"Figure 1: Employment (16 to 64) and unemployment rate (16 and over)","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 2 (April to June) 1995 to Quarter 2 (April to June) 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% " "","" "","Employment rate (LHS)","Unemployment rate (RHS)" "Apr-Jun 1995","69.4","8.7" "Jul-Sep 1995","69.6","8.6" "Oct-Dec 1995","69.9","8.3" "Jan-Mar 1996","69.9","8.2" "Apr-Jun 1996","69.9","8.3" "Jul-Sep 1996","70.0","8.1" "Oct-Dec 1996","70.3","7.8" "Jan-Mar 1997","70.8","7.3" "Apr-Jun 1997","71.0","7.2" "Jul-Sep 1997","71.1","6.8" "Oct-Dec 1997","71.2","6.5" "Jan-Mar 1998","71.3","6.4" "Apr-Jun 1998","71.3","6.3" "Jul-Sep 1998","71.6","6.2" "Oct-Dec 1998","71.8","6.1" "Jan-Mar 1999","71.9","6.2" "Apr-Jun 1999","71.9","6.0" "Jul-Sep 1999","72.1","5.9" "Oct-Dec 1999","72.3","5.8" "Jan-Mar 2000","72.3","5.8" "Apr-Jun 2000","72.5","5.5" "Jul-Sep 2000","72.6","5.3" "Oct-Dec 2000","72.5","5.2" "Jan-Mar 2001","72.6","5.1" "Apr-Jun 2001","72.7","5.0" "Jul-Sep 2001","72.5","5.1" "Oct-Dec 2001","72.6","5.2" "Jan-Mar 2002","72.5","5.2" "Apr-Jun 2002","72.7","5.2" "Jul-Sep 2002","72.6","5.3" "Oct-Dec 2002","72.9","5.1" "Jan-Mar 2003","72.7","5.2" "Apr-Jun 2003","72.9","4.9" "Jul-Sep 2003","72.8","5.0" "Oct-Dec 2003","72.8","4.9" "Jan-Mar 2004","73.0","4.8" "Apr-Jun 2004","72.9","4.8" "Jul-Sep 2004","72.9","4.7" "Oct-Dec 2004","73.0","4.7" "Jan-Mar 2005","73.1","4.7" "Apr-Jun 2005","72.9","4.8" "Jul-Sep 2005","73.0","4.7" "Oct-Dec 2005","72.7","5.1" "Jan-Mar 2006","72.9","5.2" "Apr-Jun 2006","72.8","5.5" "Jul-Sep 2006","72.8","5.5" "Oct-Dec 2006","72.7","5.5" "Jan-Mar 2007","72.5","5.5" "Apr-Jun 2007","72.7","5.4" "Jul-Sep 2007","72.7","5.3" "Oct-Dec 2007","72.9","5.2" "Jan-Mar 2008","73.0","5.2" "Apr-Jun 2008","72.9","5.4" "Jul-Sep 2008","72.4","5.9" "Oct-Dec 2008","72.2","6.4" "Jan-Mar 2009","71.7","7.1" "Apr-Jun 2009","70.8","7.8" "Jul-Sep 2009","70.6","7.8" "Oct-Dec 2009","70.6","7.8" "Jan-Mar 2010","70.2","8.0" "Apr-Jun 2010","70.4","7.9" "Jul-Sep 2010","70.7","7.8" "Oct-Dec 2010","70.4","7.9" "Jan-Mar 2011","70.5","7.8" "Apr-Jun 2011","70.5","7.9" "Jul-Sep 2011","70.1","8.3" "Oct-Dec 2011","70.2","8.4" "Jan-Mar 2012","70.5","8.2" "Apr-Jun 2012","70.9","8.0" "Jul-Sep 2012","71.1","7.9" "Oct-Dec 2012","71.4","7.8" "Jan-Mar 2013","71.2","7.8" "Apr-Jun 2013","71.3","7.7" "Jul-Sep 2013","71.7","7.6" "Oct-Dec 2013","72.0","7.2" "Jan-Mar 2014","72.5","6.8" "Apr-Jun 2014","72.8","6.3" "Jul-Sep 2014","73.0","6.0" "Oct-Dec 2014","73.2","5.7" "Jan-Mar 2015","73.4","5.5" "Apr-Jun 2015","73.4","5.6" "Jul-Sep 2015","73.8","5.3" "Oct-Dec 2015","74.1","5.1" "Jan-Mar 2016","74.2","5.1" "Apr-Jun 2016","74.4","4.9" "Jul-Sep 2016","74.4","4.8" "Oct-Dec 2016","74.6","4.8" "Jan-Mar 2017","74.8","4.6" "Apr-Jun 2017","75.1","4.4"