Period, quarters 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 Q1 311.8 11.5 323.3 30.9 49.4 403.6
Q2 313.7 12.3 326.0 30.5 43.9 400.3
Q3 329.8 12.0 341.9 31.9 57.4 431.2
Q4 332.5 14.9 347.4 31.1 56.2 434.7
2010 Q1 384.5 22.6 407.1 34.1 52.6 493.8
Q2 359.4 21.6 381.0 35.6 54.0 470.6
Q3 341.6 19.7 361.4 32.7 63.9 457.9
Q4 343.1 19.0 362.2 32.2 59.7 454.1
2011 Q1 378.4 19.6 398.0 38.6 55.5 492.2
Q2 350.2 17.6 367.8 39.0 51.6 458.3
Q3 340.1 16.4 356.6 35.4 64.3 456.3
Q4 346.7 16.2 362.8 33.8 58.3 455.0
2012 Q1 396.3 15.3 411.5 36.1 58.4 506.0
Q2 359.5 15.0 374.5 34.5 63.0 471.9
Q3 331.8 12.4 344.2 28.8 80.7 453.7
Q4 341.3 15.2 356.6 26.6 76.3 459.5
2013 Q1 372.9 18.9 391.8 32.7 70.2 494.7
Q2 320.5 14.3 334.8 34.7 70.3 439.8
Q3 294.5 16.5 311.1 34.6 83.3 428.9
Q4 273.3 17.9 291.2 34.3 71.9 397.4
2014 Q1 253.2 18.6 271.7 28.8 62.5 363.0
Q2 250.3 15.4 265.6 30.2 63.0 358.8
Q3 224.7 12.6 237.3 27.9 66.2 331.4
Q4 227.1 13.8 241.0 24.8 52.4 318.3
2015 Q1 255.5 12.5 268.0 31.9 47.4 347.3
Q2 223.9 9.4 233.3 26.8 50.2 310.3
Q3 200.8 8.9 209.7 28.2 54.5 292.4
Q4 204.4 6.8 211.2 21.5 47.9 280.6
2016 Q1 199.2 6.9 206.0 25.8 40.7 272.6
Q2 168.5 5.9 174.4 21.9 37.8 234.1
Q3 162.9 7.4 170.3 18.5 37.4 226.2
Q4 146.1 7.3 153.4 18.7 32.9 205.0
2017 Q1 151.1 7.0 158.1 18.0 30.5 206.6
Q2 142.8 8.6 151.4 16.9 27.9 196.2
Q3 128.5 9.0 137.5 14.3 36.3 188.2
Q4 124.3 6.8 131.1 13.3 30.7 175.2
2018 Q1 127.4 7.8 135.1 14.6 24.9 174.6
Q2 119.0 6.6 125.5 10.8 26.1 162.4
Q3 125.3 4.0 129.3 12.4 33.3 175.0
Q4 126.4 3.1 129.5 12.7 23.6 165.7
2019 Q1 128.7 … 129.9 8.3 25.6 163.8
Q2 117.1 … 119.0 9.5 26.9 155.4
Q3 116.1 2.8 118.8 9.6 33.6 162.0
Q4 111.0 … 111.8 10.5 28.0 150.3
2020 Q1 132.2 3.5 135.6 10.8 25.3 171.7
Q2 171.8 4.2 176.0 7.3 29.1 212.5
Q3 155.7 7.7 163.4 9.4 33.8 206.6
Q4 154.7 5.5 160.2 7.6 26.4 194.1
2021 Q1 168.8 6.5 175.3 7.5 30.3 213.0
Q2 150.4 5.6 156.0 7.9 31.2 195.1
Q3 139.6 6.3 145.8 6.0 35.7 187.5
Q4 136.9 6.2 143.1 7.0 28.0 178.2
2022 Q1 140.8 5.1 145.9 10.0 22.7 178.5
Q2 122.3 … 123.5 11.1 19.3 153.9
Q3 130.5 4.7 135.2 12.3 27.8 175.3
Q4 146.5 6.2 152.6 12.2 23.4 188.3
2023 Q1 155.8 6.4 162.2 12.5 22.3 197.0
Q2 143.3 7.9 151.3 12.6 27.8 191.6
Q3 144.5 7.5 152.0 14.8 31.5 198.3
Q4 162.6 6.0 168.6 15.4 33.9 217.9
2024 Q1 169.9 7.4 177.3 16.2 33.4 226.8
Q2 163.8 7.2 171.1 14.6 28.3 213.9
Q3 155.3 7.2 162.5 13.9 48.2 224.6
Q4 157.9 7.5 165.4 15.9 35.0 216.3
