UK youth unemployment rate 2024

The youth unemployment rate for those aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom was 14.8 percent in September 2024, compared with 13.6 percent in the previous month.

Youth unemployment rate in the United Kingdom from January 2000 to September 2024

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Sep 24	14.8%
Aug 24	13.6%
Jul 24	14.2%
Jun 24	13.4%
May 24	13.9%
Apr 24	13.6%
Mar 24	13%
Feb 24	12.8%
Jan 24	12.1%
Dec 23	11.6%
Nov 23	12.4%
Oct 23	12.1%
Sep 23	12.1%
Aug 23	12.9%
Jul 23	13%
Jun 23	12.3%
May 23	11.4%
Apr 23	11.4%
Mar 23	11.6%
Feb 23	11.3%
Jan 23	11.1%
Dec 22	11.5%
Nov 22	11.4%
Oct 22	11%
Sep 22	10.3%
Aug 22	9%
Jul 22	9.1%
Jun 22	10.4%
May 22	10.4%
Apr 22	10.8%
Mar 22	10.6%
Feb 22	11.2%
Jan 22	11.2%
Dec 21	11.1%
Nov 21	11%
Oct 21	11.2%
Sep 21	11.7%
Aug 21	12.1%
Jul 21	12.8%
Jun 21	13%
May 21	13.5%
Apr 21	13.5%
Mar 21	13.7%
Feb 21	14.5%
Jan 21	14.6%
Dec 20	14.7%
Nov 20	14.6%
Oct 20	14.9%
Sep 20	14.9%
Aug 20	14.2%
Jul 20	13.7%
Jun 20	13%
May 20	13%
Apr 20	12.7%
Mar 20	12.3%
Feb 20	11.8%
Jan 20	11.7%
Dec 19	11.3%
Nov 19	11.3%
Oct 19	11.2%
Sep 19	11.9%
Aug 19	11.8%
Jul 19	11.4%
Jun 19	11.6%
May 19	11.6%
Apr 19	11.2%
Mar 19	10.8%
Feb 19	11.3%
Jan 19	11.5%
Dec 18	11.8%
Nov 18	11.7%
Oct 18	11.4%
Sep 18	11.2%
Aug 18	10.9%
Jul 18	11.3%
Jun 18	11.3%
May 18	12%
Apr 18	11.8%
Mar 18	12%
Feb 18	12.1%
Jan 18	12.3%
Dec 17	12.4%
Nov 17	12.2%
Oct 17	12%
Sep 17	12%
Aug 17	12.2%
Jul 17	12.1%
Jun 17	12.3%
May 17	12.5%
Apr 17	12.5%
Mar 17	12.4%
Feb 17	12.5%
Jan 17	12.3%
Dec 16	12.5%
Nov 16	12.7%
Oct 16	13%
Sep 16	13.3%
Aug 16	13.8%
Jul 16	13.7%
Jun 16	13.6%
May 16	13.4%
Apr 16	13.5%
Mar 16	13.7%
Feb 16	13.8%
Jan 16	13.8%
Dec 15	13.6%
Nov 15	13.8%
Oct 15	13.6%
Sep 15	14.2%
Aug 15	14.7%
Jul 15	15.5%
Jun 15	15.7%
May 15	15.7%
Apr 15	15.9%
Mar 15	15.9%
Feb 15	16.1%
Jan 15	16.2%
Dec 14	16.4%
Nov 14	17%
Oct 14	16.6%
Sep 14	16.4%
Aug 14	16.1%
Jul 14	16.5%
Jun 14	16.7%
May 14	17.6%
Apr 14	18.2%
Mar 14	18.9%
Feb 14	19.2%
Jan 14	19.9%
Dec 13	20.1%
Nov 13	20.2%
Oct 13	20.6%
Sep 13	21.2%
Aug 13	21.3%
Jul 13	21.3%
Jun 13	21.4%
May 13	20.9%
Apr 13	20.5%
Mar 13	20.8%
Feb 13	21.2%
Jan 13	21.4%
Dec 12	21%
Nov 12	20.8%
Oct 12	20.5%
Sep 12	21%
Aug 12	20.8%
Jul 12	21.6%
