UK employment rate by country 2024

As of the third quarter of 2024, the employment rate of England stood at 75.4 percent, the highest employment rate of the four countries of the United Kingdom. By contrast, Wales had the lowest employment rate, at70 percent.

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

Characteristic	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Q3 2024	75.4%	73.3%	70%	72%
Q2 2024	75.1%	73.2%	69%	72.9%
Q1 2024	74.9%	72.9%	69.7%	73%
Q4 2023	75.2%	73.5%	71%	72.9%
Q3 2023	75.2%	73.3%	72.5%	72.4%
Q2 2023	75.7%	73.4%	71.9%	71.6%
Q1 2023	75.7%	74.3%	71.4%	71.6%
Q4 2022	75.4%	75.5%	71.4%	71.8%
Q3 2022	75.3%	74.4%	71.3%	70.3%
Q2 2022	75.5%	74.5%	72.3%	69.8%
Q1 2022	75.4%	74.5%	73.9%	70.3%
Q4 2021	75.5%	73.1%	73.9%	69%
Q3 2021	75.4%	74%	73%	68.4%
Q2 2021	75.1%	73.5%	73.4%	69.4%
Q1 2021	74.8%	73.2%	73.3%	68.8%
Q4 2020	74.8%	72.4%	72%	68.3%
Q3 2020	75%	73.2%	71.6%	69.7%
Q2 2020	75.9%	73.3%	74%	69.8%
Q1 2020	76.4%	73.7%	73.5%	71.3%
Q4 2019	76.8%	74.6%	74.5%	72.4%
Q3 2019	76.4%	74%	74.1%	72.2%
Q2 2019	76.4%	75.3%	74.7%	72.2%
Q1 2019	76.2%	74.8%	75.2%	71.4%
Q4 2018	76%	75.5%	76.2%	70.3%
Q3 2018	75.8%	75%	75%	69.4%
Q2 2018	75.8%	75.2%	74.7%	69.6%
Q1 2018	75.9%	74.8%	73.6%	69.8%
Q4 2017	75.6%	74.4%	72.6%	68.6%
Q3 2017	75.4%	75%	72.4%	68.3%
Q2 2017	75.4%	75.1%	72.9%	69.4%
Q1 2017	75.1%	74.3%	73.7%	68.4%
Q4 2016	74.9%	73.9%	72.5%	69.8%
Q3 2016	74.8%	73.3%	72.9%	70.1%
Q2 2016	74.8%	73.9%	72.4%	69.2%
Q1 2016	74.5%	73.4%	72.4%	69.2%
Q4 2015	74.4%	74.8%	71.3%	68.7%
Q3 2015	74.1%	74%	70.6%	67.9%
Q2 2015	73.6%	73.9%	71.7%	67.8%
Q1 2015	73.7%	74.7%	69.6%	68.2%
Q4 2014	73.5%	74.3%	69.3%	67.7%
Q3 2014	73.4%	73.7%	68.8%	68.4%
Q2 2014	73.1%	73.4%	69.3%	68.3%
Q1 2014	72.7%	73.4%	70%	67.7%
Q4 2013	72.2%	72.6%	70.8%	67.6%
Q3 2013	71.8%	72.6%	70%	67%
Q2 2013	71.5%	72.1%	69.8%	66.3%
Q1 2013	71.4%	71.8%	69.6%	66.4%
Q4 2012	71.8%	70.9%	68.7%	67.1%
Q3 2012	71.5%	70.4%	68.6%	67.3%
Q2 2012	71.1%	71.4%	68.9%	67%
Q1 2012	70.6%	71.2%	68.2%	67.4%
Q4 2011	70.3%	70.9%	68.6%	67.6%
Q3 2011	70.3%	71%	67.5%	67.3%
Q2 2011	70.5%	71.6%	68.4%	67.7%
Q1 2011	70.7%	71%	68.5%	66.9%
Q4 2010	70.6%	71.2%	67.7%	65.9%
Q3 2010	71%	70.7%	67.5%	66.2%
Q2 2010	70.8%	70.1%	66.9%	66.3%
Q1 2010	70.6%	69.9%	66.7%	65.9%
Q4 2009	70.8%	71.5%	67.1%	65.6%
Q3 2009	70.9%	71.8%	67.5%	64.5%
Q2 2009	71.1%	72%	67.9%	64%
Q1 2009	71.9%	73.1%	68.7%	64.8%
Q4 2008	72.4%	73.3%	68.8%	66.8%
Q3 2008	72.7%	73.9%	68.7%	68.1%
Q2 2008	73%	74.3%	70.3%	68.7%
Q1 2008	73.2%	74.3%	69.7%	68.2%
Q4 2007	73.1%	74.3%	69.6%	68.1%
Q3 2007	72.9%	74.2%	69.6%	68.1%
Q2 2007	72.7%	74.9%	70.1%	68.9%
Q1 2007	72.6%	74.5%	69.9%	68.8%
Q4 2006	72.9%	74.2%	70.2%	68%
Q3 2006	73.1%	73.5%	70.5%	67.5%
Q2 2006	73.2%	72.7%	69.3%	68.3%
Q1 2006	73.3%	72.9%	69.7%	67.5%
Q4 2005	73%	73.1%	69.9%	67.1%
Q3 2005	73.4%	73.1%	70.2%	68.3%
Q2 2005	73.3%	72.9%	69.2%	66.9%
Q1 2005	73.4%	73.3%	69.9%	67.2%
Q4 2004	73.4%	73.2%	70.4%	67.5%
Q3 2004	73.3%	73.2%	69.3%	65.5%
Q2 2004	73.3%	72.8%	70.6%	65.4%
Q1 2004	73.5%	72.5%	70.8%	65.5%
Q4 2003	73.3%	71.9%	70.1%	65.2%
Q3 2003	73.2%	72.3%	70.7%	66.6%
Q2 2003	73.2%	72.8%	70.8%	67.6%
Q1 2003	73%	72.3%	69.8%	68.7%
Q4 2002	73.3%	72.4%	69.3%	67.1%
Q3 2002	73.2%	71.6%	67.9%	66%
Q2 2002	73.4%	71.3%	67.2%	66.1%
Q1 2002	73.2%	70.7%	66.4%	65.3%
Q4 2001	73.3%	70.9%	66.5%	65.4%
Q3 2001	73.2%	71.1%	66.3%	66.6%
Q2 2001	73.4%	71.5%	66.3%	65.9%
Q1 2001	73.3%	71.5%	67.1%	65%
Q4 2000	73.1%	71.6%	67.4%	65.5%
Q3 2000	73.4%	71.1%	67.3%	64.9%
Q2 2000	73.3%	70.4%	67.5%	63.7%
Q1 2000	73.1%	69.8%	66.9%	65%

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Release date

December 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q3 2024

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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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