Period, quarters Had regular job/business earlier: Never had regular work Total
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 Q1 221.3 30.1 25.8 32.2 13.3 31.3 354.1 49.4 403.6
Q2 239.9 24.8 18.6 26.4 14.3 32.5 356.5 43.9 400.3
Q3 258.8 23.7 17.6 23.9 14.7 35.0 373.7 57.4 431.2
Q4 259.9 24.5 19.7 27.8 14.2 32.4 378.4 56.2 434.7
2010 Q1 304.8 25.4 27.2 36.6 14.6 32.6 441.2 52.6 493.8
Q2 289.4 26.3 24.3 29.6 14.6 32.5 416.6 54.0 470.6
Q3 273.4 26.6 20.0 29.1 14.5 30.4 394.0 63.9 457.9
Q4 262.3 25.2 24.2 34.5 16.4 31.7 394.4 59.7 454.1
2011 Q1 273.9 27.3 24.6 59.7 17.6 33.5 436.6 55.5 492.2
Q2 265.0 24.5 19.6 46.9 15.9 34.9 406.8 51.6 458.3
Q3 244.3 26.4 20.5 47.9 17.3 35.6 392.0 64.3 456.3
Q4 249.1 25.8 27.5 49.5 12.0 32.7 396.6 58.3 455.0
2012 Q1 279.0 27.6 31.1 62.1 13.2 34.6 447.6 58.4 506.0
Q2 270.2 25.2 28.6 42.9 12.5 29.5 409.0 63.0 471.9
Q3 263.1 18.5 23.3 36.1 9.1 22.9 372.9 80.7 453.7
Q4 267.4 19.2 21.9 40.5 10.9 23.2 383.1 76.3 459.5
2013 Q1 281.1 22.3 30.4 59.4 8.9 22.4 424.5 70.2 494.7
Q2 261.4 18.3 16.9 38.4 12.7 21.7 369.4 70.3 439.8
Q3 241.0 19.7 17.3 33.3 12.5 21.9 345.6 83.3 428.9
Q4 220.5 20.4 20.1 30.8 11.0 22.7 325.5 71.9 397.4
2014 Q1 196.7 24.7 17.1 33.2 12.3 16.4 300.5 62.5 363.0
Q2 180.6 25.8 15.0 47.8 10.5 16.2 295.9 63.0 358.8
Q3 156.2 24.8 15.6 42.2 10.3 16.2 265.2 66.2 331.4
Q4 154.2 23.2 17.5 45.8 9.1 16.0 265.8 52.4 318.3
2015 Q1 159.9 28.6 23.3 58.3 11.9 17.7 299.9 47.4 347.3
Q2 142.4 27.2 19.3 45.2 10.1 15.8 260.1 50.2 310.3
Q3 132.3 25.1 15.0 34.8 11.7 19.0 237.9 54.5 292.4
Q4 122.5 22.5 18.9 37.7 11.8 19.3 232.7 47.9 280.6
2016 Q1 120.1 23.8 19.0 42.1 10.2 16.6 231.8 40.7 272.6
Q2 104.2 19.7 16.2 34.1 8.2 13.9 196.3 37.8 234.1
Q3 101.2 21.8 14.7 31.9 7.9 11.3 188.8 37.4 226.2
Q4 91.0 19.0 14.1 29.5 7.1 11.4 172.1 32.9 205.0
2017 Q1 86.6 21.8 12.0 34.5 9.4 11.7 176.1 30.5 206.6
Q2 83.2 21.5 7.0 34.7 8.3 13.7 168.3 27.9 196.2
Q3 71.1 20.3 9.6 29.0 8.4 13.6 151.9 36.3 188.2