2025 Q1 158.6 8.0 166.6 16.2 30.0 212.8
Q2 158.6 9.7 168.2 13.4 37.0 218.6
Q3
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 177.5 6.7 184.2 15.2 26.0 225.4
Q2 178.3 7.8 186.1 14.5 23.4 224.0
Q3 186.8 7.2 194.0 14.1 30.8 238.9
Q4 189.2 7.9 197.2 12.9 29.0 239.1
2010 Q1 228.9 12.4 241.3 13.4 28.2 282.9
Q2 212.3 11.1 223.4 13.9 29.6 266.9
Q3 191.5 11.0 202.5 12.7 33.7 248.9
Q4 192.6 9.9 202.5 13.8 31.9 248.2
2011 Q1 219.0 9.7 228.8 14.6 31.6 274.9
Q2 193.8 10.6 204.4 14.5 26.2 245.1
Q3 186.1 9.8 195.9 14.3 33.0 243.3
Q4 191.7 9.6 201.3 12.7 28.6 242.6
2012 Q1 229.8 9.0 238.8 11.8 29.9 280.5
Q2 207.6 10.5 218.2 13.1 34.9 266.3
Q3 184.2 8.3 192.5 12.7 45.3 250.5
Q4 187.3 10.9 198.3 11.2 41.6 251.0
2013 Q1 217.8 12.5 230.2 14.2 38.0 282.4
Q2 177.2 8.3 185.5 13.8 36.4 235.7
Q3 161.3 10.1 171.5 13.3 43.9 228.6
Q4 145.8 10.0 155.8 15.6 38.9 210.3
2014 Q1 135.6 11.3 146.9 12.8 32.3 192.0
Q2 137.0 8.4 145.3 13.2 33.0 191.5
Q3 122.1 6.2 128.3 11.0 33.2 172.5
Q4 126.8 6.9 133.8 8.9 28.3 171.0
2015 Q1 139.6 7.6 147.2 14.2 24.9 186.3
Q2 118.3 6.2 124.5 11.1 27.9 163.5
Q3 108.1 4.8 112.9 11.4 27.5 151.8
Q4 108.8 3.7 112.4 9.0 24.7 146.1
2016 Q1 109.3 4.0 113.3 12.7 21.0 147.0
Q2 99.6 4.0 103.6 10.7 17.2 131.4
Q3 90.6 4.3 95.0 8.2 18.5 121.6
Q4 82.5 4.3 86.8 7.8 15.3 109.9
2017 Q1 80.9 4.0 84.8 7.7 16.3 108.9
Q2 75.0 4.9 79.9 7.3 12.9 100.1
Q3 66.4 5.9 72.3 5.6 13.0 90.9
Q4 61.9 3.3 65.2 4.6 13.2 83.0
2018 Q1 64.4 3.8 68.2 5.6 13.8 87.6
Q2 65.0 3.0 68.0 5.4 14.3 87.7
Q3 60.3 … 62.4 5.4 16.9 84.7
Q4 71.2 … 73.1 5.1 12.3 90.5
2019 Q1 70.6 … 71.2 4.1 14.3 89.6
Q2 66.3 … 67.0 5.2 15.8 88.0
Q3 61.5 … 61.9 5.7 17.2 84.9
Q4 58.7 … 58.9 5.2 15.8 79.9
2020 Q1 71.5 3.0 74.5 4.2 13.7 92.4
Q2 96.1 … 98.5 5.2 9.3 113.0
Q3 87.4 4.2 91.6 2.9 16.4 110.9
Q4 84.0 3.3 87.3 3.6 12.0 102.8
2021 Q1 85.5 4.9 90.4 … 13.9 106.4
Q2 81.7 3.3 85.0 2.8 15.8 103.6
Q3 74.6 3.0 77.6 … 18.4 98.2
Q4 69.0 3.3 72.2 3.1 14.3 89.7
2022 Q1 75.7 4.5 80.2 5.3 12.2 97.7
Q2 69.2 … 70.0 5.6 10.3 86.0
Q3 71.2 4.1 75.3 6.3 14.5 96.0
Q4 78.1 3.8 81.9 6.3 13.7 101.9
2023 Q1 85.1 3.8 88.9 5.0 10.6 104.5
Q2 77.7 3.3 81.0 5.1 18.0 104.0
Q3 78.8 3.3 82.2 5.9 15.2 103.2
Q4 87.7 3.4 91.1 5.7 15.8 112.5
2024 Q1 94.6 4.3 98.9 8.8 17.8 125.5
Q2 87.9 3.9 91.8 6.4 15.9 114.1
Q3 84.0 4.4 88.4 6.4 26.4 121.1
Q4 81.4 5.2 86.7 8.0 19.2 113.8
2025 Q1 85.7 6.2 91.9 6.7 17.6 116.2
Q2 87.4 4.2 91.7 5.7 22.5 119.9
Q3
Q4
female
2009 Q1 134.3 4.8 139.1 15.7 23.4 178.2
