Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - United Kingdom - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment rates (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the unemployment rate was 4.9 per cent in September 2020, compared to 4.7 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 453 data points overall in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1983 to September 2020.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the unemployment rate had a mean value of 7.1 per cent; it attained a maximum of 11.3 in April 1985; it reached a trough of 3.7 in February 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2020-07-31 | 4.40000 |
| 2020-08-31 | 4.70000 |
| 2020-09-30 | 4.90000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Harmonised unemployment rate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Ratio |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Per cent |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Percentage of the labour force |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - European Union - Eurostat - Monthly | 319 | 2000-01-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly | 319 | 2000-01-31 | 2026-07-31 |