Unemployment figures UK 2022 by gender

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As of November 2022, there were approximately 679,000 unemployed men in the United Kingdom and 565,000 unemployed women, compared with the previous month when there were 672,000 unemployed men and 575,000 unemployed women.

Number of people unemployed in the United Kingdom from March 1971 to November 2022, by gender (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Male	Female
Nov 22	679	565
Oct 22	672	575
Sep 22	648	576
Aug 22	628	560
Jul 22	660	564
Jun 22	705	589
May 22	699	586
Apr 22	697	602
Mar 22	693	564
Feb 22	714	583
Jan 22	733	603
Dec 21	740	635
Nov 21	752	630
Oct 21	766	658
Sep 21	779	669
Aug 21	821	689
Jul 21	839	711
Jun 21	868	732
May 21	864	772
Apr 21	885	752
Mar 21	903	750
Feb 21	933	772
Jan 21	950	788
Dec 20	963	808
Nov 20	966	773
Oct 20	953	766
Sep 20	931	718
Aug 20	879	665
Jul 20	809	661
Jun 20	764	643
May 20	759	656
Apr 20	763	619
Mar 20	762	613
Feb 20	763	601
Jan 20	748	595
Dec 19	707	582
Nov 19	729	577
Oct 19	715	566
Sep 19	731	575
Aug 19	727	586
Jul 19	710	583
Jun 19	740	589
May 19	712	580
Apr 19	719	586
Mar 19	701	597
Feb 19	731	611
Jan 19	728	611
Dec 18	746	617
Nov 18	739	631
Oct 18	744	629
Sep 18	748	629
Aug 18	733	629
Jul 18	718	640
Jun 18	723	639
May 18	754	654
Apr 18	767	649
Mar 18	751	667
Feb 18	749	670
Jan 18	755	696
Dec 17	778	685
Nov 17	769	668
Oct 17	777	645
Sep 17	770	659
Aug 17	780	672
Jul 17	791	666
Jun 17	815	670
May 17	823	666
Apr 17	834	686
Mar 17	844	683
Feb 17	851	700
Jan 17	864	709
Dec 16	873	713
Nov 16	883	719
Oct 16	885	728
Sep 16	884	734
Aug 16	901	768
Jul 16	905	731
Jun 16	891	752
May 16	898	749
Apr 16	896	770
Mar 16	915	772
Feb 16	933	767
Jan 16	922	762
Dec 15	921	766
Nov 15	924	763
Oct 15	937	779
Sep 15	962	798
Aug 15	976	804
Jul 15	988	834
Jun 15	1,014	835
May 15	1,007	841
Apr 15	1,007	806
Mar 15	1,004	822
Feb 15	1,014	826
Jan 15	1,025	833
Dec 14	1,041	829
Nov 14	1,069	855
Oct 14	1,086	867
Sep 14	1,088	874
Aug 14	1,096	875
Jul 14	1,117	892
Jun 14	1,139	922
May 14	1,159	953
Apr 14	1,205	956
Mar 14	1,230	981
Feb 14	1,262	995
Jan 14	1,290	1,050
Dec 13	1,322	1,036
Nov 13	1,311	1,029
Oct 13	1,348	1,057
Sep 13	1,387	1,095
Aug 13	1,419	1,085
Jul 13	1,421	1,071
Jun 13	1,437	1,078
May 13	1,429	1,082
Apr 13	1,423	1,102
Mar 13	1,437	1,103
Feb 13	1,447	1,137
Jan 13	1,435	1,102
Dec 12	1,420	1,115
Nov 12	1,418	1,114
Oct 12	1,432	1,103
Sep 12	1,430	1,108
Aug 12	1,446	1,104
Jul 12	1,479	1,121
Jun 12	1,463	1,114
May 12	1,481	1,118
Apr 12	1,494	1,131
Mar 12	1,501	1,133
Feb 12	1,510	1,146
Jan 12	1,530	1,145
Dec 11	1,545	1,144
Nov 11	1,559	1,154
Oct 11	1,544	1,133
Sep 11	1,544	1,118
Aug 11	1,508	1,102
