There were approximately 1.26 million unemployed people in the United Kingdom in the three months to March 2022, with the figure in December 2020 being the highest number since September 2015, when there were just over 1.76 million unemployed. The rise in unemployment in Summer 2020 can be attributed to the Coronavirus pandemic and closure of significant parts of the UK economy.
Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 17, 2022). Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of People Unemployed in The United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to March 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 26, 2022)