"Figure 1: Employment and unemployment rate","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, February to April 2006 to February to April 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","employment rate %","unemployment rate %" "Feb-Apr 2006","72.91115256","5.316002417" "Mar-May 2006","72.81178879","5.416463041" "Apr-Jun 2006","72.84348399","5.472023785" "May-Jul 2006","72.89365138","5.505749764" "Jun-Aug 2006","73.02282433","5.46697814" "Jul-Sep 2006","72.81694322","5.484362767" "Aug-Oct 2006","72.77926341","5.476115422" "Sep-Nov 2006","72.74512514","5.419934663" "Oct-Dec 2006","72.70734081","5.501159937" "Nov-Jan 2007","72.63154648","5.510166665" "Dec-Feb 2007","72.49854637","5.529641486" "Jan-Mar 2007","72.50234341","5.513792405" "Feb-Apr 2007","72.53544318","5.472364057" "Mar-May 2007","72.69101432","5.389203124" "Apr-Jun 2007","72.65089577","5.350474116" "May-Jul 2007","72.63747804","5.306344307" "Jun-Aug 2007","72.64425664","5.301809501" "Jul-Sep 2007","72.68253188","5.310203885" "Aug-Oct 2007","72.76693155","5.239179714" "Sep-Nov 2007","72.82990447","5.239374397" "Oct-Dec 2007","72.90884671","5.156636774" "Nov-Jan 2008","72.93198207","5.177152124" "Dec-Feb 2008","73.02100277","5.181247714" "Jan-Mar 2008","72.97558044","5.182662011" "Feb-Apr 2008","72.96386986","5.314263112" "Mar-May 2008","73.0271611","5.178626186" "Apr-Jun 2008","72.89978322","5.35048839" "May-Jul 2008","72.78734254","5.486730422" "Jun-Aug 2008","72.55520682","5.709657416" "Jul-Sep 2008","72.43636041","5.855466633" "Aug-Oct 2008","72.28021983","5.968080735" "Sep-Nov 2008","72.29106822","6.16287325" "Oct-Dec 2008","72.17424172","6.352928418" "Nov-Jan 2009","72.19417618","6.51128482" "Dec-Feb 2009","71.88187795","6.744484463" "Jan-Mar 2009","71.67345933","7.071685646" "Feb-Apr 2009","71.39585136","7.274435623" "Mar-May 2009","71.04905758","7.589928481" "Apr-Jun 2009","70.84011894","7.763806134" "May-Jul 2009","70.6150636","7.868460583" "Jun-Aug 2009","70.66099311","7.870161159" "Jul-Sep 2009","70.61651835","7.847420288" "Aug-Oct 2009","70.59955176","7.86837882" "Sep-Nov 2009","70.57904934","7.781221709" "Oct-Dec 2009","70.55178558","7.772685956" "Nov-Jan 2010","70.41635119","7.729148955" "Dec-Feb 2010","70.28016481","7.919652679" "Jan-Mar 2010","70.19506234","8.009586729" "Feb-Apr 2010","70.21358318","7.952375417" "Mar-May 2010","70.39761589","7.922887015" "Apr-Jun 2010","70.42266739","7.852351583" "May-Jul 2010","70.62148615","7.820322393" "Jun-Aug 2010","70.63859368","7.782018438" "Jul-Sep 2010","70.70539956","7.754645833" "Aug-Oct 2010","70.49040919","7.897150912" "Sep-Nov 2010","70.33870208","7.871096661" "Oct-Dec 2010","70.38984941","7.86326863" "Nov-Jan 2011","70.46886514","7.908611228" "Dec-Feb 2011","70.58639674","7.802659343" "Jan-Mar 2011","70.54614689","7.778466707" "Feb-Apr 2011","70.48174478","7.716984327" "Mar-May 2011","70.51215848","7.821959084" "Apr-Jun 2011","70.45046186","7.940033426" "May-Jul 2011","70.21955685","8.012875366" "Jun-Aug 2011","70.1940869","8.185133194" "Jul-Sep 2011","70.09503098","8.341251204" "Aug-Oct 2011","70.12410456","8.379959881" "Sep-Nov 2011","70.13579324","8.455390896" "Oct-Dec 2011","70.21112256","8.38197369" "Nov-Jan 