Jul 11	1,465	1,091
Jun 11	1,461	1,078
May 11	1,443	1,058
Apr 11	1,428	1,034
Mar 11	1,436	1,047
Feb 11	1,445	1,046
Jan 11	1,468	1,056
Dec 10	1,457	1,046
Nov 10	1,470	1,032
Oct 10	1,455	1,058
Sep 10	1,432	1,038
Aug 10	1,439	1,037
Jul 10	1,454	1,034
Jun 10	1,476	1,012
May 10	1,500	1,008
Apr 10	1,524	986
Mar 10	1,542	984
Feb 10	1,518	978
Jan 10	1,490	944
Dec 09	1,485	968
Nov 09	1,496	959
Oct 09	1,523	961
Sep 09	1,522	954
Aug 09	1,531	953
Jul 09	1,521	957
Jun 09	1,490	958
May 09	1,450	944
Apr 09	1,383	914
Mar 09	1,338	897
Feb 09	1,272	856
Jan 09	1,225	833
Dec 08	1,191	812
Nov 08	1,147	794
Oct 08	1,100	775
Sep 08	1,075	765
Aug 08	1,048	745
Jul 08	1,008	716
Jun 08	978	702
May 08	936	689
Apr 08	945	722
Mar 08	935	688
Feb 08	933	689
Jan 08	926	691
Dec 07	909	699
Nov 07	923	710
Oct 07	918	712
Sep 07	935	715
Aug 07	933	712
Jul 07	935	710
Jun 07	941	717
May 07	953	717
Apr 07	968	725
Mar 07	970	733
Feb 07	974	734
Jan 07	967	736
Dec 06	969	731
Nov 06	951	723
Oct 06	975	717
Sep 06	975	719
Aug 06	964	726
Jul 06	973	725
Jun 06	969	716
May 06	966	698
Apr 06	945	688
Mar 06	930	674
Feb 06	911	673
Jan 06	890	661
Dec 05	923	643
Nov 05	902	636
Oct 05	884	616
Sep 05	842	594
Aug 05	842	579
Jul 05	835	589
Jun 05	832	606
May 05	837	599
Apr 05	831	589
Mar 05	832	584
Feb 05	842	605
Jan 05	839	587
Dec 04	835	588
Nov 04	828	579
Oct 04	803	594
Sep 04	813	588
Aug 04	826	579
Jul 04	830	593
Jun 04	841	596
May 04	827	608
Apr 04	841	597
Mar 04	840	594
Feb 04	852	584
Jan 04	862	580
Dec 03	878	579
Nov 03	875	586
Oct 03	885	588
Sep 03	895	608
Aug 03	901	602
Jul 03	906	601
Jun 03	886	580
May 03	905	581
Apr 03	920	598
Mar 03	931	600
Feb 03	919	598
Jan 03	874	606
Dec 02	894	622
Nov 02	913	619
Oct 02	924	622
Sep 02	948	618
Aug 02	922	617
Jul 02	920	607
Jun 02	912	607
May 02	924	618
Apr 02	921	601
Mar 02	922	593
Feb 02	912	596
Jan 02	915	603
Dec 01	913	606
Nov 01	901	595
Oct 01	903	584
Sep 01	899	588
Aug 01	899	583
Jul 01	891	582
Jun 01	880	587
May 01	850	580
Apr 01	871	588
Mar 01	891	590
Feb 01	922	594
Jan 01	904	601
Dec 00	913	607
Nov 00	917	623
Oct 00	923	648
Sep 00	911	636
Aug 00	907	622
Jul 00	916	636
Jun 00	959	640
May 00	977	663
Apr 00	979	676
Mar 00	988	694
Feb 00	996	689
Jan 00	1,017	685
Dec 99	1,003	681
Nov 99	1,012	681
Oct 99	1,003	684
Sep 99	1,026	676
Aug 99	1,025	680
Jul 99	1,039	684
Jun 99	1,060	683
May 99	1,072	688
Apr 99	1,078	696
Mar 99	1,082	697
Feb 99	1,098	696
Jan 99	1,101	689
Dec 98	1,080	684
Nov 98	1,084	684
Oct 98	1,094	688
Sep 98	1,094	692
Aug 98	1,092	715
Jul 98	1,082	718
Jun 98	1,076	715
May 98	1,078	708
Apr 98	1,094	705
Mar 98	1,103	711
Feb 98	1,098	718
Jan 98	1,108	713
Dec 97	1,144	720
Nov 97	1,159	728
Oct 97	1,173	735
Sep 97	1,200	751
