Year Had regular job/business earlier Never had regular work Unemployed persons together
lost job, or own business bankrupted quit job, or own business terminated seasonal work terminated public work has ended family responsibilities othera total
Total
2009 245.0 25.7 20.4 27.6 14.1 32.8 365.7 51.7 417.4
2010 282.5 25.9 23.9 32.5 15.0 31.8 411.5 57.5 469.1
2011 258.1 26.0 23.1 51.0 15.7 34.2 408.0 57.4 465.4
2012 269.9 22.6 26.2 45.4 11.4 27.6 403.2 69.6 472.8
2013 251.0 20.2 21.2 40.5 11.3 22.2 366.3 73.9 440.2
2014 171.9 24.6 16.3 42.3 10.5 16.2 281.8 61.0 342.9
2015 139.3 25.9 19.1 44.0 11.4 18.0 257.6 50.0 307.7
2016 104.1 21.1 16.0 34.4 8.4 13.3 197.3 37.2 234.5
2017 76.5 21.5 10.1 30.6 9.3 12.2 160.2 31.4 191.6
2018 60.6 24.2 10.6 23.7 10.1 13.4 142.5 27.0 169.4
2019 54.2 26.2 9.0 16.0 9.4 14.6 129.4 28.5 157.9
2020 93.0 28.2 8.8 10.1 10.4 17.2 167.6 28.6 196.2
2021 81.8 23.2 12.3 16.4 6.3 22.2 162.2 31.3 193.4
2022 64.9 28.5 12.3 15.7 7.0 22.3 150.7 23.3 174.0
2023 67.1 39.0 16.5 14.1 4.4 31.2 172.3 28.9 201.2
2024 74.3 41.5 16.8 14.1 3.2 34.3 184.2 36.2 220.4
Male
2009 141.6 14.5 12.7 18.5 … 15.8 204.5 27.3 231.8
2010 166.3 14.1 13.8 20.3 … 15.0 230.9 30.9 261.7
2011 148.5 14.0 13.5 30.3 … 14.4 221.6 29.8 251.5
2012 157.8 12.8 14.9 24.9 … 12.4 224.1 37.9 262.1
2013 141.4 10.5 12.7 23.6 … 10.8 200.0 39.3 239.3
2014 95.6 12.0 9.5 23.7 … 7.8 150.0 31.7 181.7
2015 75.9 14.0 11.4 24.5 … 8.3 135.7 26.3 161.9
2016 61.2 13.6 8.7 18.5 … 6.3 109.5 18.0 127.5
2017 40.7 13.4 5.2 15.4 … 5.4 81.9 13.9 95.7
2018 33.5 12.6 5.8 12.3 3.0 6.2 73.3 14.3 87.6
2019 32.2 14.3 5.0 7.4 3.5 7.4 69.8 15.8 85.6
2020 52.1 15.3 6.0 5.6 2.9 10.0 91.9 12.8 104.8
2021 43.0 14.5 6.1 8.2 … 10.6 83.9 15.6 99.5
2022 36.5 17.7 7.9 7.3 … 12.0 82.8 12.7 95.4
2023 39.4 20.4 10.2 5.7 … 14.6 91.2 14.9 106.0
2024 44.3 22.6 8.3 5.5 … 17.4 98.8 19.8 118.6
Female
2009 103.3 11.3 7.8 9.1 12.6 17.0 161.2 24.5 185.6
2010 116.2 11.7 10.1 12.1 13.6 16.8 180.7 26.7 207.4
2011 109.6 12.0 9.6 20.7 14.8 19.8 186.4 27.6 214.0
2012 112.1 9.9 11.4 20.5 10.1 15.1 179.0 31.7 210.7
2013 109.6 9.6 8.5 16.9 10.4 11.4 166.3 34.6 201.0
2014 76.4 12.7 6.8 18.5 9.0 8.5 131.8 29.3 161.1
2015 63.4 11.8 7.7 19.5 9.8 9.7 122.0 23.8 145.7
2016 42.9 7.5 7.3 15.9 7.1 7.1 87.8 19.2 107.0
2017 35.8 8.1 4.9 15.1 7.5 6.9 78.3 17.5 95.8
2018 27.1 11.6 4.8 11.4 7.1 7.2 69.1 12.7 81.8
2019 22.0 11.8 4.0 8.6 5.9 7.2 59.6 12.8 72.3
2020 40.9 12.9 2.8 4.4 7.4 7.2 75.6 15.8 91.4
2021 38.8 8.7 6.2 8.2 4.9 11.6 78.3 15.7 94.0
2022 28.4 10.8 4.4 8.4 5.6 10.3 68.0 10.7 78.6
2023 27.7 18.6 6.3 8.5 3.5 16.6 81.2 14.0 95.2
2024 30.1 18.9 8.5 8.6 2.5 16.8 85.4 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. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
aIncluding people who did not work in last 8 years or unknown.

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