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ONS · 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2 · people

People economically inactive

People economically inactive: 1971 Q1 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02.5m5m7.5m198019902000201020201971 Q1: 8,373,000 people · published 17 August 20261971 Q2: 8,377,000 people · published 17 August 20261971 Q3: 8,440,000 people · published 17 August 20261971 Q4: 8,459,000 people · published 17 August 20261972 Q1: 8,346,000 people · published 17 August 20261972 Q2: 8,329,000 people · published 17 August 20261972 Q3: 8,341,000 people · published 17 August 20261972 Q4: 8,288,000 people · published 17 August 20261973 Q1: 8,167,000 people · published 17 August 20261973 Q2: 8,136,000 people · published 17 August 20261973 Q3: 8,198,000 people · published 17 August 20261973 Q4: 8,218,000 people · published 17 August 20261974 Q1: 8,206,000 people · published 17 August 20261974 Q2: 8,187,000 people · published 17 August 20261974 Q3: 8,115,000 people · published 17 August 20261974 Q4: 8,115,000 people · published 17 August 20261975 Q1: 8,136,000 people · published 17 August 20261975 Q2: 8,097,000 people · published 17 August 20261975 Q3: 8,060,000 people · published 17 August 20261975 Q4: 8,044,000 people · published 17 August 20261976 Q1: 8,068,000 people · published 17 August 20261976 Q2: 8,097,000 people · published 17 August 20261976 Q3: 8,123,000 people · published 17 August 20261976 Q4: 8,151,000 people · published 17 August 20261977 Q1: 8,177,000 people · published 17 August 20261977 Q2: 8,206,000 people · published 17 August 20261977 Q3: 8,197,000 people · published 17 August 20261977 Q4: 8,231,000 people · published 17 August 20261978 Q1: 8,264,000 people · published 17 August 20261978 Q2: 8,292,000 people · published 17 August 20261978 Q3: 8,303,000 people · published 17 August 20261978 Q4: 8,292,000 people · published 17 August 20261979 Q1: 8,297,000 people · published 17 August 20261979 Q2: 8,327,000 people · published 17 August 20261979 Q3: 8,317,000 people · published 17 August 20261979 Q4: 8,304,000 people · published 17 August 20261980 Q1: 8,307,000 people · published 17 August 20261980 Q2: 8,296,000 people · published 17 August 20261980 Q3: 8,294,000 people · published 17 August 20261980 Q4: 8,296,000 people · published 17 August 20261981 Q1: 8,306,000 people · published 17 August 20261981 Q2: 8,348,000 people · published 17 August 20261981 Q3: 8,439,000 people · published 17 August 20261981 Q4: 8,542,000 people · published 17 August 20261982 Q1: 8,639,000 people · published 17 August 20261982 Q2: 8,729,000 people · published 17 August 20261982 Q3: 8,849,000 people · published 17 August 20261982 Q4: 9,000,000 people · published 17 August 20261983 Q1: 9,128,000 people · published 17 August 20261983 Q2: 9,150,000 people · published 17 August 20261983 Q3: 9,007,000 people · published 17 August 20261983 Q4: 8,849,000 people · published 17 August 20261984 Q1: 8,721,000 people · published 17 August 20261984 Q2: 8,657,000 people · published 17 August 20261984 Q3: 8,649,000 people · published 17 August 20261984 Q4: 8,592,000 people · published 17 August 20261985 Q1: 8,578,000 people · published 17 August 20261985 Q2: 8,572,000 people · published 17 August 20261985 Q3: 8,558,000 people · published 17 August 20261985 Q4: 8,543,000 people · published 17 August 20261986 Q1: 8,531,000 people · published 17 August 20261986 Q2: 8,517,000 people · published 17 August 20261986 Q3: 8,446,000 people · published 17 August 20261986 Q4: 8,416,000 people · published 17 August 20261987 Q1: 8,419,000 people · published 17 August 20261987 Q2: 8,360,000 people · published 17 August 20261987 Q3: 8,283,000 people · published 17 August 20261987 Q4: 8,230,000 people · published 17 August 20261988 Q1: 8,169,000 people · published 17 August 20261988 Q2: 8,140,000 people · published 17 August 20261988 Q3: 8,090,000 people · published 17 August 