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ONS · 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · percent

Employment rate

Employment rate: 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%20%40%60%198019902000201020201971 Q1: 72.2% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q2: 72% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q3: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20261971 Q4: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q1: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q2: 71.9% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q3: 72% percent · published 17 August 20261972 Q4: 72.2% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q1: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q2: 73% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q3: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20261973 Q4: 73% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q1: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q2: 73% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q3: 73.1% percent · published 17 August 20261974 Q4: 73.1% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q1: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q2: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q3: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20261975 Q4: 72.3% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q1: 72.1% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q2: 72% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q3: 71.9% percent · published 17 August 20261976 Q4: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q1: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q2: 71.6% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q3: 71.6% percent · published 17 August 20261977 Q4: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q1: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q2: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q3: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261978 Q4: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q1: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q2: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q3: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261979 Q4: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q1: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q2: 71.2% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q3: 70.7% percent · published 17 August 20261980 Q4: 69.9% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q1: 69.3% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q2: 68.7% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q3: 68.2% percent · published 17 August 20261981 Q4: 67.7% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q1: 67.4% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q2: 67.1% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q3: 66.6% percent · published 17 August 20261982 Q4: 66.1% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q1: 65.7% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q2: 65.6% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q3: 65.9% percent · published 17 August 20261983 Q4: 66.3% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q1: 66.5% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q2: 66.7% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q3: 66.8% percent · published 17 August 20261984 Q4: 67.1% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q1: 67.3% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q2: 67.4% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q3: 67.5% percent · published 17 August 20261985 Q4: 67.5% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q1: 67.6% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q2: 67.6% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q3: 67.8% percent · published 17 August 20261986 Q4: 67.9% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q1: 68.1% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q2: 68.5% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q3: 69.1% percent · published 17 August 20261987 Q4: 69.7% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q1: 70.2% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q2: 70.7% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q3: 71.1% percent · published 17 August 20261988 Q4: 71.5% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q1: 72.1% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q2: 72.4% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q3: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20261989 Q4: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q1: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q2: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q3: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20261990 Q4: 72.3% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q1: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q2: 71% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q3: 70.3% percent · published 17 August 20261991 Q4: 69.8% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q1: 69.4% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q2: 69.1% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q3: 68.9% percent · published 17 August 20261992 Q4: 68.5% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q1: 68.4% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q2: 68.4% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q3: 68.5% percent · published 17 August 20261993 Q4: 68.5% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q1: 68.7% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q2: 68.8% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q3: 69% percent · published 17 August 20261994 Q4: 69.1% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q1: 69.2% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q2: 69.4% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q3: 69.6% percent · published 17 August 20261995 Q4: 69.9% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q1: 69.9% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q2: 69.9% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q3: 70% percent · published 17 August 20261996 Q4: 70.3% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q1: 70.8% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q2: 71% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q3: 71.1% percent · published 17 August 20261997 Q4: 71.2% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q1: 71.3% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q2: 71.3% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q3: 71.6% percent · published 17 August 20261998 Q4: 71.8% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q1: 71.9% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q2: 71.9% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q3: 72.1% percent · published 17 August 20261999 Q4: 72.3% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q1: 72.3% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q2: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q3: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20262000 Q4: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q1: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q2: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q3: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262001 Q4: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q1: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q2: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q3: 72.6% percent · published 17 August 20262002 Q4: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q1: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q2: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q3: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20262003 Q4: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q1: 73% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q2: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q3: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262004 Q4: 73% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q1: 73.1% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q2: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q3: 73% percent · published 17 August 20262005 Q4: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q1: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q2: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q3: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20262006 Q4: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q1: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q2: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q3: 72.7% percent · published 17 August 20262007 Q4: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q1: 73% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q2: 72.9% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q3: 72.4% percent · published 17 August 20262008 Q4: 72.2% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q1: 71.7% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q2: 70.8% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q3: 70.6% percent · published 17 August 20262009 Q4: 70.6% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q1: 70.2% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q2: 70.4% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q3: 70.7% percent · published 17 August 20262010 Q4: 70.4% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q1: 70.5% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q2: 70.5% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q3: 70.1% percent · published 17 August 20262011 Q4: 70.2% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q1: 70.5% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q2: 70.9% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q3: 71.1% percent · published 17 August 20262012 Q4: 71.4% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q1: 71.2% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q2: 71.3% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q3: 71.6% percent · published 17 August 20262013 Q4: 72% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q1: 72.5% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q2: 72.8% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q3: 73% percent · published 17 August 20262014 Q4: 73.2% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q1: 73.4% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q2: 73.4% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q3: 73.7% percent · published 17 August 20262015 Q4: 74.1% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q1: 74.1% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q2: 74.4% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q3: 74.4% percent · published 17 August 20262016 Q4: 74.5% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q1: 74.7% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q2: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q3: 74.9% percent · published 17 August 20262017 Q4: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q1: 75.5% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q2: 75.4% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q3: 75.4% percent · published 17 August 20262018 Q4: 75.7% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q1: 75.9% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q2: 76.1% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q3: 76% percent · published 17 August 20262019 Q4: 76.4% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q1: 75.9% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q2: 75.4% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q3: 74.6% percent · published 17 August 20262020 Q4: 74.3% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q1: 74.4% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q2: 74.7% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q3: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262021 Q4: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q1: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q2: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q3: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262022 Q4: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q1: 75.3% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q2: 75.2% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q3: 74.9% percent · published 17 August 20262023 Q4: 74.9% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q1: 74.5% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q2: 74.5% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q3: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262024 Q4: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q1: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q2: 75.3% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q3: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 20262025 Q4: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262026 Q1: 75% percent · published 17 August 20262026 Q2: 75.1% percent · published 17 August 2026
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Source: ONS, Labour market overview, UK (LMS time series), Labour market overview, UK: August 2026 (published 17 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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