Unemployment figures in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019

Published by Daniel Clark, Feb 18, 2020
This statistic shows the unemployment figure for the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2019. The number of people unemployed during this period has fluctuated from a high of 2.59 million people in 2011 to a low of 1.31 million people in 2019. The high unemployment figures recorded between 2009 and 2013 happened during the great recession, when the UK's GDP contracted by 4.2 percent between 2008 and 2009.

Unemployment figures in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2019 (in million people)

Unemployment figures in millions
20191.31
20181.38
20171.48
20161.63
20151.78
20142.03
20132.47
20122.57
20112.59
20102.5
20092.4
20081.79
20071.66
20061.67
20051.46
20041.42
20031.49
20021.53
20011.49
20001.59
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Release date

February 2020

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2019

Age group

16 years and older

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