20261988 Q4: 8,031,000 people · published 17 August 20261989 Q1: 7,949,000 people · published 17 August 20261989 Q2: 7,936,000 people · published 17 August 20261989 Q3: 7,930,000 people · published 17 August 20261989 Q4: 7,887,000 people · published 17 August 20261990 Q1: 7,897,000 people · published 17 August 20261990 Q2: 7,877,000 people · published 17 August 20261990 Q3: 7,889,000 people · published 17 August 20261990 Q4: 7,934,000 people · published 17 August 20261991 Q1: 8,005,000 people · published 17 August 20261991 Q2: 8,083,000 people · published 17 August 20261991 Q3: 8,186,000 people · published 17 August 20261991 Q4: 8,317,000 people · published 17 August 20261992 Q1: 8,383,000 people · published 17 August 20261992 Q2: 8,481,000 people · published 17 August 20261992 Q3: 8,512,000 people · published 17 August 20261992 Q4: 8,536,000 people · published 17 August 20261993 Q1: 8,519,000 people · published 17 August 20261993 Q2: 8,565,000 people · published 17 August 20261993 Q3: 8,583,000 people · published 17 August 20261993 Q4: 8,585,000 people · published 17 August 20261994 Q1: 8,580,000 people · published 17 August 20261994 Q2: 8,626,000 people · published 17 August 20261994 Q3: 8,643,000 people · published 17 August 20261994 Q4: 8,761,000 people · published 17 August 20261995 Q1: 8,736,000 people · published 17 August 20261995 Q2: 8,717,000 people · published 17 August 20261995 Q3: 8,647,000 people · published 17 August 20261995 Q4: 8,643,000 people · published 17 August 20261996 Q1: 8,688,000 people · published 17 August 20261996 Q2: 8,672,000 people · published 17 August 20261996 Q3: 8,714,000 people · published 17 August 20261996 Q4: 8,660,000 people · published 17 August 20261997 Q1: 8,660,000 people · published 17 August 20261997 Q2: 8,602,000 people · published 17 August 20261997 Q3: 8,691,000 people · published 17 August 20261997 Q4: 8,741,000 people · published 17 August 20261998 Q1: 8,776,000 people · published 17 August 20261998 Q2: 8,810,000 people · published 17 August 20261998 Q3: 8,721,000 people · published 17 August 20261998 Q4: 8,673,000 people · published 17 August 20261999 Q1: 8,645,000 people · published 17 August 20261999 Q2: 8,684,000 people · published 17 August 20261999 Q3: 8,658,000 people · published 17 August 20261999 Q4: 8,631,000 people · published 17 August 20262000 Q1: 8,650,000 people · published 17 August 20262000 Q2: 8,670,000 people · published 17 August 20262000 Q3: 8,679,000 people · published 17 August 20262000 Q4: 8,776,000 people · published 17 August 20262001 Q1: 8,779,000 people · published 17 August 20262001 Q2: 8,794,000 people · published 17 August 20262001 Q3: 8,845,000 people · published 17 August 20262001 Q4: 8,811,000 people · published 17 August 20262002 Q1: 8,883,000 people · published 17 August 20262002 Q2: 8,812,000 people · published 17 August 20262002 Q3: 8,825,000 people · published 17 August 20262002 Q4: 8,774,000 people · published 17 August 20262003 Q1: 8,851,000 people · published 17 August 20262003 Q2: 8,857,000 people · published 17 August 20262003 Q3: 8,878,000 people · published 17 August 20262003 Q4: 8,951,000 people · published 17 August 20262004 Q1: 8,890,000 people · published 17 August 20262004 Q2: 8,966,000 people · published 17 August 20262004 Q3: 9,029,000 people · published 17 August 20262004 Q4: 8,974,000 people · published 17 August 20262005 Q1: 8,993,000 people · published 17 August 20262005 Q2: 9,068,000 people · published 17 August 20262005 Q3: 9,042,000 people · published 17 August 20262005 Q4: 9,084,000 people · published 17 August 20262006 Q1: 8,981,000 people · published 17 August 20262006 Q2: 8,950,000 people · published 17 August 20262006 Q3: 8,980,000 people · published 17 August 20262006 Q4: 9,037,000 people · published 17 August 20262007 Q1: 9,145,000 people · published 17 August 20262007 Q2: 9,162,000 people · published 17 August 20262007 Q3: 9,175,000 people · published 17 August 20262007 Q4: 9,145,000 