Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - United Kingdom - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment rates (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the unemployment rate stood at 4.9 per cent in September 2020, versus 4.7 in August.
Sample. There are 453 data points overall in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1983 to September 2020.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the unemployment rate reached its lowest level of 3.7 per cent in February 2019; it reached a maximum of 11.3 in April 1985; it had an average value of 7.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2020-07-31 | 4.40000 |
| 2020-08-31 | 4.70000 |
| 2020-09-30 | 4.90000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Harmonised unemployment rate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Ratio |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Per cent |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Percentage of the labour force |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - European Union - Eurostat - Monthly | 321 | 2000-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly | 321 | 2000-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |