Current Unemployment Rate 2025 Uk

Current Unemployment Rate 2025 Uk. The unemployment rate (for people aged 16 to 64) for april to june 2025 decreased by 0.1 percentage points on the quarter to 4.2% and is below estimates of a year ago. Estimates for payrolled employees in the uk decreased by 35,000 (negative 0.1%) between july and august 2025, but rose by 165,000 (0.5%) between august 2023 and august 2025.

The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous three months. The consumer prices index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (cpih) rose by 2.6% in the 12 months.