"Figure 4: Youth unemployment followed a similar trend to total unemployment","" "UK, youth and total unemployment levels, January to March 2006 to December 2018 to February 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Youth unemployment","Total unemployment" "Jan-Mar 2006","651","1604" "Feb-Apr 2006","665","1633" "Mar-May 2006","678","1664" "Apr-Jun 2006","688","1685" "May-Jul 2006","698","1698" "Jun-Aug 2006","684","1690" "Jul-Sep 2006","693","1693" "Aug-Oct 2006","682","1691" "Sep-Nov 2006","665","1674" "Oct-Dec 2006","686","1701" "Nov-Jan 2007","690","1703" "Dec-Feb 2007","702","1708" "Jan-Mar 2007","702","1704" "Feb-Apr 2007","706","1692" "Mar-May 2007","711","1670" "Apr-Jun 2007","707","1658" "May-Jul 2007","702","1645" "Jun-Aug 2007","705","1645" "Jul-Sep 2007","699","1650" "Aug-Oct 2007","686","1629" "Sep-Nov 2007","681","1633" "Oct-Dec 2007","673","1608" "Nov-Jan 2008","673","1617" "Dec-Feb 2008","670","1622" "Jan-Mar 2008","677","1622" "Feb-Apr 2008","694","1667" "Mar-May 2008","679","1625" "Apr-Jun 2008","705","1680" "May-Jul 2008","716","1724" "Jun-Aug 2008","737","1793" "Jul-Sep 2008","753","1840" "Aug-Oct 2008","767","1875" "Sep-Nov 2008","790","1941" "Oct-Dec 2008","798","2003" "Nov-Jan 2009","812","2057" "Dec-Feb 2009","811","2128" "Jan-Mar 2009","864","2235" "Feb-Apr 2009","884","2296" "Mar-May 2009","923","2395" "Apr-Jun 2009","916","2448" "May-Jul 2009","932","2478" "Jun-Aug 2009","933","2484" "Jul-Sep 2009","933","2475" "Aug-Oct 2009","932","2484" "Sep-Nov 2009","904","2455" "Oct-Dec 2009","900","2453" "Nov-Jan 2010","899","2434" "Dec-Feb 2010","915","2496" "Jan-Mar 2010","938","2526" "Feb-Apr 2010","939","2510" "Mar-May 2010","939","2508" "Apr-Jun 2010","927","2488" "May-Jul 2010","921","2488" "Jun-Aug 2010","929","2476" "Jul-Sep 2010","907","2470" "Aug-Oct 2010","948","2513" "Sep-Nov 2010","946","2502" "Oct-Dec 2010","960","2503" "Nov-Jan 2011","969","2524" "Dec-Feb 2011","960","2492" "Jan-Mar 2011","943","2483" "Feb-Apr 2011","912","2462" "Mar-May 2011","935","2500" "Apr-Jun 2011","967","2540" "May-Jul 2011","994","2556" "Jun-Aug 2011","1024","2611" "Jul-Sep 2011","1040","2662" "Aug-Oct 2011","1046","2677" "Sep-Nov 2011","1054","2713" "Oct-Dec 2011","1042","2689" "Nov-Jan 2012","1041","2674" "Dec-Feb 2012","1031","2655" "Jan-Mar 2012","1026","2635" "Feb-Apr 2012","1019","2625" "Mar-May 2012","1029","2599" "Apr-Jun 2012","1019","2577" "May-Jul 2012","1028","2600" "Jun-Aug 2012","981","2551" "Jul-Sep 2012","986","2539" "Aug-Oct 2012","961","2534" "Sep-Nov 2012","981","2532" "Oct-Dec 2012","991","2535" "Nov-Jan 2013","1003","2537" "Dec-Feb 2013","988","2584" "Jan-Mar 2013","966","2540" "Feb-Apr 2013","953","2525" "Mar-May 2013","966","2511" "Apr-Jun 2013","983","2515" "May-Jul 2013","980","2492" "Jun-Aug 2013","983","2504" "Jul-Sep 2013","987","2483" "Aug-Oct 2013","957","2404" "Sep-Nov 2013","939","2340" "Oct-Dec 2013","931","2357" "Nov-Jan 2014","922","2340" "Dec-Feb 2014","886","2256" "Jan-Mar 2014","867","2212" "Feb-Apr 2014","844","2161" "Mar-May 2014","814","2112" "Apr-Jun 2014","762","2061" "May-Jul 2014","750","2010" "Jun-Aug 2014","734","1972" "Jul-Sep 2014","748","1961" "Aug-Oct 2014","757","1953" "Sep-Nov 2014","772","1924" "Oct-Dec 2014","751","1870" "Nov-Jan 2015","745","1858" "Dec-Feb 2015","741","1840" "Jan-Mar 2015","731","1826" "Feb-Apr 2015","730","1813" "Mar-May 2015","718","1848" "Apr-Jun 2015","724","1849" "May-Jul 2015","714","1822" "Jun-Aug 2015","679","1779" "Jul-Sep 2015","657","1760" "Aug-Oct 2015","625","1715" "Sep-Nov 2015","632","1687" "Oct-Dec 2015","625","1688" "Nov-Jan 2016","632","1684" "Dec-Feb 2016","631","1700" "Jan-Mar 2016","627","1687" "Feb-Apr 2016","615","1666" "Mar-May 2016","611","1648" "Apr-Jun 2016","618","1643" "May-Jul 2016","623","1635" "Jun-Aug 2016","628","1668" "Jul-Sep 2016","597","1618" "Aug-Oct 2016","584","1613" "Sep-Nov 2016","570","1602" "Oct-Dec 2016","562","1585" "Nov-Jan 2017","551","1573" "Dec-Feb 2017","557","1550" "Jan-Mar 2017","557","1527" "Feb-Apr 2017","560","1520" "Mar-May 2017","556","1489" "Apr-Jun 2017","545","1485" "May-Jul 2017","533","1457" "Jun-Aug 2017","533","1452" "Jul-Sep 2017","522","1429" "Aug-Oct 2017","520","1422" "Sep-Nov 2017","535","1437" "Oct-Dec 2017","541","1463" "Nov-Jan 2018","535","1451" "Dec-Feb 2018","523","1419" "Jan-Mar 2018","523","1417" "Feb-Apr 2018","515","1416" "Mar-May 2018","520","1408" "Apr-Jun 2018","490","1362" "May-Jul 2018","489","1358" "Jun-Aug 2018","467","1363" "Jul-Sep 2018","477","1377" "Aug-Oct 2018","495","1373" "Sep-Nov 2018","511","1370" "Oct-Dec 2018","510","1363" "Nov-Jan 2019","500","1338" "Dec-Feb 2019","493","1343"