Monthly unemployment rate by age in the UK 2020

As of June 2020, approximately 13.4 percent of people aged between 16 and 24 were unemployed in the United Kingdom, the most of any age group. The unemployment rate for young people is consistently higher than that of older age groups due to the fact that the youth is often still making the transition from education to employment, and even when employed, the position may be far less secure than it is for older workers.

Monthly unemployment rate in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2010 to June 2020, by age group

Characteristic	16-24	25-34	35-49	50-64	65+
Jun 20	13.4%	3.4%	2.5%	2.7%	1.6%
May 20	12.7%	3.4%	2.4%	2.5%	1.4%
Apr 20	12.5%	3.4%	2.5%	2.5%	1.8%
Mar 20	12.2%	3.2%	2.5%	2.6%	1.6%
Feb 20	11.9%	3.1%	2.5%	2.8%	2%
Jan 20	11.8%	3.2%	2.5%	3%	2.3%
Dec 19	11.7%	3.3%	2.5%	2.8%	2.3%
Nov 19	11.3%	3.2%	2.4%	2.7%	2.5%
Oct 19	11.3%	3.4%	2.5%	2.7%	2%
Sep19	11.2%	3.3%	2.3%	2.8%	1.8%
Aug 19	11.9%	3.3%	2.4%	2.8%	1.3%
Jul 19	11.8%	3.5%	2.5%	2.7%	1.2%
Jun 19	11.4%	3.4%	2.4%	2.7%	1%
May 19	11.6%	3.4%	2.6%	2.7%	1.2%
Apr 19	11.6%	3.2%	2.5%	2.7%	1.2%
Mar 19	11.2%	3.2%	2.6%	2.8%	1.3%
Feb 19	10.8%	3.2%	2.6%	2.8%	1.4%
Jan 19	11.3%	3.4%	2.6%	2.9%	1.5%
Dec 18	11.5%	3.3%	2.6%	2.9%	1.6%
Nov 18	11.8%	3.5%	2.7%	2.8%	1.4%
Oct 18	11.7%	3.5%	2.7%	2.9%	1.1%
Sep 18	11.4%	3.7%	2.7%	2.9%	1.2%
Aug 18	11.2%	3.8%	2.8%	3%	1.2%
Jul 18	10.9%	3.8%	2.7%	3%	1.4%
Jun 18	11.3%	3.9%	2.6%	2.8%	1.3%
May 18	11.3%	3.8%	2.6%	2.8%	1.3%
Apr 18	12%	3.7%	2.7%	3%	1.8%
Mar 18	11.8%	3.7%	2.7%	3.1%	1.7%
Feb 18	12%	3.7%	2.6%	3.2%	1.8%
Jan 18	12.1%	3.8%	2.8%	3%	1.6%
Dec 17	12.3%	3.8%	2.9%	3.1%	1.4%
Nov 17	12.4%	3.9%	2.9%	3%	1.8%
Oct 17	12.2%	3.9%	2.7%	3%	1.9%
Sep 17	12%	3.9%	2.7%	3%	1.9%
Aug 17	12%	3.8%	2.8%	3%	1.8%
Jul 17	12.2%	3.8%	2.9%	3.1%	2%
Jun 17	12.1%	3.7%	2.9%	3.2%	2.1%
May 17	12.3%	4%	3%	3.1%	1.6%
Apr 17	12.5%	4%	3%	3.1%	1.1%
Mar 17	12.5%	4.2%	3.1%	3.2%	1%
Feb 17	12.4%	4.4%	3.1%	3.1%	1.1%
Jan 17	12.5%	4.5%	3.1%	3.2%	1.2%
Dec 16	12.3%	4.7%	3.2%	3.2%	1.3%
Nov 16	12.5%	4.5%	3.2%	3.3%	1.4%
Oct 16	12.7%	4.5%	3.4%	3.3%	1.4%
Sep 16	13%	4.5%	3.3%	3.4%	1.4%
Aug 16	13.3%	4.5%	3.3%	3.3%	1.3%
Jul 16	13.8%	4.6%	3.3%	3.4%	1.2%
Jun 16	13.7%	4.3%	3.3%	3.4%	1.5%
May 16	13.6%	4.5%	3.3%	3.4%	1.5%
Apr 16	13.4%	4.6%	3.2%	3.5%	1.8%
Mar 16	13.5%	4.6%	3.2%	3.7%	1.9%
Feb 16	13.7%	4.7%	3.2%	3.7%	1.8%
Jan 16	13.8%	4.8%	3.3%	3.6%	1.8%
Dec 15	13.8%	5%	3.2%	3.4%	1.6%
Nov 15	13.6%	5.1%	3.3%	3.4%	1.6%
Oct 15	13.8%	4.9%	3.2%	3.5%	1.6%
Sep 15	13.6%	5%	3.4%	3.6%	1.7%
Aug 15	14.2%	5%	3.6%	3.6%	1.7%
Jul 15	14.7%	5%	3.5%	3.6%	2.1%
Jun 15	15.5%	5.1%	3.6%	3.5%	1.9%
