
2022 136.6 4.3 140.9 11.4 24.0 176.3
2023 152.9 7.0 159.9 13.8 29.1 202.9
Male
2009 183.0 7.4 190.4 14.2 27.3 231.8
2010 206.3 11.1 217.4 13.4 30.9 261.7
2011 197.7 9.9 207.6 14.0 29.8 251.5
2012 202.3 9.7 211.9 12.2 37.9 262.1
2013 175.5 10.2 185.8 14.2 39.3 239.3
2014 130.4 8.2 138.6 11.5 31.7 181.7
2015 118.7 5.6 124.2 11.4 26.3 161.9
2016 95.5 4.2 99.7 9.8 18.0 127.5
2017 71.1 4.5 75.6 6.3 13.9 95.7
2018 65.7 2.6 68.3 5.3 14.5 88.1
2019 64.1 64.6 5.0 16.5 86.1
2020 84.2 3.1 87.3 3.8 13.1 104.2
2021 77.6 3.5 81.1 2.6 16.1 99.9
2022 74.5 3.3 77.8 5.8 12.9 96.6
2023 82.6 3.6 86.2 5.3 15.1 106.7
Female
2009 139.0 5.3 144.3 16.9 24.5 185.6
2010 150.8 9.7 160.5 20.2 26.7 207.4
2011 156.2 7.5 163.7 22.7 27.6 214.0
2012 155.0 4.8 159.8 19.3 31.7 210.7
2013 139.8 6.7 146.5 19.9 34.6 201.0
2014 108.4 6.9 115.3 16.5 29.3 161.1
2015 102.5 3.9 106.3 15.7 23.8 145.7
2016 73.7 2.7 76.4 11.4 19.2 107.0
2017 65.7 3.3 69.0 9.4 17.5 95.8
2018 60.8 2.6 63.4 7.2 13.1 83.7
2019 54.4 55.6 4.6 12.6 72.8
2020 70.6 72.6 4.9 15.9 93.4
2021 72.5 2.5 75.0 4.6 16.2 95.8
2022 62.1 63.1 5.5 11.1 79.7
2023 70.3 3.4 73.7 8.5 14.1 96.2

Footnotes

*Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
aSelf-employed: own-account worker, member of a partnership, member of co-operatives or unpaid family worker.
.