Employment & Labour Market

Employment Status

Compare employment, unemployment and economic inactivity rates and resident counts across UK countries and English regions.

UK countries and English regions | January to December 2025

Employment rate

The percentage of residents aged 16 to 64 who were in employment. Annual Population Survey estimates are subject to sampling uncertainty.

Quarterly dataset

North East

70.8%

North West

74.0%

Yorkshire and The Humber

73.2%

East Midlands

75.2%

West Midlands

73.6%

East

78.4%

London

74.9%

South East

78.9%

South West

79.5%

Wales

72.5%

Scotland

74.7%

Northern Ireland

74.3%

Published by Office for National Statistics via Nomis.View official source →

UK countries and English regions | January to December 2025

Unemployment rate

The percentage of economically active residents aged 16 to 64 who were unemployed under the survey definition.

Quarterly dataset

North East

4.7%

North West

4.3%

Yorkshire and The Humber

4.7%

East Midlands

4.4%

West Midlands

5.9%

East

4.1%

London

6.2%

South East

3.7%

South West

3.3%

Wales

4.6%

Scotland

3.8%

Northern Ireland

2.1%

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UK countries and English regions | January to December 2025

Economic inactivity rate

The percentage of residents aged 16 to 64 who were neither in employment nor unemployed.

Quarterly dataset

North East

25.7%

North West

22.7%

Yorkshire and The Humber

23.2%

East Midlands

21.4%

West Midlands

21.8%

East

18.2%

London

20.1%

South East

18.1%

South West

17.8%

Wales

24.0%

Scotland

22.3%

Northern Ireland

24.1%

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UK countries and English regions | January to December 2025

Number of employed residents

Estimated number of residents aged 16 to 64 in employment. Counts are survey estimates and are rounded by Nomis.

Quarterly dataset

North East

1,167,300

North West

3,367,000

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,504,900

East Midlands

2,249,100

West Midlands

2,704,600

East

3,015,600

London

4,664,100

South East

4,480,900

South West

2,695,000

Wales

1,402,300

Scotland

2,602,200

Northern Ireland

878,100

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UK countries and English regions | January to December 2025

Number of unemployed residents

Estimated number of economically active residents aged 16 to 64 who were unemployed under the survey definition.

Quarterly dataset

North East

57,500

North West

152,900

Yorkshire and The Humber

124,000

East Midlands

102,500

West Midlands

169,200

East

129,600

London

310,400

South East

170,500

South West

90,700

Wales

67,700

Scotland

102,100

Northern Ireland

19,100

Published by Office for National Statistics via Nomis.View official source →