Year People who had stopped work within 8 years People who did not work in last 8 years or unknown Never had regular work Unemployed persons together
managers professionals technicians and associate professionals office and management (costumer services) occupations non-manual workers together commercial and services occupations agricultural and forestry occupations industry and construction industry occupations machine operators, assembly workers, drivers of vehicles (elementary) occupations not requiring qualifications manual workers together armed forces occupations total
1. 2. 3. 4. 1-4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 5-9. 0. 0–9.
Total
2011 5.8 15.2 31.4 20.0 72.4 63.3 9.9 67.5 56.5 101.3 298.5 … 371.3 36.7 57.4 465.4
2012 4.9 15.4 32.2 20.2 72.7 64.2 11.7 64.0 54.2 104.4 298.5 … 371.7 31.5 69.6 472.8
2013 6.2 12.3 26.0 20.4 64.8 62.7 7.8 56.6 42.5 97.4 267.0 … 332.2 34.1 73.9 440.2
2014 4.5 8.6 25.4 11.8 50.4 46.0 6.3 37.4 36.3 76.5 202.4 … 253.9 27.9 61.0 342.9
2015 3.7 7.9 18.2 13.3 43.2 35.9 5.3 34.4 33.4 77.3 186.4 … 230.6 27.1 50.0 307.7
2016 … 7.6 12.0 10.1 32.2 28.5 3.7 25.2 19.7 66.1 143.2 … 176.0 21.2 37.2 234.5
2017 3.2 5.5 12.5 8.0 29.2 24.5 3.8 18.5 18.8 49.4 115.0 … 144.5 15.6 31.4 191.6
2018 … 7.2 9.8 8.6 26.8 21.0 3.6 18.1 18.0 42.1 102.7 … 129.6 12.9 27.0 169.4
2019 … 7.4 7.7 7.7 24.0 19.0 3.4 19.1 17.8 36.3 95.6 … 119.9 9.5 28.5 157.9
2020 … 10.0 12.0 8.8 33.1 30.9 3.5 26.0 29.6 35.7 125.7 … 158.8 8.8 28.6 196.2
2021 2.5 9.2 12.4 9.3 33.4 29.0 3.4 20.2 25.9 43.0 121.4 … 155.1 7.1 31.3 193.4
2022 … 7.7 12.8 8.3 30.0 21.8 3.4 17.7 24.8 41.5 109.2 … 139.3 11.4 23.3 174.0
2023 … 9.2 11.7 12.2 34.3 25.5 3.8 22.1 23.5 48.8 123.6 … 158.3 14.1 28.9 201.2
Male
2011 3.0 8.0 12.5 2.9 26.3 22.8 6.9 62.4 33.2 55.7 181.0 … 207.6 14.0 29.8 251.5
2012 2.8 7.8 15.1 4.9 30.5 25.6 7.3 59.9 32.5 55.7 181.0 … 211.9 12.2 37.9 262.1
2013 3.7 5.3 10.6 4.0 23.6 25.8 5.0 51.0 25.6 54.5 161.8 … 185.8 14.2 39.3 239.3
2014 … 3.7 9.1 2.8 17.9 15.5 4.1 33.1 22.8 44.3 119.8 … 138.6 11.5 31.7 181.7
2015 … 4.5 5.7 3.4 15.4 12.5 3.6 30.1 21.1 41.1 108.3 … 124.2 11.4 26.3 161.9
2016 … 2.9 6.2 2.6 13.2 12.0 3.0 23.6 12.7 34.7 86.0 … 99.7 9.8 18.0 127.5
2017 … … 6.3 2.7 12.0 7.7 2.8 15.7 11.9 25.4 63.4 … 75.6 6.3 13.9 95.7
2018 … … 5.0 … 8.8 7.2 … 15.4 11.2 22.8 58.8 … 67.7 5.6 14.3 87.6
2019 … 3.2 2.9 … 8.6 7.0 … 17.0 10.7 19.0 55.9 … 64.8 5.0 15.8 85.6
2020 … 4.1 5.0 2.8 13.5 11.2 2.7 23.2 19.8 17.4 74.3 … 88.0 4.0 12.8 104.8
2021 … 3.9 5.3 3.3 13.9 9.0 2.6 17.6 15.5 22.6 67.3 … 81.3 2.6 15.6 99.5
2022 … 3.0 6.6 … 12.3 7.9 2.7 16.2 15.8 21.8 64.4 … 76.8 5.9 12.7 95.4
2023 … 5.3 4.1 3.2 13.0 9.4 … 20.8 15.6 24.1 72.2 … 85.5 5.6 14.9 106.0
Female
2011 2.9 7.2 18.9 17.1 46.0 40.6 3.0 5.1 23.3 45.6 117.5 … 163.7 22.7 27.6 214.0
2012 … 7.6 17.1 15.3 42.2 38.5 4.3 4.1 21.7 48.7 117.5 … 159.8 19.3 31.7 210.7
2013 2.5 7.0 15.3 16.3 41.2 36.9 2.9 5.6 16.9 42.9 105.3 … 146.5 19.9 34.6 201.0
2014 … 5.0 16.3 9.0 32.5 30.5 … 4.3 13.6 32.2 82.6 … 115.3 16.5 29.3 161.1
2015 … 3.4 12.5 9.9 27.7 23.5 … 4.3 12.3 36.2 78.0 … 106.3 15.7 23.8 145.7
2016 … 4.7 5.9 7.5 18.9 16.5 … … 7.0 31.4 57.2 … 76.4 11.4 19.2 107.0
2017 … 3.3 6.2 5.3 17.2 16.8 … 2.8 7.0 23.9 51.6 … 69.0 9.4 17.5 95.8
2018 … 4.7 4.8 7.7 18.0 13.7 … 2.7 6.8 19.3 43.9 … 61.8 7.3 12.7 81.8
2019 … 4.2 4.8 5.8 15.5 12.0 … … 7.1 17.4 39.7 … 55.1 4.4 12.8 72.3
2020 … 5.9 6.9 6.0 19.5 19.8 … 2.8 9.8 18.3 51.3 … 70.8 4.8 15.8 91.4
2021 … 5.3 7.1 6.0 19.5 20.0 … 2.6 10.3 20.4 54.1 … 73.8 4.5 15.7 94.0
2022 … 4.7 6.2 6.5 17.7 13.9 … … 9.0 19.7 44.8 … 62.5 5.5 10.7 78.6
2023 … 3.9 7.6 9.0 21.3 16.1 … … 7.8 24.7 51.4 … 72.7 8.4 14.0 95.2

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.

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