A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics. The unemployment rate in the UK edged up to 5 percent in the three months to November of 2020 from 4.9 percent in the previous period and slightly below forecasts of 5.1 percent. Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK. The temporary reopening of businesses in December allowed the economy to grow by 1% q/q in the last quarter of 2020. The employment and inactivity rates shown in this table were the headline employment and inactivity rates until August 2010, when ONS replaced these headline rates with rates for those aged from 16 to 64 for both men and women. At the same time, total hours worked had a record increase from the low levels in the previous quarter as the number of coronavirus lockdown measures were eased early in August and September. The banks have been saved but the official unemployment rate has hit 8%, a 13-year high. In the three months to January 2019 the rate of economic inactivity in London (the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds not in work and not looking for or not able to work) was 21.3%, up 0.4 percentage points on the quarter and unchanged on the year. The Welsh long-term unemployment rate was 2 to 4 percentage points higher than the UK rate in recent years, but while the UK rate stabilised from 2016 the rate in Wales has fallen to the extent that it is now comparable with the UK overall. The unemployment rate in Wales was 4.3 per cent of the economically active population during November 2018 to January 2019, down market0.5 percentage points from a year earlier. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. The unemployment rate in Spain in August 2019 was 14 percent. UK unemployment rate jumps to 5.1%. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. Since 1971, the highest female UK unemployment rate was estimated at 11.8% for the three months ending May 1984, and the three months ending June 1984. Trading Economics members can view, download and compare data from nearly 200 countries, including more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, government bond yields, stock indexes and commodity prices. Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status. The uniform application of this definition results in estimates of unemployment rates that are more internationally comparable than estimates based on national definitions of unemployment. The fan begins in 2019 Q3, a quarter earlier than the fan for CPI inflation. On a positive note, the number of people away from work because of the pandemic and receiving no pay has fallen since its peak in April and May 2020. between 2018 and 2019, the unemployment rate for White 16 to 24 year olds went down from 11% to 10% – the rate for 16 to 24 year olds from all other ethnic groups combined went up from 18% to 19% ; the highest unemployment rate for … The UK unemployment rate held steady at 3.8 percent in the three months to October of 2019, its lowest level in nearly 45 years and slightly below market expectations of 3.9 percent. It is the highest jobless rate since the three months to August 2016, as the coronavirus continued to hit the labour market. Meanwhile, average earnings growth accelerated more quickly than expected to 4.7%, the highest since 2008 driven in part by compositional effects of a fall in the number and proportion of lower-paid employee jobs, and by increased bonuses, which had been postponed earlier in the year. 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