Unemployment rate: United Kingdom
4.746% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.746 |
| 2024 | 4.361 |
| 2023 | 4.025 |
| 2022 | 3.768 |
| 2021 | 4.864 |
| 2020 | 4.472 |
| 2019 | 3.657 |
| 2018 | 4.145 |
| 2017 | 4.501 |
| 2016 | 4.909 |
| 2015 | 5.552 |
| 2014 | 6.398 |
| 2013 | 7.752 |
| 2012 | 8.279 |
| 2011 | 8.195 |
| 2010 | 7.973 |
| 2009 | 7.683 |
| 2008 | 5.748 |
| 2007 | 5.399 |
| 2006 | 5.472 |
| 2005 | 4.884 |
| 2004 | 4.594 |
| 2003 | 4.807 |
| 2002 | 5.037 |
| 2001 | 4.696 |
| 2000 | 5.558 |
| 1999 | 6.042 |
| 1998 | 6.198 |
| 1997 | 7.072 |
| 1996 | 8.189 |
| 1995 | 8.694 |
| 1994 | 9.648 |
| 1993 | 10.346 |
| 1992 | 9.772 |
| 1991 | 8.55 |