people · published 17 August 20262008 Q1: 9,130,000 people · published 17 August 20262008 Q2: 9,126,000 people · published 17 August 20262008 Q3: 9,171,000 people · published 17 August 20262008 Q4: 9,125,000 people · published 17 August 20262009 Q1: 9,111,000 people · published 17 August 20262009 Q2: 9,247,000 people · published 17 August 20262009 Q3: 9,330,000 people · published 17 August 20262009 Q4: 9,395,000 people · published 17 August 20262010 Q1: 9,487,000 people · published 17 August 20262010 Q2: 9,446,000 people · published 17 August 20262010 Q3: 9,368,000 people · published 17 August 20262010 Q4: 9,483,000 people · published 17 August 20262011 Q1: 9,455,000 people · published 17 August 20262011 Q2: 9,457,000 people · published 17 August 20262011 Q3: 9,488,000 people · published 17 August 20262011 Q4: 9,413,000 people · published 17 August 20262012 Q1: 9,366,000 people · published 17 August 20262012 Q2: 9,233,000 people · published 17 August 20262012 Q3: 9,185,000 people · published 17 August 20262012 Q4: 9,088,000 people · published 17 August 20262013 Q1: 9,176,000 people · published 17 August 20262013 Q2: 9,154,000 people · published 17 August 20262013 Q3: 9,060,000 people · published 17 August 20262013 Q4: 9,067,000 people · published 17 August 20262014 Q1: 9,030,000 people · published 17 August 20262014 Q2: 9,039,000 people · published 17 August 20262014 Q3: 9,061,000 people · published 17 August 20262014 Q4: 9,100,000 people · published 17 August 20262015 Q1: 9,067,000 people · published 17 August 20262015 Q2: 9,082,000 people · published 17 August 20262015 Q3: 9,025,000 people · published 17 August 20262015 Q4: 8,975,000 people · published 17 August 20262016 Q1: 8,987,000 people · published 17 August 20262016 Q2: 8,928,000 people · published 17 August 20262016 Q3: 8,952,000 people · published 17 August 20262016 Q4: 8,945,000 people · published 17 August 20262017 Q1: 8,925,000 people · published 17 August 20262017 Q2: 8,844,000 people · published 17 August 20262017 Q3: 8,954,000 people · published 17 August 20262017 Q4: 8,862,000 people · published 17 August 20262018 Q1: 8,762,000 people · published 17 August 20262018 Q2: 8,829,000 people · published 17 August 20262018 Q3: 8,823,000 people · published 17 August 20262018 Q4: 8,737,000 people · published 17 August 20262019 Q1: 8,718,000 people · published 17 August 20262019 Q2: 8,622,000 people · published 17 August 20262019 Q3: 8,666,000 people · published 17 August 20262019 Q4: 8,572,000 people · published 17 August 20262020 Q1: 8,627,000 people · published 17 August 20262020 Q2: 8,863,000 people · published 17 August 20262020 Q3: 8,914,000 people · published 17 August 20262020 Q4: 8,938,000 people · published 17 August 20262021 Q1: 9,027,000 people · published 17 August 20262021 Q2: 9,001,000 people · published 17 August 20262021 Q3: 8,963,000 people · published 17 August 20262021 Q4: 9,046,000 people · published 17 August 20262022 Q1: 9,170,000 people · published 17 August 20262022 Q2: 9,222,000 people · published 17 August 20262022 Q3: 9,296,000 people · published 17 August 20262022 Q4: 9,180,000 people · published 17 August 20262023 Q1: 9,103,000 people · published 17 August 20262023 Q2: 9,103,000 people · published 17 August 20262023 Q3: 9,283,000 people · published 17 August 20262023 Q4: 9,411,000 people · published 17 August 20262024 Q1: 9,431,000 people · published 17 August 20262024 Q2: 9,488,000 people · published 17 August 20262024 Q3: 9,299,000 people · published 17 August 20262024 Q4: 9,281,000 people · published 17 August 20262025 Q1: 9,200,000 people · published 17 August 20262025 Q2: 9,057,000 people · published 17 August 20262025 Q3: 9,073,000 people · published 17 August 20262025 Q4: 9,054,000 people · published 17 August 20262026 Q1: 9,103,000 people · published 17 August 20262026 Q2: 9,111,000 people · 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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