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OBR · 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015

Unemployment forecasts during the Coalition 2010–2015 government

2009 → 2014 · 5 periods

↓ 19.0%−1.4% per cent

Unemployment forecasts fell by 19.0% over the period, from 7.6% per cent (2009, the level when the government took office) to 6.2% (2014, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level 2009: 7.6%
  2. Level when it left 2014: 6.2%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Unemployment forecasts: 2009 to 2024LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%2.5%5%7.5%2010201520202009: 7.6% per cent · published 26 March 20262010: 7.9% per cent · published 26 March 20262011: 8.1% per cent · published 26 March 20262012: 8% per cent · published 26 March 20262013: 7.6% per cent · published 26 March 20262014: 6.2% per cent · published 26 March 20262015: 5.4% per cent · published 26 March 20262016: 4.9% per cent · published 26 March 20262017: 4.4% per cent · published 26 March 20262018: 4.1% per cent · published 26 March 20262019: 3.8% per cent · published 26 March 20262020: 4.6% per cent · published 26 March 20262021: 4.5% per cent · published 26 March 20262022: 3.8% per cent · published 26 March 20262023: 4% per cent · published 26 March 20262024: 4.3% per cent · published 26 March 2026
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Definition and caveats

The ILO unemployment rate averaged over each calendar year: the outturn as the OBR last knew it, with every official forecast for the same year.

Doesn’t measure: The claimant count, economic inactivity, or the number of people unemployed.