2012","70.25311432","8.337618964" "Dec-Feb 2012","70.32772251","8.279171746" "Jan-Mar 2012","70.48304537","8.203023291" "Feb-Apr 2012","70.53204794","8.169826619" "Mar-May 2012","70.65208663","8.097634167" "Apr-Jun 2012","70.90087327","8.008366858" "May-Jul 2012","71.05950893","8.037030098" "Jun-Aug 2012","71.16449662","7.88781964" "Jul-Sep 2012","71.12811489","7.859062911" "Aug-Oct 2012","71.06955738","7.851038915" "Sep-Nov 2012","71.29625266","7.811989152" "Oct-Dec 2012","71.39891044","7.814508462" "Nov-Jan 2013","71.35602489","7.824696936" "Dec-Feb 2013","71.15871145","7.984378509" "Jan-Mar 2013","71.18191221","7.847109076" "Feb-Apr 2013","71.23376719","7.804780055" "Mar-May 2013","71.19148215","7.757263833" "Apr-Jun 2013","71.33315733","7.749428632" "May-Jul 2013","71.47975067","7.669796654" "Jun-Aug 2013","71.50949928","7.692189706" "Jul-Sep 2013","71.65065901","7.614419955" "Aug-Oct 2013","71.86782535","7.366164543" "Sep-Nov 2013","72.03624704","7.162104728" "Oct-Dec 2013","71.99026772","7.221141348" "Nov-Jan 2014","72.10511069","7.16454423" "Dec-Feb 2014","72.36780628","6.900366115" "Jan-Mar 2014","72.46598455","6.758437242" "Feb-Apr 2014","72.67840607","6.607092611" "Mar-May 2014","72.88821665","6.425329149" "Apr-Jun 2014","72.83605729","6.289368017" "May-Jul 2014","72.781146","6.141276675" "Jun-Aug 2014","72.97440566","6.007390541" "Jul-Sep 2014","73.03622735","5.968330903" "Aug-Oct 2014","72.98923023","5.95246413" "Sep-Nov 2014","72.99215414","5.864117721" "Oct-Dec 2014","73.19560443","5.705505263" "Nov-Jan 2015","73.3046071","5.661608939" "Dec-Feb 2015","73.42131991","5.596428044" "Jan-Mar 2015","73.4494732","5.547017087" "Feb-Apr 2015","73.41911176","5.529504349" "Mar-May 2015","73.29449454","5.615245259" "Apr-Jun 2015","73.39554465","5.605301742" "May-Jul 2015","73.48103561","5.512029744" "Jun-Aug 2015","73.55462212","5.371066125" "Jul-Sep 2015","73.76171473","5.297752691" "Aug-Oct 2015","73.9516969","5.171939742" "Sep-Nov 2015","74.05633652","5.074042896" "Oct-Dec 2015","74.1120355","5.092663027" "Nov-Jan 2016","74.11180756","5.079732523" "Dec-Feb 2016","74.13235172","5.130209996" "Jan-Mar 2016","74.16301917","5.089821566" "Feb-Apr 2016","74.18806428","5.038413004" "Mar-May 2016","74.36071931","4.939709839" "Apr-Jun 2016","74.44956118","4.914903631" "May-Jul 2016","74.52063768","4.882228197" "Jun-Aug 2016","74.48601406","4.957345969" "Jul-Sep 2016","74.43346958","4.811799891" "Aug-Oct 2016","74.39902629","4.830083178" "Sep-Nov 2016","74.46788815","4.790380267" "Oct-Dec 2016","74.56757191","4.769479922" "Nov-Jan 2017","74.57383118","4.727794861" "Dec-Feb 2017","74.61409982","4.668027197" "Jan-Mar 2017","74.80321357","4.600459463" "Feb-Apr 2017","74.7829004","4.570580307" "Mar-May 2017","74.92900253","4.461365506" "Apr-Jun 2017","75.13152534","4.421895052" "May-Jul 2017","75.27728917","4.33271779" "Jun-Aug 2017","75.13998238","4.300699857" "Jul-Sep 2017","75.01194343","4.254485767" "Aug-Oct 2017","75.06568602","4.265491492" "Sep-Nov 2017","75.34926835","4.278058692" "Oct-Dec 2017","75.1803427","4.374162743" "Nov-Jan 2018","75.33930386","4.312561495" "Dec-Feb 2018","75.40146484","4.225253454" "Jan-Mar 2018","75.58622268","4.219014884" "Feb-Apr 2018","75.62884421","4.187727861"