UK employment rate by gender 2024

In the third quarter of 2023, the employment rate for men aged between 16 and 64 in the United Kingdom was 77.6 percent, while for women it was 72.1 percent. The male employment rate has consistently been higher than that of females in this provided time period, although the gap was much greater at the start of this period.

Employment rate in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 3rd quarter 2024, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Q3 2024	77.6%	72.1%
Q2 2024	77.3%	71.9%
Q1 2024	77.4%	71.6%
Q4 2023	78.1%	72.1%
Q3 2023	77.9%	71.9%
Q2 2023	78.7%	71.8%
Q1 2023	78.9%	71.8%
Q4 2022	78.6%	71.9%
Q3 2022	78.3%	71.8%
Q2 2022	78.3%	71.8%
Q1 2022	78.5%	71.9%
Q4 2021	78.2%	71.9%
Q3 2021	78.1%	71.8%
Q2 2021	77.6%	71.7%
Q1 2021	77.3%	71.4%
Q4 2020	77.3%	71.1%
Q3 2020	77.8%	71.4%
Q2 2020	79.2%	71.6%
Q1 2020	79.8%	72.2%
Q4 2019	80.2%	72.2%
Q3 2019	79.9%	71.6%
Q2 2019	79.8%	71.9%
Q1 2019	80%	71.6%
Q4 2018	80%	71.2%
Q3 2018	79.8%	70.9%
Q2 2018	79.8%	70.9%
Q1 2018	79.8%	71%
Q4 2017	79.4%	70.6%
Q3 2017	79.2%	70.5%
Q2 2017	79.6%	70.4%
Q1 2017	79.2%	70%
Q4 2016	79.1%	69.8%
Q3 2016	79%	69.6%
Q2 2016	79.1%	69.5%
Q1 2016	79%	69.1%
Q4 2015	79%	69%
Q3 2015	78.5%	68.9%
Q2 2015	78%	68.6%
Q1 2015	78.2%	68.5%
Q4 2014	77.9%	68.4%
Q3 2014	78%	68.1%
Q2 2014	77.8%	67.9%
Q1 2014	77.3%	67.5%
Q4 2013	76.9%	67.1%
Q3 2013	76.6%	66.6%
Q2 2013	76.1%	66.6%
Q1 2013	75.9%	66.5%
Q4 2012	76.4%	66.5%
Q3 2012	76.3%	66%
Q2 2012	76.1%	65.8%
Q1 2012	75.6%	65.4%
Q4 2011	75.2%	65.4%
Q3 2011	74.9%	65.3%
Q2 2011	75.6%	65.4%
Q1 2011	75.7%	65.5%
Q4 2010	75.7%	65.2%
Q3 2010	75.9%	65.6%
Q2 2010	75.4%	65.5%
Q1 2010	74.9%	65.6%
Q4 2009	75.3%	65.9%
Q3 2009	75.5%	65.8%
Q2 2009	76%	65.7%
Q1 2009	77.3%	66.2%
Q4 2008	78%	66.5%
Q3 2008	78.3%	66.7%
Q2 2008	78.9%	67%
Q1 2008	79.1%	67%
Q4 2007	79.1%	66.8%
Q3 2007	78.9%	66.6%
Q2 2007	78.9%	66.5%
Q1 2007	78.7%	66.4%
Q4 2006	78.9%	66.7%
Q3 2006	79.1%	66.7%
Q2 2006	78.8%	67%
Q1 2006	78.8%	67.1%
Q4 2005	78.9%	66.6%
Q3 2005	79.2%	67.1%
Q2 2005	79.1%	66.8%
Q1 2005	79.4%	66.9%
Q4 2004	79.4%	66.8%
Q3 2004	79.3%	66.6%
Q2 2004	79.2%	66.6%
Q1 2004	79.4%	66.8%
Q4 2003	79%	66.6%
Q3 2003	79.3%	66.4%
Q2 2003	79.5%	66.4%
Q1 2003	79.1%	66.4%
Q4 2002	79.5%	66.4%
Q3 2002	78.8%	66.4%
Q2 2002	79%	66.5%
Q1 2002	78.9%	66.1%
Q4 2001	79.1%	66.2%
Q3 2001	79.2%	65.9%
Q2 2001	79.2%	66.3%
Q1 2001	79.5%	65.9%
Q4 2000	79.2%	65.9%
Q3 2000	79.3%	66.1%
Q2 2000	79.2%	65.9%
Q1 2000	79.1%	65.6%

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Release date

November 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q3 2024

Age group

16-64 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.

Employment rates taken from the following time series provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

MGSV: Males
LF25: Females

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