Q4 65.1 22.4 11.8 24.1 11.2 9.9 144.5 30.7 175.2
2018 Q1
66.2b
25.7b
 12.0 25.6 8.8 11.5 149.7 24.9 174.6
Q2
58.1b
23.8b
 8.0 25.9 8.1 12.5 136.3 26.1 162.4
Q3
60.1b
23.0b
 10.7 23.0 10.9 14.0 141.7 33.3 175.0
Q4
58.0b
24.2b
 11.7 20.3 12.4 15.7 142.2 23.6 165.7
2019 Q1
58.9b
24.0b
 9.2 17.3 10.4 18.5 138.2 25.6 163.8
Q2
55.0b
23.5b
 10.3 18.2 8.5 12.9 128.5 26.9 155.4
Q3
50.3b
28.5b
 7.5 15.9 10.3 16.0 128.5 33.6 162.0
Q4
52.5b
28.6b
 8.8 12.7 8.6 11.1 122.3 28.0 150.3
2020 Q1
66.6b
29.5b
 10.1 11.8 11.9 16.5 146.4 25.3 171.7
Q2
113.1b
27.3b
 9.3 9.6 8.4 15.7 183.4 29.1 212.5
Q3
96.3b
31.6b
 7.1 8.7 11.3 17.8 172.8 33.8 206.6
Q4
96.0b
24.2b
 8.7 10.1 9.8 18.9 167.7 26.4 194.1
2021 Q1 94.0 23.3 13.8 13.6 7.1 31.0 182.8 30.3 213.0
Q2 80.6 21.3 13.3 18.2 6.8 23.6 163.9 31.2 195.1
Q3 81.3 23.0 8.0 16.8 5.0 17.7 151.8 35.7 187.5
Q4 71.6 25.0 14.0 17.0 6.1 16.4 150.2 28.0 178.2
2022 Q1 70.9 27.3 13.3 15.8 7.5 21.1 155.9 22.7 178.5
Q2 59.5 26.8 8.3 13.6 5.8 20.7 134.6 19.3 153.9
Q3 61.0 29.3 12.8 15.3 7.6 21.4 147.5 27.8 175.3
Q4 68.0 30.8 14.8 18.1 7.0 26.1 164.9 23.4 188.3
2023 Q1 68.8 40.3 15.9 16.9 4.2 28.5 174.7 22.3 197.0
Q2 65.7 33.2 15.4 15.1 3.8 30.8 163.8 27.8 191.6
Q3 59.6 44.1 14.0 11.8 4.5 32.9 166.8 31.5 198.3
Q4 74.2 38.5 20.5 12.7 5.2 32.8 184.0 33.9 217.9
2024 Q1 75.6 45.2 17.3 15.5 3.8 36.2 193.4 33.4 226.8
Q2 78.1 38.0 16.4 17.2 2.8 33.2 185.7 28.3 213.9
Q3 70.5 40.8 15.1 11.3 3.4 35.3 176.4 48.2 224.6
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 126.2 17.8 16.3 22.1 … 15.2 199.4 26.0 225.4
Q2 139.4 13.7 11.7 18.0 … 16.7 200.6 23.4 224.0
Q3 150.3 13.1 10.8 15.7 … 16.7 208.1 30.8 238.9
Q4 150.7 13.3 12.0 18.0 … 14.6 210.1 29.0 239.1
2010 Q1 182.4 14.6 17.8 23.6 … 14.7 254.7 28.2 282.9
Q2 172.2 15.2 13.9 19.0 … 15.7 237.3 29.6 266.9
Q3 157.9 14.2 10.3 17.8 … 13.5 215.3 33.7 248.9
Q4 152.5 12.4 13.1 20.9 … 16.0 216.3 31.9 248.2
2011 Q1 160.0 13.7 15.4 36.3 … 16.9 243.4 31.6 274.9