Q2 135.4 4.5 139.9 15.9 20.5 176.4
Q3 143.0 4.9 147.9 17.8 26.6 192.3
Q4 143.3 6.9 150.2 18.1 27.2 195.6
2010 Q1 155.5 10.2 165.8 20.7 24.4 210.9
Q2 147.1 10.5 157.6 21.7 24.3 203.6
Q3 150.1 8.8 158.8 19.9 30.2 209.0
Q4 150.5 9.1 159.7 18.4 27.8 205.9
2011 Q1 159.4 9.9 169.3 24.0 23.9 217.2
Q2 156.4 7.0 163.4 24.4 25.4 213.2
Q3 154.1 6.6 160.7 21.1 31.2 213.0
Q4 155.0 6.6 161.5 21.1 29.8 212.4
2012 Q1 166.5 6.3 172.7 24.3 28.5 225.5
Q2 151.9 4.4 156.3 21.3 28.0 205.7
Q3 147.6 4.1 151.7 16.1 35.4 203.2
Q4 154.0 4.3 158.3 15.4 34.7 208.4
2013 Q1 155.2 6.4 161.6 18.5 32.2 212.3
Q2 143.3 6.0 149.3 20.9 33.9 204.1
Q3 133.2 6.4 139.6 21.3 39.4 200.3
Q4 127.5 7.9 135.4 18.7 33.1 187.2
2014 Q1 117.5 7.3 124.8 16.0 30.2 171.1
Q2 113.3 7.0 120.3 17.0 30.0 167.3
Q3 102.6 6.4 109.0 16.9 33.0 158.9
Q4 100.3 6.9 107.2 16.0 24.1 147.3
2015 Q1 115.9 4.9 120.8 17.7 22.5 161.0
Q2 105.6 3.2 108.9 15.7 22.3 146.8
Q3 92.7 4.1 96.8 16.8 27.0 140.7
Q4 95.6 3.2 98.8 12.5 23.2 134.4
2016 Q1 89.9 2.8 92.8 13.1 19.7 125.6
Q2 68.9 … 70.9 11.2 20.6 102.6
Q3 72.2 3.1 75.3 10.3 19.0 104.6
Q4 63.6 2.9 66.6 10.9 17.6 95.0
2017 Q1 70.3 3.0 73.3 10.2 14.2 97.8
Q2 67.8 3.6 71.5 9.7 15.0 96.2
Q3 62.1 3.1 65.2 8.8 23.3 97.3
Q4 62.4 3.4 65.9 8.8 17.5 92.2
2018 Q1 62.9 3.9 66.9 9.0 11.1 87.0
Q2 53.9 3.5 57.5 5.4 11.8 74.6
Q3 65.0 … 66.9 7.0 16.5 90.3
Q4 55.2 … 56.4 7.6 11.3 75.3
2019 Q1 58.1 … 58.7 4.2 11.3 74.2
Q2 50.8 … 52.0 4.3 11.2 67.4
Q3 54.6 … 56.9 3.9 16.3 77.2
Q4 52.3 … 52.9 5.3 12.2 70.4
2020 Q1 60.6 … 61.1 6.6 11.7 79.3
Q2 75.7 … 77.6 … 19.8 99.5
Q3 68.3 3.6 71.9 6.5 17.3 95.7
Q4 70.7 … 72.9 4.0 14.4 91.2
2021 Q1 83.3 … 84.9 5.4 16.4 106.7
Q2 68.7 … 71.0 5.1 15.4 91.5
Q3 65.0 3.3 68.3 3.7 17.4 89.3
Q4 68.0 2.9 70.9 3.9 13.7 88.5
2022 Q1 65.2 … 65.7 4.6 10.5 80.9
Q2 53.0 … 53.5 5.5 9.0 68.0
Q3 59.3 … 59.9 6.0 13.4 79.3
Q4 68.4 … 70.7 5.9 9.7 86.4
2023 Q1 70.8 2.5 73.3 7.5 11.7 92.5
Q2 65.7 4.7 70.3 7.5 9.8 87.7
Q3 65.7 4.1 69.8 9.0 16.3 95.1
Q4 75.0 2.5 77.5 9.8 18.1 105.3
2024 Q1 75.3 3.1 78.4 7.4 15.5 101.3
Q2 75.9 3.4 79.3 8.2 12.4 99.8
Q3 71.3 2.8 74.1 7.6 21.8 103.5
Q4 76.4 … 78.7 8.0 15.8 102.5
2025 Q1 72.9 … 74.7 9.5 12.4 96.5
Q2 71.1 5.4 76.6 7.7 14.5 98.7
Q3
Q4

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.
aSelf-employed: own-account worker, member of a partnership (including member of co-operatives) or unpaid family worker.

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