UK Unemployment Rate, 16 and Over (Monthly, Rolling Three Months, SA, ONS)

Name: UK Unemployment Rate, 16 and Over (Monthly, Rolling Three Months, SA, ONS)
Creator: Office for National Statistics

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · % · ONS.GBR.UNEMP.RT.16PLUS.SA.ROLLING3M.M

Unemployment rate of people aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, from the Labour Force Survey: a rolling three-month average. ONS labels each average by its middle month; SOTW stores it under the last month of the three, with the ONS label kept. Release times and vintages are unknown.

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Latest reading by geography

Sorted by value, highest first. Each row keeps its own period, and national definitions can differ, so the order is not a like for like ranking.

UK Unemployment Rate, 16 and Over (Monthly, Rolling Three Months, SA, ONS): latest reading for 1 geographies, with the period of each. Source: Office for National Statistics.
#	Country or area	Value (%)	Period	History
1	United KingdomGBR	4.7	2026-08	History

Source: Office for National Statistics. 1 geography, periods 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.