Q2 149.9 14.2 11.0 27.5 … 15.5 218.9 26.2 245.1
Q3 140.6 15.4 11.6 28.0 … 13.9 210.2 33.0 243.3
Q4 143.6 12.8 16.0 29.5 … 11.4 214.0 28.6 242.6
2012 Q1 166.6 14.8 18.5 34.4 … 15.1 250.7 29.9 280.5
Q2 163.8 14.2 16.0 23.4 … 12.4 231.3 34.9 266.3
Q3 149.3 10.7 13.3 20.0 … 11.1 205.2 45.3 250.5
Q4 151.7 11.3 11.7 21.9 … 11.2 209.4 41.6 251.0
2013 Q1 163.6 11.9 19.4 35.5 … 13.0 244.4 38.0 282.4
Q2 147.2 9.4 9.0 21.8 … 10.7 199.3 36.4 235.7
Q3 134.1 10.2 10.7 19.0 … 10.1 184.8 43.9 228.6
Q4 120.7 10.6 11.6 17.9 … 9.5 171.4 38.9 210.3
2014 Q1 109.3 11.9 10.3 20.6 … 6.2 159.7 32.3 192.0
Q2 100.3 12.1 8.4 26.8 … 9.3 158.6 33.0 191.5
Q3 86.7 11.8 9.6 21.4 … 8.2 139.3 33.2 172.5
Q4 85.9 12.1 9.6 26.1 … 7.3 142.6 28.3 171.0
2015 Q1 87.5 14.6 14.9 34.1 … 8.2 161.4 24.9 186.3
Q2 76.3 14.0 12.2 24.2 … 7.8 135.6 27.9 163.5
Q3 72.7 14.4 8.0 18.9 … 8.7 124.3 27.5 151.8
Q4 66.9 13.1 10.4 20.8 … 8.4 121.4 24.7 146.1
2016 Q1 69.4 13.9 10.9 22.4 … 8.0 126.0 21.0 147.0
Q2 65.4 13.2 8.7 19.2 … 6.7 114.3 17.2 131.4
Q3 56.8 14.6 7.7 17.4 … 5.5 103.2 18.5 121.6
Q4 53.0 12.5 7.7 14.9 … 4.8 94.6 15.3 109.9
2017 Q1 48.4 13.0 6.0 17.8 … 5.6 92.6 16.3 108.9
Q2 44.4 14.5 3.3 17.8 … 6.0 87.2 12.9 100.1
Q3 36.8 13.2 5.5 14.6 … 5.8 77.9 13.0 90.9
Q4 33.1 12.9 6.0 11.5 … 4.1 69.8 13.2 83.0
2018 Q1
34.2b
14.7b
 6.2 11.9 … 4.5 73.8 13.8 87.6
Q2
33.7b
11.9b
 5.2 14.6 … 5.6 73.4 14.3 87.7
Q3
31.1b
11.3b
 5.6 11.7 2.7 5.6 67.9 16.9 84.7
Q4
34.8b
12.6b
 6.1 11.1 4.5 9.0 78.2 12.3 90.5
2019 Q1
36.8b
12.4b
 4.9 8.5 3.8 8.8 75.3 14.3 89.6
Q2
33.6b
14.5b
 5.7 7.9 3.1 7.3 72.2 15.8 88.0
Q3
29.0b
15.1b
 3.9 6.8 4.3 8.5 67.6 17.2 84.9
Q4
29.3b
15.2b
 5.4 6.4 2.9 5.0 64.1 15.8 79.9
2020 Q1
38.3b
16.4b
 6.4 6.9 3.3 7.4 78.7 13.7 92.4
Q2
65.7b
13.3b
 6.6 4.4 2.7 11.0 103.7 9.3 113.0
Q3
53.1b
17.6b
 4.9 5.3 3.1 10.5 94.4 16.4 110.9
Q4
51.3b
13.7b
 6.2 5.8 2.8 11.1 90.9 12.0 102.8
2021 Q1 49.0 13.6 6.5 7.1 … 14.3 92.5 13.9 106.4
