Year Less than 1 1–3 4–6 7–11 12 13–18 19–23 24 25 and more Total Average duration of unemployment, month(s)
month(s), thousand persons
Total
2009 20.7 76.5 69.0 78.0 17.8 51.2 19.4 7.0 77.8 417.4 12.0
2010 18.2 71.1 64.6 85.5 22.5 75.1 30.3 11.1 90.7 469.1 13.4
2011 30.7 75.7 64.9 72.5 17.8 64.3 29.3 10.2 100.0 465.4 13.1
2012 41.1 69.7 65.3 82.4 21.3 59.4 25.0 11.1 97.4 472.8 12.6
2013 51.4 53.1 56.9 64.6 23.6 50.9 25.6 18.1 96.0 440.2 13.1
2014 38.9 46.3 46.6 48.2 18.1 35.7 14.8 13.3 80.9 342.9 12.9
2015 34.5 47.3 39.2 46.2 17.3 31.2 12.6 10.6 68.6 307.7 12.5
2016 31.6 33.3 30.1 30.4 11.9 24.5 11.4 9.1 52.2 234.5 12.6
2017 26.6 34.0 27.7 25.9 9.0 19.4 8.0 5.6 35.3 191.6 11.2
2018 26.0 30.0 24.9 22.6 8.8 15.2 6.7 4.9 30.3 169.4 11.0
2019 27.8 29.7 27.3 22.4 7.2 12.7 5.1 4.5 21.2 157.9 9.6
2020 42.9 41.3 32.3 27.9 9.6 14.5 5.7 4.4 17.6 196.2 8.0
2021 44.9 31.3 27.5 29.4 14.7 17.2 6.3 4.8 17.4 193.4 9.7
2022 42.4 29.8 23.1 19.1 8.0 15.1 7.4 5.7 23.5 174.0 11.8
2023 48.4 33.8 24.7 24.2 11.2 19.2 7.8 5.8 25.9 201.2 11.6
Male
2009 12.4 43.2 37.9 42.3 9.4 26.7 10.2 3.6 46.0 231.8 12.2
2010 8.9 39.8 37.0 46.8 13.1 41.9 16.9 6.4 51.0 261.7 13.5
2011 15.6 41.6 35.0 40.4 9.2 36.6 16.3 5.1 51.8 251.5 13.1
2012 22.9 38.9 36.2 44.9 11.2 33.1 14.8 6.8 53.5 262.1 12.8
2013 27.2 29.9 30.8 35.0 13.8 27.8 12.5 8.8 53.5 239.3 13.2
2014 18.7 24.5 25.1 26.2 9.6 17.9 7.8 7.1 44.9 181.7 13.1
2015 18.2 23.8 20.3 23.2 9.0 16.7 6.7 5.6 38.3 161.9 12.7
2016 16.0 18.0 17.0 18.2 6.8 12.6 5.6 5.0 28.5 127.5 12.5
2017 12.1 16.5 13.4 14.9 4.6 11.1 4.5 … 16.4 95.7 11.1
2018 13.4 15.1 12.1 11.2 5.0 8.6 3.3 2.4 16.5 87.6 11.0
2019 14.9 15.7 15.5 11.9 3.4 7.6 2.8 2.3 11.5 85.6 9.6
2020 21.8 23.0 15.9 15.1 4.9 8.8 3.7 2.5 9.2 104.8 8.1
2021 23.2 16.4 14.0 14.5 7.5 7.9 3.0 3.0 10.0 99.5 10.0
2022 23.4 15.8 12.7 11.2 4.7 7.4 4.0 2.9 13.3 95.4 12.1
2023 24.6 17.5 12.3 13.3 6.2 10.6 3.6 3.4 14.6 106.0 12.0
Female
2009 8.3 33.3 31.1 35.7 8.4 24.5 9.2 3.4 31.8 185.6 11.8
2010 9.3 31.3 27.6 38.7 9.4 33.2 13.4 4.6 39.7 207.4 13.2
2011 15.1 34.2 29.9 32.1 8.6 27.7 13.0 5.1 48.2 214.0 13.1
2012 18.3 30.9 29.2 37.5 10.2 26.3 10.2 4.4 43.9 210.7 12.4
2013 24.2 23.2 26.1 29.6 9.8 23.1 13.1 9.3 42.5 201.0 12.9
2014 20.3 21.7 21.5 22.0 8.5 17.8 7.1 6.2 36.0 161.1 12.6
2015 16.3 23.5 18.8 23.0 8.3 14.6 5.9 5.0 30.3 145.7 12.3
2016 15.6 15.3 13.2 12.2 5.2 11.9 5.8 4.1 23.7 107.0 12.6
2017 14.5 17.5 14.3 11.0 4.4 8.3 3.5 3.4 18.9 95.9 11.4
2018 12.7 14.9 12.8 11.4 3.8 6.6 3.5 2.5 13.7 81.8 11.0
2019 12.9 14.0 11.8 10.5 3.8 5.1 2.3 2.2 9.7 72.3 9.5
2020 21.1 18.3 16.4 12.8 4.7 5.7 2.0 2.0 8.5 91.4 7.8
2021 21.7 14.9 13.5 14.9 7.2 9.3 3.3 1.8 7.5 94.0 9.4
2022 19.1 14.0 10.4 7.8 3.3 7.7 3.3 2.9 10.2 78.6 11.5
2023 23.9 16.3 12.4 11.0 5.0 8.7 4.2 2.4 11.3 95.2 11.1

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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