Jun 12	21.5%
May 12	21.9%
Apr 12	21.9%
Mar 12	21.9%
Feb 12	22.1%
Jan 12	22.4%
Dec 11	22.3%
Nov 11	22.5%
Oct 11	22.4%
Sep 11	22.3%
Aug 11	21.9%
Jul 11	21.3%
Jun 11	20.6%
May 11	20.1%
Apr 11	19.7%
Mar 11	20.3%
Feb 11	20.5%
Jan 11	20.6%
Dec 10	20.6%
Nov 10	20.5%
Oct 10	20.2%
Sep 10	19.3%
Aug 10	19.8%
Jul 10	19.6%
Jun 10	19.9%
May 10	20.1%
Apr 10	20.2%
Mar 10	20.3%
Feb 10	19.9%
Jan 10	19.6%
Dec 09	19.5%
Nov 09	19.6%
Oct 09	20.1%
Sep 09	20%
Aug 09	19.9%
Jul 09	19.9%
Jun 09	19.4%
May 09	19.4%
Apr 09	18.6%
Mar 09	18.1%
Feb 09	16.9%
Jan 09	16.8%
Dec 08	16.5%
Nov 08	16.3%
Oct 08	15.9%
Sep 08	15.5%
Aug 08	15.3%
Jul 08	14.8%
Jun 08	14.6%
May 08	14%
Apr 08	14.3%
Mar 08	14%
Feb 08	13.8%
Jan 08	13.8%
Dec 07	13.9%
Nov 07	14%
Oct 07	14.2%
Sep 07	14.5%
Aug 07	14.6%
Jul 07	14.6%
Jun 07	14.7%
May 07	14.7%
Apr 07	14.6%
Mar 07	14.5%
Feb 07	14.5%
Jan 07	14.3%
Dec 06	14.1%
Nov 06	13.8%
Oct 06	14.1%
Sep 06	14.3%
Aug 06	14.1%
Jul 06	14.5%
Jun 06	14.3%
May 06	14.1%
Apr 06	13.9%
Mar 06	13.6%
Feb 06	13.7%
Jan 06	13.6%
Dec 05	13.9%
Nov 05	13.6%
Oct 05	13.6%
Sep 05	12.7%
Aug 05	12.6%
Jul 05	12.5%
Jun 05	12.8%
May 05	12.7%
Apr 05	12.4%
Mar 05	12.3%
Feb 05	12.7%
Jan 05	12.5%
Dec 04	12.5%
Nov 04	12.3%
Oct 04	12.2%
Sep 04	12.4%
Aug 04	12.2%
Jul 04	12.2%
Jun 04	12.1%
May 04	11.9%
Apr 04	12.2%
Mar 04	12.1%
Feb 04	11.9%
Jan 04	11.8%
Dec 03	11.8%
Nov 03	11.8%
Oct 03	12.1%
Sep 03	12.4%
Aug 03	12.7%
Jul 03	12.7%
Jun 03	12.4%
May 03	12.5%
Apr 03	12.7%
Mar 03	12.8%
Feb 03	12.5%
Jan 03	12.1%
Dec 02	12.3%
Nov 02	12.3%
Oct 02	12%
Sep 02	12.2%
Aug 02	12.2%
Jul 02	12.1%
Jun 02	11.9%
May 02	12.1%
Apr 02	12.1%
Mar 02	12.3%
Feb 02	12.1%
Jan 02	12.2%
Dec 01	12.4%
Nov 01	12.2%
Oct 01	12.1%
Sep 01	11.9%
Aug 01	11.9%
Jul 01	11.7%
Jun 01	11.7%
May 01	11.6%
Apr 01	11.8%
Mar 01	12%
Feb 01	12.3%
Jan 01	12%
Dec 00	12.3%
Nov 00	12.4%
Oct 00	12.5%
Sep 00	12.1%
Aug 00	11.9%
Jul 00	11.9%
Jun 00	12.3%
May 00	12.8%
Apr 00	12.9%
Mar 00	12.9%
Feb 00	12.7%
Jan 00	12.6%

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Release date

November 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2000 to September 2024

Age group

16-24 years

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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