Period, quarters Original Seasonally adjusted
economically active economically inactive economically active economically inactive
thousand persons previous quarter = 100.0% thousand persons previous quarter = 100.0% thousand persons previous quarter = 100.0% thousand persons previous quarter = 100.0%
2009 Q1 4,280.6 … 3,400.7 … 4,301.7 … 3,376.4 …
Q2 4,310.7 100.7 3,367.3 99.0 4,309.5 100.2 3,366.8 99.7
Q3 4,330.6 100.5 3,344.0 99.3 4,309.7 100.0 3,368.8 100.1
Q4 4,325.7 99.9 3,345.4 100.0 4,326.3 100.4 3,345.7 99.3
2010 Q1 4,315.5 99.8 3,352.2 100.2 4,337.2 100.3 3,328.0 99.5
Q2 4,341.4 100.6 3,322.9 99.1 4,340.2 100.1 3,322.4 99.8
Q3 4,365.7 100.6 3,295.2 99.2 4,343.6 100.1 3,320.1 99.9
Q4 4,348.8 99.6 3,308.8 100.4 4,349.7 100.1 3,309.0 99.7
2011 Q1 4,324.1 99.4 3,330.1 100.6 4,346.5 99.9 3,305.7 99.9
Q2 4,359.2 100.8 3,291.6 98.8 4,358.3 100.3 3,290.9 99.6
Q3 4,398.5 100.9 3,248.8 98.7 4,375.1 100.4 3,273.9 99.5
Q4 4,391.9 99.8 3,253.1 100.1 4,393.5 100.4 3,253.2 99.4
2012 Q1 4,376.3 99.6 3,267.1 100.4 4,398.9 100.1 3,242.9 99.7
Q2 4,422.2 101.0 3,215.2 98.4 4,421.2 100.5 3,214.5 99.1
Q3 4,473.3 101.2 3,159.8 98.3 4,448.9 100.6 3,184.6 99.1
Q4 4,454.1 99.6 3,175.1 100.5 4,457.1 100.2 3,175.0 99.7
2013 Q1 4,401.3 98.8 3,221.6 101.5 4,423.0 99.2 3,197.9 100.7
Q2 4,468.1 101.5 3,145.3 97.6 4,467.0 101.0 3,144.3 98.3
Q3 4,510.6 101.0 3,094.7 98.4 4,486.0 100.4 3,119.0 99.2
Q4 4,497.9 99.7 3,099.4 100.2 4,501.8 100.4 3,098.9 99.4
2014 Q1 4,528.2 100.7 3,059.7 98.7 4,549.6 101.1 3,037.9 98.0
Q2 4,555.1 100.6 3,022.3 98.8 4,554.4 100.1 3,021.1 99.4
Q3 4,601.5 101.0 2,967.1 98.2 4,576.7 100.5 2,990.2 99.0
Q4 4,577.1 99.5 2,982.0 100.5 4,580.2 100.1 2,981.5 99.7
2015 Q1 4,583.1 100.1 2,964.7 99.4 4,604.9 100.5 2,944.2 98.8
Q2 4,634.3 101.1 2,905.2 98.0 4,634.6 100.6 2,903.6 98.6
Q3 4,682.8 101.0 2,853.6 98.2 4,658.2 100.5 2,875.6 99.0
Q4 4,670.8 99.7 2,857.2 100.1 4,671.7 100.3 2,857.0 99.4
2016 Q1 4,663.0 99.8 2,852.5 99.8 4,685.0 100.3 2,833.4 99.2
Q2 4,710.5 101.0 2,797.3 98.1 4,712.4 100.6 2,795.1 98.6
Q3 4,747.3 100.8 2,759.8 98.7 4,723.8 100.2 2,780.7 99.5
Q4 4,745.9 100.0 2,753.8 99.8 4,744.3 100.4 2,754.0 99.0
2017 Q1 4,704.6 99.1 2,779.4 100.9 4,725.2 99.6 2,761.7 100.3
Q2 4,737.2 100.7 2,727.8 98.1 4,741.1 100.3 2,724.8 98.7