Q2 44.0 13.7 7.2 9.2 … 13.1 87.8 15.8 103.6
Q3 43.2 14.7 4.4 9.0 … 7.1 79.9 18.4 98.2
Q4 36.0 15.9 6.3 7.7 … 8.1 75.3 14.3 89.7
2022 Q1 38.1 16.6 8.8 7.5 … 12.3 85.5 12.2 97.7
Q2 33.3 17.6 5.0 6.2 … 12.2 75.7 10.3 86.0
Q3 37.1 17.5 8.0 6.5 … 11.1 81.6 14.5 96.0
Q4 37.4 19.2 9.8 8.8 … 12.6 88.2 13.7 101.9
2023 Q1 38.9 21.0 10.8 7.3 … 14.5 93.8 10.6 104.5
Q2 40.9 15.8 9.6 5.8 … 13.3 86.0 18.0 104.0
Q3 35.7 22.2 9.7 4.9 … 15.1 88.0 15.2 103.2
Q4 42.0 22.8 10.7 4.5 … 15.5 96.8 15.8 112.5
2024 Q1 46.3 25.5 9.7 5.4 … 19.3 107.7 17.8 125.5
Q2 46.5 20.9 8.2 6.7 … 15.7 98.2 15.9 114.1
Q3 42.6 22.0 7.7 4.3 … 17.6 94.8 26.4 121.1
Q4
female
2009 Q1 95.1 12.3 9.6 10.1 11.5 16.1 154.8 23.4 178.2
Q2 100.5 11.1 6.9 8.4 13.2 15.8 155.8 20.5 176.4
Q3 108.5 10.6 6.8 8.3 13.2 18.3 165.7 26.6 192.3
Q4 109.3 11.2 7.7 9.7 12.7 17.8 168.3 27.2 195.6
2010 Q1 122.4 10.7 9.4 13.0 13.1 17.9 186.5 24.4 210.9
Q2 117.2 11.1 10.4 10.6 13.2 16.8 179.3 24.3 203.6
Q3 115.5 12.4 9.7 11.3 13.1 16.9 178.8 30.2 209.0
Q4 109.8 12.8 11.1 13.6 15.0 15.7 178.1 27.8 205.9
2011 Q1 113.9 13.6 9.3 23.3 16.5 16.7 193.3 23.9 217.2
Q2 115.1 10.3 8.6 19.4 15.0 19.4 187.8 25.4 213.2
Q3 103.7 11.0 8.9 19.9 16.6 21.7 181.8 31.2 213.0
Q4 105.5 13.0 11.5 20.0 11.3 21.3 182.6 29.8 212.4
2012 Q1 112.3 12.8 12.7 27.7 12.0 19.5 197.0 28.5 225.5
Q2 106.5 11.0 12.6 19.5 10.9 17.1 177.6 28.0 205.7
Q3 113.9 7.8 9.9 16.1 8.3 11.8 167.8 35.4 203.2
Q4 115.7 8.0 10.2 18.6 9.2 12.0 173.7 34.7 208.4
2013 Q1 117.4 10.4 11.1 23.8 7.9 9.5 180.1 32.2 212.3
Q2 114.2 8.8 7.9 16.7 11.6 11.0 170.2 33.9 204.1
Q3 106.8 9.5 6.6 14.2 11.9 11.8 160.9 39.4 200.3
Q4 99.9 9.8 8.4 12.9 10.0 13.1 154.1 33.1 187.2
2014 Q1 87.4 12.8 6.8 12.6 10.9 10.2 140.8 30.2 171.1
Q2 80.2 13.7 6.6 21.0 8.9 6.9 137.3 30.0 167.3
Q3 69.5 13.0 5.9 20.7 8.8 8.0 125.9 33.0 158.9
Q4 68.3 11.2 7.9 19.8 7.4 8.7 123.2 24.1 147.3
2015 Q1 72.4 14.1 8.4 24.2 9.9 9.6 138.5 22.5 161.0
Q2 66.1 13.2 7.0 21.1 9.1 8.0 124.5 22.3 146.8
