Year Had regular job/business earlier Never had regular work Unemployed persons together
lost job, or own business bankrupted quit job, or own business terminated seasonal work terminated public work has ended family responsibilities othera total
Total
2009 245.0 25.7 20.4 27.6 14.1 32.8 365.7 51.7 417.4
2010 282.5 25.9 23.9 32.5 15.0 31.8 411.5 57.5 469.1
2011 258.1 26.0 23.1 51.0 15.7 34.2 408.0 57.4 465.4
2012 269.9 22.6 26.2 45.4 11.4 27.6 403.2 69.6 472.8
2013 251.0 20.2 21.2 40.5 11.3 22.2 366.3 73.9 440.2
2014 171.9 24.6 16.3 42.3 10.5 16.2 281.8 61.0 342.9
2015 139.3 25.9 19.1 44.0 11.4 18.0 257.6 50.0 307.7
2016 104.1 21.1 16.0 34.4 8.4 13.3 197.3 37.2 234.5
2017 76.5 21.5 10.1 30.6 9.3 12.2 160.2 31.4 191.6
2018
60.6b
24.2b
 10.6 23.7 10.1 13.4 142.5 27.0 169.4
2019
54.2b
26.2b
 9.0 16.0 9.4 14.6 129.4 28.5 157.9
2020
93.0b
28.2b
 8.8 10.1 10.4 17.2 167.6 28.6 196.2
2021 81.8 23.2 12.3 16.4 6.3 22.2 162.2 31.3 193.4
2022 64.9 28.5 12.3 15.7 7.0 22.3 150.7 23.3 174.0
2023 67.1 39.0 16.5 14.1 4.4 31.2 172.3 28.9 201.2
Male
2009 141.6 14.5 12.7 18.5 … 15.8 204.5 27.3 231.8
2010 166.3 14.1 13.8 20.3 … 15.0 230.9 30.9 261.7
2011 148.5 14.0 13.5 30.3 … 14.4 221.6 29.8 251.5
2012 157.8 12.8 14.9 24.9 … 12.4 224.1 37.9 262.1
2013 141.4 10.5 12.7 23.6 … 10.8 200.0 39.3 239.3
2014 95.6 12.0 9.5 23.7 … 7.8 150.0 31.7 181.7
2015 75.9 14.0 11.4 24.5 … 8.3 135.7 26.3 161.9
2016 61.2 13.6 8.7 18.5 … 6.3 109.5 18.0 127.5
2017 40.7 13.4 5.2 15.4 … 5.4 81.9 13.9 95.7
2018
33.5b
12.6b
 5.8 12.3 3.0 6.2 73.3 14.3 87.6
2019
32.2b
14.3b
 5.0 7.4 3.5 7.4 69.8 15.8 85.6
2020
52.1b
15.3b
 6.0 5.6 2.9 10.0 91.9 12.8 104.8
2021 43.0 14.5 6.1 8.2 … 10.6 83.9 15.6 99.5
2022 36.5 17.7 7.9 7.3 … 12.0 82.8 12.7 95.4
2023 39.4 20.4 10.2 5.7 … 14.6 91.2 14.9 106.0
Female
2009 103.3 11.3 7.8 9.1 12.6 17.0 161.2 24.5 185.6
2010 116.2 11.7 10.1 12.1 13.6 16.8 180.7 26.7 207.4
2011 109.6 12.0 9.6 20.7 14.8 19.8 186.4 27.6 214.0
2012 112.1 9.9 11.4 20.5 10.1 15.1 179.0 31.7 210.7
2013 109.6 9.6 8.5 16.9 10.4 11.4 166.3 34.6 201.0
2014 76.4 12.7 6.8 18.5 9.0 8.5 131.8 29.3 161.1
2015 63.4 11.8 7.7 19.5 9.8 9.7 122.0 23.8 145.7
2016 42.9 7.5 7.3 15.9 7.1 7.1 87.8 19.2 107.0
2017 35.8 8.1 4.9 15.1 7.5 6.9 78.3 17.5 95.8
2018
27.1b
11.6b
 4.8 11.4 7.1 7.2 69.1 12.7 81.8
2019
22.0b
11.8b
 4.0 8.6 5.9 7.2 59.6 12.8 72.3
2020
40.9b
12.9b
 2.8 4.4 7.4 7.2 75.6 15.8 91.4
2021 38.8 8.7 6.2 8.2 4.9 11.6 78.3 15.7 94.0
2022 28.4 10.8 4.4 8.4 5.6 10.3 68.0 10.7 78.6
2023 27.7 18.6 6.3 8.5 3.5 16.6 81.2 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.
aIncluding people who did not work in last 8 years or unknown.
bOn 13 November 2024 a data correction was made on data.

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Break in series (limited comparability).
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