Q3 4,763.4 100.6 2,688.7 98.6 4,741.8 100.0 2,708.5 99.4
Q4 4,754.5 99.8 2,685.7 99.9 4,751.9 100.2 2,686.3 99.2
2018 Q1 4,737.0 99.6 2,665.8 99.3 4,754.9 100.1 2,649.9 98.6
Q2 4,752.3 100.3 2,645.0 99.2 4,758.1 100.1 2,641.2 99.7
Q3 4,787.1 100.7 2,604.8 98.5 4,767.1 100.2 2,623.6 99.3
Q4 4,774.9 99.7 2,611.5 100.3 4,771.7 100.1 2,612.3 99.6
2019 Q1 4,785.2 100.2 2,595.5 99.4 4,800.6 100.6 2,580.9 98.8
Q2 4,778.1 99.9 2,596.0 100.0 4,785.5 99.7 2,591.4 100.4
Q3 4,789.7 100.2 2,577.9 99.3 4,770.5 99.7 2,596.2 100.2
Q4 4,776.1 99.7 2,585.0 100.3 4,771.9 100.0 2,586.2 99.6
2020 Q1 4,751.3 99.5 2,602.3 100.7 4,765.9 99.9 2,588.2 100.1
Q2 4,737.1 99.7 2,607.3 100.2 4,745.8 99.6 2,602.0 100.5
Q3 4,795.3 101.2 2,539.9 97.4 4,776.7 100.7 2,557.7 98.3
Q4 4,776.3 99.6 2,549.6 100.4 4,771.1 99.9 2,551.2 99.7
2021 Q1 4,749.3 99.4 2,567.6 100.7 4,763.2 99.8 2,554.2 100.1
Q2 4,792.0 100.9 2,516.4 98.0 4,801.1 100.8 2,510.8 98.3
Q3 4,827.8 100.7 2,472.0 98.2 4,810.7 100.2 2,488.9 99.1
Q4 4,843.6 100.3 2,447.6 99.0 4,838.0 100.6 2,449.1 98.4
2022 Q1 4,829.2 99.7 2,454.3 100.3 4,841.3 100.1 2,442.3 99.7
Q2 4,820.8 99.8 2,457.2 100.1 4,829.6 99.8 2,451.8 100.4
Q3 4,859.3 100.8 2,413.1 98.2 4,844.4 100.3 2,429.0 99.1
Q4 4,865.3 100.1 2,403.1 99.6 4,860.8 100.3 2,404.1 99.0
2023 Q1 4,865.8 100.0 2,399.0 99.8 4,875.9 100.3 2,388.0 99.3
Q2 4,890.8 100.5 2,366.1 98.6 4,898.7 100.5 2,361.1 98.9
Q3 4,908.0 100.3 2,342.7 99.0 4,893.7 99.9 2,357.9 99.9
Q4 4,930.2 100.5 2,314.2 98.8 4,927.6 100.7 2,314.5 98.2
2024 Q1 4,916.9 99.7 2,318.9 100.2 4,925.5 100.0 2,308.9 99.8
Q2 4,923.7 100.1 2,303.6 99.3 4,931.0 100.1 2,299.0 99.6
Q3 4,933.2 100.2 2,286.7 99.3 4,918.4 99.7 2,301.6 100.1
Q4 4,905.1 99.4 2,307.0 100.9 4,905.0 99.7 2,306.4 100.2
2025 Q1 4,904.7 100.0 2,282.0 98.9 4,912.1 100.1 2,272.6 98.5
Q2 4,879.3 99.5 2,285.5 100.2 4,886.4 99.5 2,281.0 100.4
Q3 4,900.6 100.4 2,252.1 98.5 4,884.8 100.0 2,267.0 99.4
Q4 4,855.5 99.1 2,283.4 101.4 4,857.0 99.4 2,282.3 100.7
2026 Q1 4,853.7 100.0 2,269.6 99.4 4,860.8 100.1 2,260.3 99.0
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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. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.

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