Aug 97	1,242	780
Jul 97	1,291	792
Jun 97	1,267	783
May 97	1,284	763
Apr 97	1,268	784
Mar 97	1,298	786
Feb 97	1,331	800
Jan 97	1,364	817
Dec 96	1,402	827
Nov 96	1,443	820
Oct 96	1,475	813
Sep 96	1,474	811
Aug 96	1,476	809
Jul 96	1,498	817
Jun 96	1,520	820
May 96	1,526	821
Apr 96	1,540	810
Mar 96	1,539	791
Feb 96	1,544	813
Jan 96	1,547	829
Dec 95	1,512	841
Nov 95	1,553	868
Oct 95	1,579	858
Sep 95	1,577	871
Aug 95	1,574	865
Jul 95	1,581	867
Jun 95	1,583	861
May 95	1,592	880
Apr 95	1,600	890
Mar 95	1,618	879
Feb 95	1,625	871
Jan 95	1,633	864
Dec 94	1,650	870
Nov 94	1,674	882
Oct 94	1,705	902
Sep 94	1,730	910
Aug 94	1,778	913
Jul 94	1,789	916
Jun 94	1,806	930
May 94	1,806	944
Apr 94	1,810	959
Mar 94	1,830	976
Feb 94	1,856	989
Jan 94	1,906	987
Dec 93	1,901	992
Nov 93	1,894	992
Oct 93	1,895	997
Sep 93	1,916	974
Aug 93	1,913	993
Jul 93	1,934	993
Jun 93	1,934	997
May 93	1,969	983
Apr 93	1,998	990
Mar 93	2,011	993
Feb 93	2,010	1,013
Jan 93	1,986	997
Dec 92	1,957	974
Nov 92	1,936	963
Oct 92	1,901	949
Sep 92	1,871	944
Aug 92	1,865	951
Jul 92	1,853	950
Jun 92	1,837	940
May 92	1,855	940
Apr 92	1,840	942
Mar 92	1,817	945
Feb 92	1,789	947
Jan 92	1,766	948
Dec 91	1,746	950
Nov 91	1,723	952
Oct 91	1,698	954
Sep 91	1,670	954
Aug 91	1,635	950
Jul 91	1,594	946
Jun 91	1,550	942
May 91	1,508	935
Apr 91	1,458	920
Mar 91	1,404	902
Feb 91	1,357	888
Jan 91	1,319	877
Dec 90	1,290	868
Nov 90	1,256	859
Oct 90	1,227	852
Sep 90	1,203	846
Aug 90	1,182	843
Jul 90	1,168	841
Jun 90	1,161	841
May 90	1,162	841
Apr 90	1,161	842
Mar 90	1,160	844
Feb 90	1,160	846
Jan 90	1,162	850
Dec 89	1,167	854
Nov 89	1,169	858
Oct 89	1,173	861
Sep 89	1,179	866
Aug 89	1,187	870
Jul 89	1,195	876
Jun 89	1,201	882
May 89	1,213	893
Apr 89	1,233	907
Mar 89	1,255	924
Feb 89	1,276	937
Jan 89	1,302	951
Dec 88	1,329	964
Nov 88	1,355	978
Oct 88	1,373	988
Sep 88	1,386	999
Aug 88	1,405	1,010
Jul 88	1,428	1,024
Jun 88	1,453	1,037
May 88	1,475	1,051
Apr 88	1,502	1,067
Mar 88	1,530	1,083
Feb 88	1,559	1,098
Jan 88	1,587	1,110
Dec 87	1,617	1,124
Nov 87	1,647	1,141
Oct 87	1,678	1,160
Sep 87	1,707	1,178
Aug 87	1,733	1,196
Jul 87	1,761	1,212
Jun 87	1,790	1,231
May 87	1,814	1,247
Apr 87	1,831	1,259
Mar 87	1,844	1,269
Feb 87	1,855	1,279
Jan 87	1,863	1,287
Dec 86	1,865	1,291
Nov 86	1,870	1,295
Oct 86	1,874	1,298
Sep 86	1,879	1,297
Aug 86	1,881	1,294
Jul 86	1,879	1,289
Jun 86	1,876	1,283
May 86	1,876	1,277
Apr 86	1,875	1,276
Mar 86	1,875	1,274
Feb 86	1,869	1,273
Jan 86	1,866	1,271
Dec 85	1,864	1,270
Nov 85	1,863	1,271
Oct 85	1,865	1,271
Sep 85	1,866	1,271
Aug 85	1,869	1,270
Jul 85	1,873	1,272
Jun 85	1,879	1,273
May 85	1,882	1,273
Apr 85	1,890	1,279
Mar 85	1,894	1,286
Feb 85	1,900	1,295
Jan 85	1,903	1,303