Q3 59.6 10.7 7.0 15.9 10.2 10.2 113.6 27.0 140.7
Q4 55.6 9.4 8.5 16.9 10.0 10.9 111.2 23.2 134.4
2016 Q1 50.7 9.9 8.2 19.7 8.9 8.6 105.8 19.7 125.6
Q2 38.7 6.4 7.6 15.0 7.2 7.2 82.1 20.6 102.6
Q3 44.4 7.2 7.0 14.5 6.8 5.8 85.6 19.0 104.6
Q4 38.0 6.5 6.4 14.5 5.5 6.6 77.5 17.6 95.0
2017 Q1 38.1 8.7 6.0 16.8 7.6 6.2 83.5 14.2 97.8
Q2 38.8 7.1 3.7 16.8 7.1 7.7 81.1 15.0 96.2
Q3 34.3 7.1 4.1 14.4 6.4 7.7 74.0 23.3 97.3
Q4 32.1 9.5 5.8 12.5 9.0 5.8 74.7 17.5 92.2
2018 Q1
32.0b
11.0b
 5.8 13.7 6.6 6.9 75.9 11.1 87.0
Q2
24.4b
12.0b
 2.8 11.2 5.7 6.8 62.9 11.8 74.6
Q3
29.0b
11.8b
 5.1 11.4 8.2 8.4 73.8 16.5 90.3
Q4
23.2b
11.6b
 5.6 9.2 7.9 6.6 64.0 11.3 75.3
2019 Q1
22.1b
11.5b
 4.3 8.8 6.6 9.7 62.9 11.3 74.2
Q2
21.4b
9.0b
 4.6 10.3 5.4 5.6 56.3 11.2 67.4
Q3
21.3b
13.4b
 3.6 9.1 6.0 7.4 60.8 16.3 77.2
Q4
23.2b
13.4b
 3.5 6.3 5.7 6.1 58.2 12.2 70.4
2020 Q1
28.3b
13.1b
 3.7 4.9 8.6 9.1 67.7 11.7 79.3
Q2
47.4b
14.0b
 2.6 5.2 5.7 4.7 79.7 19.8 99.5
Q3
43.3b
14.0b
 … 3.4 8.3 7.3 78.4 17.3 95.7
Q4
44.7b
10.5b
 2.6 4.3 7.0 7.8 76.8 14.4 91.2
2021 Q1 44.9 9.7 7.3 6.5 5.2 16.7 90.3 16.4 106.7
Q2 36.6 7.6 6.1 9.0 6.2 10.6 76.1 15.4 91.5
Q3 38.1 8.3 3.7 7.8 3.6 10.6 72.0 17.4 89.3
Q4 35.6 9.1 7.7 9.3 4.8 8.3 74.8 13.7 88.5
2022 Q1 32.8 10.7 4.5 8.3 5.2 8.8 70.4 10.5 80.9
Q2 26.3 9.2 3.3 7.4 4.3 8.5 58.9 9.0 68.0
Q3 23.9 11.8 4.8 8.8 6.2 10.4 65.9 13.4 79.3
Q4 30.7 11.6 5.0 9.3 6.6 13.5 76.6 9.7 86.4
2023 Q1 29.9 19.3 5.1 9.6 3.0 13.9 80.8 11.7 92.5
Q2 24.8 17.4 5.8 9.3 3.0 17.5 77.8 9.8 87.7
Q3 23.9 21.9 4.3 6.9 4.1 17.8 78.8 16.3 95.1
Q4 32.2 15.7 9.8 8.2 4.1 17.3 87.3 18.1 105.3
2024 Q1 29.3 19.7 7.5 10.1 … 16.9 85.8 15.5 101.3
Q2 31.6 17.1 8.3 10.5 2.5 17.6 87.5 12.4 99.8
Q3 28.0 18.8 7.5 7.0 2.8 17.6 81.7 21.8 103.5
Q4

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.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
green number
Revised datum.
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