UK economic inactivity rate by country 2024

Northern Ireland had the highest economic inactivity rate among the four countries of the United Kingdom, at approximately 28.2 percent, with Wales having the second-highest economic inactivity rate of 25.9 percent.

Economic inactivity rate of the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 3rd quarter 2024, by country

Characteristic	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Q3 2024	21.2%	23.7%	25.9%	28.2%
Q2 2024	21.6%	23.1%	28.3%	27.1%
Q1 2024	21.6%	23.4%	28%	26.6%
Q4 2023	21.5%	22%	26.2%	26.8%
Q3 2023	21.5%	22.8%	24.5%	27.8%
Q2 2023	20.9%	23.2%	24.6%	27.8%
Q1 2023	21%	22.7%	25.3%	27.4%
Q4 2022	21.4%	21.3%	25.7%	27.2%
Q3 2022	21.6%	22.4%	25.7%	28.3%
Q2 2022	21%	22%	24.4%	28.3%
Q1 2022	21%	21.9%	23.6%	27.5%
Q4 2021	20.8%	22.6%	23.2%	28.9%
Q3 2021	20.8%	22%	23.3%	28.7%
Q2 2021	20.8%	22.3%	22.6%	28.1%
Q1 2021	20.9%	22.3%	22.7%	29.2%
Q4 2020	20.6%	22.9%	24.2%	29%
Q3 2020	20.6%	22.3%	24.5%	27.5%
Q2 2020	20.4%	22.6%	23.5%	28%
Q1 2020	19.9%	22.3%	23.5%	26.4%
Q4 2019	20%	22.2%	23.3%	25.8%
Q3 2019	20.4%	22.4%	23.1%	25.8%
Q2 2019	20.4%	21.6%	21.8%	25.5%
Q1 2019	20.5%	22%	20.9%	26.5%
Q4 2018	20.7%	21.7%	20.3%	26.8%
Q3 2018	20.8%	22%	21.7%	27.7%
Q2 2018	20.9%	21.5%	22.2%	27.6%
Q1 2018	20.6%	21.8%	22.9%	27.9%
Q4 2017	20.9%	22.1%	23.5%	28.4%
Q3 2017	21.2%	21.7%	24.1%	28.8%
Q2 2017	21%	21.9%	23.9%	26.8%
Q1 2017	21.2%	22.4%	22.6%	27.6%
Q4 2016	21.3%	22.3%	24%	26.1%
Q3 2016	21.3%	22.7%	23.3%	25.6%
Q2 2016	21.3%	21.9%	24.5%	26.4%
Q1 2016	21.5%	21.9%	23.9%	26.1%
Q4 2015	21.6%	20.6%	24.6%	26.9%
Q3 2015	21.7%	21%	24.3%	27.6%
Q2 2015	21.9%	21.5%	23.9%	27.4%
Q1 2015	21.9%	20.6%	25.5%	27.1%
Q4 2014	22%	21.4%	25.5%	28%
Q3 2014	21.9%	21.4%	25.8%	27%
Q2 2014	21.9%	21.5%	25.8%	26.8%
Q1 2014	21.9%	21.6%	24.9%	27%
Q4 2013	22.1%	21.6%	23.7%	27%
Q3 2013	22.1%	21.4%	23.6%	27.5%
Q2 2013	22.3%	22%	24.2%	28.3%
Q1 2013	22.3%	22.4%	24.2%	27.7%
Q4 2012	22%	23.2%	24.7%	27.2%
Q3 2012	22.3%	23.2%	24.7%	27%
Q2 2012	22.6%	22.3%	24.8%	27.3%
Q1 2012	22.9%	22.4%	25%	27.6%
Q4 2011	23.1%	22.4%	24.6%	27.2%
Q3 2011	23.3%	22.6%	25.1%	27.3%
Q2 2011	23.2%	22.2%	25.1%	26.8%
Q1 2011	23.1%	22.8%	25.4%	27.8%
Q4 2010	23.3%	22.5%	26%	28.3%
Q3 2010	22.9%	22.7%	26.5%	28.8%
Q2 2010	23.1%	23.3%	26.4%	28.9%
Q1 2010	23.2%	23.7%	26.1%	29.2%
Q4 2009	23.1%	22.5%	26.4%	30.1%
Q3 2009	22.9%	22.6%	26%	30.6%
Q2 2009	22.7%	22.5%	26.3%	31.5%
Q1 2009	22.4%	22.1%	25.5%	30.8%
Q4 2008	22.5%	22.5%	25.9%	29.5%
Q3 2008	22.7%	22.4%	26.4%	28.9%
Q2 2008	22.6%	22.4%	25.8%	28.5%
Q1 2008	22.7%	22%	26.4%	28.5%
Q4 2007	22.8%	22%	26.7%	28.9%
Q3 2007	22.9%	22%	26.5%	29.1%
Q2 2007	23.1%	21.4%	25.6%	28.5%
Q1 2007	23%	21.5%	26%	28.3%
Q4 2006	22.7%	21.8%	25.9%	28.9%
Q3 2006	22.6%	22.6%	25.6%	29.1%
Q2 2006	22.5%	23%	26.4%	28.8%
Q1 2006	22.6%	22.9%	26.8%	29.5%
Q4 2005	23%	22.9%	26.5%	29.7%
Q3 2005	23%	22.6%	26.4%	28.5%
Q2 2005	23%	22.9%	27.5%	29.6%
Q1 2005	23%	22.3%	26.7%	29.4%
Q4 2004	23%	22.4%	26.5%	29.1%
Q3 2004	23.1%	22.7%	27.1%	30.9%
Q2 2004	23.1%	22.5%	26.2%	31.2%
Q1 2004	22.9%	23%	25.7%	30.8%
Q4 2003	23%	23.7%	26.3%	30.3%
Q3 2003	23%	23.2%	25.7%	29.3%
Q2 2003	23%	23.2%	25.8%	28.7%
Q1 2003	23%	23.2%	26.6%	27.5%
Q4 2002	22.8%	22.9%	26.9%	28.9%
Q3 2002	22.8%	23.5%	28.3%	29.6%
Q2 2002	22.7%	23.9%	28.7%	29.9%
Q1 2002	22.9%	24.2%	29.6%	30.4%
Q4 2001	22.8%	23.9%	29.3%	30.5%
Q3 2001	23%	23.8%	29.7%	29.1%
Q2 2001	22.9%	23.7%	29.3%	29.8%
Q1 2001	22.9%	23.9%	28.5%	30.6%
Q4 2000	22.9%	23.7%	28.4%	30.3%
Q3 2000	22.7%	23.8%	27.8%	31.3%
Q2 2000	22.6%	24.2%	28%	31.7%
Q1 2000	22.6%	24.5%	28.3%	30.3%

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Release date

November 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q2 1992 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.

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