Dec 84	1,907	1,311
Nov 84	1,911	1,318
Oct 84	1,911	1,323
Sep 84	1,910	1,328
Aug 84	1,909	1,333
Jul 84	1,915	1,341
Jun 84	1,919	1,346
May 84	1,928	1,349
Apr 84	1,929	1,334
Mar 84	1,928	1,315
Feb 84	1,925	1,290
Jan 84	1,922	1,267
Dec 83	1,923	1,243
Nov 83	1,926	1,220
Oct 83	1,929	1,196
Sep 83	1,934	1,175
Aug 83	1,939	1,155
Jul 83	1,940	1,135
Jun 83	1,936	1,113
May 83	1,930	1,093
Apr 83	1,924	1,084
Mar 83	1,920	1,079
Feb 83	1,916	1,073
Jan 83	1,910	1,067
Dec 82	1,899	1,060
Nov 82	1,884	1,053
Oct 82	1,871	1,047
Sep 82	1,857	1,039
Aug 82	1,844	1,034
Jul 82	1,828	1,028
Jun 82	1,816	1,024
May 82	1,804	1,020
Apr 82	1,797	1,017
Mar 82	1,791	1,012
Feb 82	1,784	1,009
Jan 82	1,774	1,006
Dec 81	1,759	1,002
Nov 81	1,744	996
Oct 81	1,726	987
Sep 81	1,707	978
Aug 81	1,686	969
Jul 81	1,664	960
Jun 81	1,637	951
May 81	1,604	940
Apr 81	1,550	926
Mar 81	1,493	910
Feb 81	1,437	893
Jan 81	1,381	874
Dec 80	1,316	853
Nov 80	1,246	831
Oct 80	1,179	810
Sep 80	1,115	790
Aug 80	1,056	771
Jul 80	1,003	753
Jun 80	961	739
May 80	923	726
Apr 80	889	713
Mar 80	857	701
Feb 80	832	690
Jan 80	810	679
Dec 79	798	673
Nov 79	786	667
Oct 79	778	663
Sep 79	769	660
Aug 79	764	658
Jul 79	761	654
Jun 79	757	649
May 79	759	646
Apr 79	770	645
Mar 79	776	644
Feb 79	774	643
Jan 79	771	642
Dec 78	777	644
Nov 78	788	647
Oct 78	800	650
Sep 78	806	650
Aug 78	810	649
Jul 78	812	647
Jun 78	817	646
May 78	822	644
Apr 78	826	643
Mar 78	832	643
Feb 78	839	644
Jan 78	847	646
Dec 77	852	646
Nov 77	856	645
Oct 77	856	642
Sep 77	854	640
Aug 77	847	634
Jul 77	839	628
Jun 77	831	622
May 77	823	618
Apr 77	821	616
Mar 77	821	615
Feb 77	823	613
Jan 77	824	611
Dec 76	824	608
Nov 76	825	606
Oct 76	828	604
Sep 76	830	600
Aug 76	829	595
Jul 76	829	590
Jun 76	826	587
May 76	821	583
Apr 76	813	578
Mar 76	806	573
Feb 76	796	566
Jan 76	783	560
Dec 75	766	553
Nov 75	742	544
Oct 75	718	534
Sep 75	695	526
Aug 75	673	520
Jul 75	648	514
Jun 75	619	507
May 75	590	499
Apr 75	564	491
Mar 75	544	485
Feb 75	528	479
Jan 75	514	475
Dec 74	504	472
Nov 74	498	471
Oct 74	494	471
Sep 74	487	471
Aug 74	480	471
Jul 74	471	470
Jun 74	468	470
May 74	466	468
Apr 74	465	467
Mar 74	459	465
Feb 74	441	462
Jan 74	431	461
Dec 73	428	460
Nov 73	438	463
Oct 73	448	465
Sep 73	459	468
Aug 73	472	472
Jul 73	483	475
Jun 73	491	477
May 73	498	478
Apr 73	507	480
Mar 73	521	481
Feb 73	540	484
Jan 73	562	487
Dec 72	580	489
Nov 72	595	490
Oct 72	603	489
Sep 72	610	490
Aug 72	616	491
Jul 72	628	494
Jun 72	644	496
May 72	658	497
Apr 72	665	496
Mar 72	661	494
Feb 72	656	493
Jan 72	651	493
Dec 71	641	491
Nov 71	625	488
Oct 71	607	483
Sep 71	596	480
Aug 71	589	478
Jul 71	583	479
Jun 71	568	476
May 71	549	474
Apr 71	527	471
Mar 71	512	468