UK unemployment figures by age 2024

There were approximately 627,000 unemployed people aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom in the third quarter of 2024, the most of any age group. During this provided time period, the youngest age group has consistently had the highest number of unemployed people.

Unemployment figures in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 3rd quarter 2024, by age group (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	16-24	25-34	35-49	50-64	65+
Q3 2024	627	295	268	258	38
Q2 2024	559	297	310	235	35
Q1 2024	540	326	325	254	42
Q4 2023	481	297	311	212	18
Q3 2023	499	269	350	265	23
Q2 2023	533	316	298	285	29
Q1 2023	507	269	270	307	30
Q4 2022	491	260	294	259	28
Q3 2022	434	284	277	263	25
Q2 2022	429	313	278	269	29
Q1 2022	438	278	284	259	22
Q4 2021	461	292	313	299	29
Q3 2021	477	297	331	333	33
Q2 2021	526	330	377	351	35
Q1 2021	545	330	390	395	31
Q4 2020	598	344	419	401	29
Q3 2020	609	343	345	349	30
Q2 2020	550	289	293	264	17
Q1 2020	531	266	288	278	27
Q4 2019	481	257	276	259	32
Q3 2019	500	268	269	267	17
Q2 2019	502	275	295	256	15
Q1 2019	467	260	297	272	17
Q4 2018	510	276	304	269	17
Q3 2018	477	297	321	281	14
Q2 2018	490	302	300	267	16
Q1 2018	523	287	301	296	22
Q4 2017	541	303	329	282	21
Q3 2017	522	301	320	275	21
Q2 2017	545	313	336	283	18
Q1 2017	557	344	346	279	13
Q4 2016	562	346	361	298	17
Q3 2016	597	344	364	296	17
Q2 2016	618	340	368	298	18
Q1 2016	627	351	361	326	22
Q4 2015	625	382	364	297	19
Q3 2015	657	373	403	307	21
Q2 2015	724	387	416	300	22
Q1 2015	731	363	422	288	23
Q4 2014	751	381	421	299	19
Q3 2014	748	405	467	319	21
Q2 2014	762	441	481	352	25
Q1 2014	867	459	498	361	27
Q4 2013	931	487	539	369	31
Q3 2013	987	516	570	389	21
Q2 2013	983	514	590	402	25
Q1 2013	966	538	618	400	18
Q4 2012	991	529	614	379	23
Q3 2012	986	547	607	379	20
Q2 2012	1,019	550	603	385	19
Q1 2012	1,026	561	618	401	29
Q4 2011	1,042	579	634	407	27
Q3 2011	1,040	587	621	387	27
Q2 2011	967	565	619	371	18
Q1 2011	943	526	616	381	17
Q4 2010	960	520	633	370	21
Q3 2010	907	518	646	380	19
Q2 2010	927	529	637	375	20
Q1 2010	938	566	634	363	26
Q4 2009	900	542	612	375	23
Q3 2009	933	541	624	353	24
Q2 2009	916	544	614	353	21
Q1 2009	864	465	559	328	19
Q4 2008	798	401	493	295	17
Q3 2008	753	373	440	255	18
Q2 2008	705	329	406	226	15
Q1 2008	677	315	399	219	13
Q4 2007	673	300	402	225	9
Q3 2007	699	305	399	234	12
Q2 2007	707	305	394	233	17
Q1 2007	702	350	405	232	14
Q4 2006	686	351	429	224	10
Q3 2006	693	338	413	234	16
Q2 2006	688	340	421	222	14
Q1 2006	651	319	408	212	15
Q4 2005	656	301	382	212	16
Q3 2005	603	287	331	202	15
Q2 2005	607	284	339	197	11
Q1 2005	584	289	331	200	13
Q4 2004	594	304	315	196	15
Q3 2004	588	290	321	194	9
Q2 2004	572	299	354	202	11
Q1 2004	572	307	341	202	13
Q4 2003	551	321	362	209	15
Q3 2003	578	325	377	211	12
Q2 2003	575	317	344	218	13
Q1 2003	593	331	365	231	11
Q4 2002	570	311	391	235	8
Q3 2002	561	342	410	240	13
Q2 2002	549	340	387	230	13
Q1 2002	562	355	376	211	12
Q4 2001	568	354	379	210	9
Q3 2001	541	351	367	221	8
Q2 2001	527	342	383	206	10
Q1 2001	536	331	386	216	11
Q4 2000	548	340	374	245	12
Q3 2000	545	341	409	245	8
Q2 2000	552	368	406	263	10
Q1 2000	581	401	415	274	10

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Release date

November 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q3 2024

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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