UK youth unemployment figures 2024

In the three months to October 2024, there were approximately 490,000 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 October 2024 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	16-17 years	18-24 years
Oct 24	114	490
Sep 24	112	529
Aug 24	97	500
Jul 24	101	517
Jun 24	113	466
May 24	133	466
Apr 24	131	452
Mar 24	131	426
Feb 24	126	411
Jan 24	126	396
Dec 23	107	398
Nov 23	101	429
Oct 23	98	422
Sep 23	77	432
Aug 23	83	467
Jul 23	86	467
Jun 23	94	450
May 23	85	411
Apr 23	76	418
Mar 23	87	425
Feb 23	85	416
Jan 23	110	382
Dec 22	108	397
Nov 22	102	384
Oct 22	97	362
Sep 22	102	326
Aug 22	107	290
Jul 22	100	288
Jun 22	103	334
May 22	99	335
Apr 22	102	362
Mar 22	103	346
Feb 22	100	383
Jan 22	102	378
Dec 21	96	380
Nov 21	96	372
Oct 21	101	385
Sep 21	103	401
Aug 21	109	413
Jul 21	120	417
Jun 21	120	412
May 21	115	422
Apr 21	98	444
Mar 21	89	459
Feb 21	97	491
Jan 21	90	505
Dec 20	88	516
Nov 20	88	523
Oct 20	109	520
Sep 20	102	529
Aug 20	100	505
Jul 20	100	477
Jun 20	104	448
May 20	110	449
Apr 20	116	433
Mar 20	111	426
Feb 20	106	411
Jan 20	102	408
Dec 19	105	379
Nov 19	101	391
Oct 19	97	396
Sep 19	102	411
Aug 19	91	415
Jul 19	86	414
Jun 19	80	426
May 19	82	412
Apr 19	80	401
Mar 19	80	392
Feb 19	87	411
Jan 19	89	416
Dec 18	99	416
Nov 18	102	415
Oct 18	93	407
Sep 18	87	395
Aug 18	93	379
Jul 18	98	395
Jun 18	100	394
May 18	106	418
Apr 18	112	407
Mar 18	120	407
Feb 18	125	402
Jan 18	123	415
Dec 17	118	426
Nov 17	115	422
Oct 17	107	416
Sep 17	102	423
Aug 17	103	433
Jul 17	104	431
Jun 17	108	439
May 17	115	443
Apr 17	129	433
Mar 17	130	428
Feb 17	121	437
Jan 17	110	442
Dec 16	118	445
Nov 16	120	450
Oct 16	123	462
Sep 16	120	477
Aug 16	137	492
Jul 16	139	484
Jun 16	140	479
May 16	136	476
Apr 16	129	486
Mar 16	123	503
Feb 16	126	505
Jan 16	130	502
Dec 15	130	495
Nov 15	126	506
Oct 15	124	501
Sep 15	137	519
Aug 15	140	538
Jul 15	142	572
Jun 15	140	583
May 15	141	576
Apr 15	146	584
Mar 15	143	587
Feb 15	152	588
Jan 15	151	593
Dec 14	157	593
Nov 14	155	617
Oct 14	157	600
Sep 14	159	589
Aug 14	160	573
Jul 14	158	590
Jun 14	159	602
May 14	166	647
Apr 14	171	672
Mar 14	178	687
Feb 14	179	707
Jan 14	188	733
Dec 13	188	743
Nov 13	195	744
Oct 13	191	766
Sep 13	190	796
Aug 13	191	791
Jul 13	199	780
Jun 13	196	787
May 13	193	772
Apr 13	184	768
Mar 13	191	773
Feb 13	197	790
Jan 13	195	807
Dec 12	201	788
Nov 12	202	777
Oct 12	203	756
Sep 12	198	786
Aug 12	200	780
Jul 12	203	823
Jun 12	203	814
May 12	201	826
Apr 12	205	812
Mar 12	209	815
Feb 12	218	811
Jan 12	221	819
Dec 11	214	826
Nov 11	219	834
Oct 11	218	828
Sep 11	229	811
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

December 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2000 to October 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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