May 15	15.7%	5.2%	3.7%	3.5%	1.9%
Apr 15	15.7%	5.2%	3.8%	3.5%	1.6%
Mar 15	15.9%	4.9%	3.7%	3.3%	1.7%
Feb 15	15.9%	4.9%	3.8%	3.4%	1.9%
Jan 15	16.1%	4.9%	3.8%	3.4%	1.7%
Dec 14	16.2%	5%	3.9%	3.4%	1.8%
Nov 14	16.4%	5.2%	3.7%	3.5%	1.6%
Oct 14	17%	5.3%	3.9%	3.6%	1.7%
Sep 14	16.6%	5.4%	4.1%	3.8%	1.7%
Aug 14	16.4%	5.5%	4.1%	3.8%	1.9%
Jul 14	16.1%	5.7%	4.2%	3.9%	1.7%
Jun 14	16.5%	5.9%	4.2%	4%	1.8%
May 14	16.7%	5.9%	4.3%	4.2%	2.3%
Apr 14	17.6%	5.8%	4.3%	4.2%	2.5%
Mar 14	18.2%	6.1%	4.3%	4.2%	2.5%
Feb 14	18.9%	6.2%	4.4%	4.3%	2.4%
Jan 14	19.2%	6.4%	4.4%	4.4%	2.8%
Dec 13	19.9%	6.6%	4.7%	4.4%	2.8%
Nov 13	20.1%	6.6%	4.8%	4.4%	2.8%
Oct 13	20.2%	6.5%	4.7%	4.4%	2.2%
Sep 13	20.6%	6.6%	4.9%	4.6%	2.3%
Aug 13	21.2%	7%	5.1%	4.7%	2%
Jul 13	21.3%	7.1%	5.2%	4.7%	2.4%
Jun 13	21.3%	7%	5.1%	4.8%	2.3%
May 13	21.4%	7%	5.2%	4.9%	2.4%
Apr 13	20.9%	7.1%	5.4%	5%	2.1%
Mar 13	20.5%	7.3%	5.4%	5%	2%
Feb 13	20.8%	7.4%	5.5%	4.9%	1.8%
Jan 13	21.2%	7.6%	5.5%	4.9%	1.6%
Dec 12	21.4%	7.2%	5.4%	4.7%	1.7%
Nov 12	21%	7.3%	5.4%	4.7%	2.2%
Oct 12	20.8%	7.4%	5.3%	4.8%	2.4%
Sep 12	20.5%	7.5%	5.5%	4.8%	2.2%
Aug 12	21%	7.6%	5.3%	4.7%	2%
Jul 12	20.8%	7.7%	5.3%	4.9%	2.1%
Jun 12	21.6%	7.7%	5.3%	4.9%	2.3%
May 12	21.5%	7.7%	5.3%	4.8%	2%
Apr 12	21.9%	7.7%	5.3%	4.9%	2.4%
Mar 12	21.9%	7.7%	5.4%	5.1%	2.9%
Feb 12	21.9%	7.8%	5.4%	5.1%	3.1%
Jan 12	22.1%	7.9%	5.4%	5.2%	2.7%
Dec 11	22.4%	7.9%	5.5%	5.2%	2.7%
Nov 11	22.3%	8.1%	5.5%	5.2%	3%
Oct 11	22.5%	8.3%	5.5%	5.2%	3.2%
Sep 11	22.4%	8.3%	5.4%	4.9%	3.5%
Aug 11	22.3%	8.2%	5.4%	4.9%	3.1%
Jul 11	21.9%	8.1%	5.4%	4.7%	2.6%
Jun 11	21.3%	7.8%	5.4%	4.7%	2.4%
May 11	20.6%	7.9%	5.4%	4.8%	2%
Apr 11	20.1%	7.8%	5.4%	4.8%	2%
Mar 11	19.7%	7.7%	5.3%	4.9%	1.9%
Feb 11	20.3%	7.4%	5.4%	4.9%	1.9%
Jan 11	20.5%	7.3%	5.5%	4.8%	1.9%
Dec 10	20.6%	7.6%	5.5%	4.8%	2.3%
Nov 10	20.6%	7.4%	5.5%	4.8%	2.3%
Oct 10	20.5%	7.4%	5.6%	4.8%	2.3%
Sep 10	20.2%	7.5%	5.6%	4.9%	2.1%
Aug 10	19.3%	7.4%	5.6%	4.9%	2.2%
Jul 10	19.8%	7.3%	5.6%	4.8%	2.2%
Jun 10	19.6%	7.6%	5.5%	4.9%	2.1%
May 10	19.9%	7.6%	5.5%	4.9%	2.3%
Apr 10	20.1%	7.9%	5.5%	4.8%	2.7%
Mar 10	20.2%	7.9%	5.6%	4.6%	2.8%
Feb 10	20.3%	8.2%	5.5%	4.7%	3.2%
Jan 10	19.9%	8.1%	5.4%	4.8%	3.1%

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Release date

September 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2010 to June 2020

Supplementary notes

Unemployment rate for different age groups taken from the following time series provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

MGWY (16-24 years old)
YCGP (25-34 years old)
YCGV (35-49 years old)
LF2E (50-64 years old)
K5HW (65 years+)

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