There were approximately 1.25 million unemployed people in the United Kingdom in the three months to January 2023, 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 January 2023 (in 1,000s)
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Statistics on Unemployment in the UK
Unemployment rate
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- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 1971-2023
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 1992-2023, by country
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2023, by age group
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1971-2023, by gender
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2022, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Annual unemployment rate in the UK 2000-2027
Unemployment figures
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- Basic Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 1971-2023
- Basic Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 1971-2023, by gender
- Basic Statistic Unemployment figures in the UK 1992-2023, by age group
- Premium Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 1971-2023, by length of unemployment
Youth unemployment
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- Premium Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2023
- Basic Statistic Youth unemployment figures in the UK 1992-2023
- Basic Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2023, by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of young people who were NEET UK 2001-2022
- Premium Statistic Percentage of young people who were NEET UK 2001-2022
Regional data
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- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2023, by region
- Premium Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 2023, by region
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in England 1992-2023
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in Scotland 1992-2023
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in Wales 1992-2023
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in Northern Ireland 1992-2023
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in London 1992-2023
Job Retention Scheme
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- Premium Statistic Cumulative number of jobs furloughed under the job retention scheme UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of claims made by companies from the job retention scheme in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Overall number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2021, by sector
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Overall number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2021, by region
Further related statistics
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- Number of people unemployed in Ireland 1998-2023
- U.S unemployed women 1990-2022
- U.S. number of unemployed white Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of men unadjusted monthly number 2021-2023
- U.S. Black and African American unemployment level 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of women unadjusted 2021-2023
- U.S. unemployment level of Mexican Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of men seasonally adjusted 2021-2023
- Unemployment level of Puerto Rican Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of women seasonally adjusted 2021-2023
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- Number of people unemployed in Ireland 1998-2023
- U.S unemployed women 1990-2022
- U.S. number of unemployed white Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of men unadjusted monthly number 2021-2023
- U.S. Black and African American unemployment level 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of women unadjusted 2021-2023
- U.S. unemployment level of Mexican Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of men seasonally adjusted 2021-2023
- Unemployment level of Puerto Rican Americans 1990-2022
- U.S. unemployment level of women seasonally adjusted 2021-2023
- Recovery - Change in employment of men by industry
- Great Recession - change in employment of men by industry
- Labor cost index in the construction industry in Finland 2011-2021
- Great Recession - change in employment of women by industry
- Great Recession - change in employment by gender and industry
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 14, 2023). Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to January 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, 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 January 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to January 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. 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 January 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2023, 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 January 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to January 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), March 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/280383/unemployment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/