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Unemployment rate in United Kingdom

Latest: 4.7%
Previous: 4.4%
Change: +0.39 (+8.8%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in United Kingdom
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	8.6%
Dec 31, 1992	9.8%
Dec 31, 1993	10.3%
Dec 31, 1994	9.6%
Dec 31, 1995	8.7%
Dec 31, 1996	8.2%
Dec 31, 1997	7.1%
Dec 31, 1998	6.2%
Dec 31, 1999	6.0%
Dec 31, 2000	5.6%
Dec 31, 2001	4.7%
Dec 31, 2002	5.0%
Dec 31, 2003	4.8%
Dec 31, 2004	4.6%
Dec 31, 2005	4.9%
Dec 31, 2006	5.5%
Dec 31, 2007	5.4%
Dec 31, 2008	5.7%
Dec 31, 2009	7.7%
Dec 31, 2010	8.0%
Dec 31, 2011	8.2%
Dec 31, 2012	8.3%
Dec 31, 2013	7.8%
Dec 31, 2014	6.4%
Dec 31, 2015	5.6%
Dec 31, 2016	4.9%
Dec 31, 2017	4.5%
Dec 31, 2018	4.1%
Dec 31, 2019	3.7%
Dec 31, 2020	4.5%
Dec 31, 2021	4.9%
Dec 31, 2022	3.8%
Dec 31, 2023	4.0%
Dec 31, 2024	4.4%
Dec 31, 2025	4.7%

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