UK youth unemployment figures 2024

In the three months to September 2024, there were approximately 513,000 people aged between 18 and 24 that were unemployed, with a further 114,000 people aged 16 to 17 also unemployed.

Youth unemployment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2000 to September 2024 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	16-17 years	18-24 years
Sep 24	114	513
Aug 24	96	480
Jul 24	100	498
Jun 24	115	445
May 24	136	450
Apr 24	134	436
Mar 24	130	409
Feb 24	128	394
Jan 24	127	373
Dec 23	104	378
Nov 23	99	423
Oct 23	94	414
Sep 23	75	424
Aug 23	79	457
Jul 23	83	463
Jun 23	93	440
May 23	87	407
Apr 23	82	410
Mar 23	91	416
Feb 23	87	401
Jan 23	112	370
Dec 22	106	385
Nov 22	101	385
Oct 22	96	369
Sep 22	101	333
Aug 22	106	301
Jul 22	103	304
Jun 22	113	350
May 22	106	361
Apr 22	111	377
Mar 22	111	359
Feb 22	109	388
Jan 22	111	383
Dec 21	102	390
Nov 21	105	379
Oct 21	103	386
Sep 21	104	402
Aug 21	112	411
Jul 21	126	425
Jun 21	133	421
May 21	121	448
Apr 21	105	459
Mar 21	97	474
Feb 21	106	499
Jan 21	100	512
Dec 20	93	530
Nov 20	94	530
Oct 20	106	525
Sep 20	97	534
Aug 20	98	506
Jul 20	103	487
Jun 20	112	460
May 20	114	465
Apr 20	121	444
Mar 20	116	436
Feb 20	113	422
Jan 20	104	424
Dec 19	105	396
Nov 19	101	402
Oct 19	94	399
Sep 19	99	422
Aug 19	93	422
Jul 19	91	417
Jun 19	90	432
May 19	90	423
Apr 19	93	407
Mar 19	88	398
Feb 19	94	417
Jan 19	97	422
Dec 18	107	422
Nov 18	109	421
Oct 18	100	413
Sep 18	94	401
Aug 18	100	385
Jul 18	105	401
Jun 18	107	399
May 18	113	424
Apr 18	118	413
Mar 18	127	412
Feb 18	131	407
Jan 18	129	421
Dec 17	124	432
Nov 17	121	428
Oct 17	113	421
Sep 17	108	428
Aug 17	109	438
Jul 17	110	436
Jun 17	114	445
May 17	121	448
Apr 17	135	438
Mar 17	136	434
Feb 17	127	442
Jan 17	115	448
Dec 16	124	450
Nov 16	125	456
Oct 16	128	468
Sep 16	126	482
Aug 16	142	497
Jul 16	144	489
Jun 16	145	484
May 16	140	481
Apr 16	134	491
Mar 16	128	508
Feb 16	130	510
Jan 16	134	507
Dec 15	135	499
Nov 15	130	511
Oct 15	128	506
Sep 15	142	524
Aug 15	145	543
Jul 15	146	576
Jun 15	144	588
May 15	145	581
Apr 15	150	588
Mar 15	147	591
Feb 15	156	593
Jan 15	155	597
Dec 14	161	597
Nov 14	158	621
Oct 14	160	604
Sep 14	163	592
Aug 14	164	577
Jul 14	162	594
Jun 14	162	606
May 14	169	651
Apr 14	175	676
Mar 14	181	691
Feb 14	182	711
Jan 14	191	737
Dec 13	190	747
Nov 13	197	747
Oct 13	193	769
Sep 13	193	799
Aug 13	194	794
Jul 13	201	783
Jun 13	198	790
May 13	196	775
Apr 13	186	770
Mar 13	193	776
Feb 13	199	792
Jan 13	197	809
Dec 12	203	790
Nov 12	204	779
Oct 12	205	758
Sep 12	199	788
Aug 12	201	781
Jul 12	204	825
Jun 12	204	815
May 12	202	827
Apr 12	206	813
Mar 12	210	817
Feb 12	219	813
Jan 12	221	820
Dec 11	215	827
Nov 11	219	835
Oct 11	218	828
Sep 11	229	812
Aug 11	219	804
Jul 11	211	782
Jun 11	211	756
May 11	207	728
Apr 11	210	702
Mar 11	215	728
Feb 11	220	740
Jan 11	217	751
Dec 10	215	745
Nov 10	208	738
Oct 10	213	735
Sep 10	196	711
Aug 10	189	741
Jul 10	194	726
Jun 10	199	728
May 10	220	719
Apr 10	217	721
Mar 10	205	732
Feb 10	199	715
Jan 10	199	700
Dec 09	196	704
Nov 09	200	704
Oct 09	198	734
Sep 09	206	728
Aug 09	214	719
Jul 09	221	711
Jun 09	206	710
May 09	200	722
Apr 09	192	692
Mar 09	196	668
Feb 09	187	624
Jan 09	198	614
Dec 08	191	606
Nov 08	193	597
Oct 08	190	577
Sep 08	187	566
Aug 08	192	545
Jul 08	186	530
Jun 08	186	519
May 08	182	497
Apr 08	184	510
Mar 08	172	505
Feb 08	174	496
Jan 08	176	497
Dec 07	185	488
Nov 07	192	490
Oct 07	201	485
Sep 07	212	488
Aug 07	205	500
Jul 07	206	496
Jun 07	193	515
May 07	188	523
Apr 07	187	519
Mar 07	188	514
Feb 07	189	512
Jan 07	185	505
Dec 06	184	502
Nov 06	184	482
Oct 06	181	501
Sep 06	180	513
Aug 06	168	516
Jul 06	171	527
Jun 06	175	513
May 06	179	499
Apr 06	181	484
Mar 06	179	472
Feb 06	186	464
Jan 06	186	456
Dec 05	181	475
Nov 05	174	468
Oct 05	178	468
Sep 05	171	432
Aug 05	171	425
Jul 05	172	422
Jun 05	173	434
May 05	173	427
Apr 05	173	413
Mar 05	177	407
Feb 05	173	432
Jan 05	172	423
Dec 04	166	428
Nov 04	170	413
Oct 04	172	405
Sep 04	181	407
Aug 04	173	406
Jul 04	174	402
Jun 04	169	403
May 04	173	390
Apr 04	175	401
Mar 04	171	401
Feb 04	168	395
Jan 04	166	389
Dec 03	169	382
Nov 03	167	383
Oct 03	172	392
Sep 03	168	410
Aug 03	170	419
Jul 03	171	419
Jun 03	174	401
May 03	176	405
Apr 03	174	414
Mar 03	171	422
Feb 03	178	404
Jan 03	177	384
Dec 02	178	392
Nov 02	169	399
Oct 02	166	390
Sep 02	163	398
Aug 02	158	405
Jul 02	157	398
Jun 02	161	388
May 02	163	395
Apr 02	158	399
Mar 02	155	406
Feb 02	152	400
Jan 02	155	406
Dec 01	159	409
Nov 01	163	397
Oct 01	163	387
Sep 01	164	377
Aug 01	162	378
Jul 01	161	367
Jun 01	153	374
May 01	147	374
Apr 01	147	384
Mar 01	153	383
Feb 01	160	390
Jan 01	160	381
Dec 00	161	387
Nov 00	171	382
Oct 00	176	386
Sep 00	173	373
Aug 00	163	371
Jul 00	153	377
Jun 00	165	386
May 00	177	402
Apr 00	185	397
Mar 00	175	407
Feb 00	172	398
Jan 00	168	403

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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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