"Figure 2: The single-month unemployment rate was up on the previous month","" "UK unemployment rates, ages 16 years and over (seasonally adjusted), October 2017 to October 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of all economically active" "","" "","Single month rate","Three month rate" "Oct-17","4.3","4.2" "Nov-17","4.4","4.3" "Dec-17","4.4","4.4" "Jan-18","4.2","4.3" "Feb-18","4.1","4.2" "Mar-18","4.4","4.2" "Apr-18","4.2","4.2" "May-18","3.9","4.2" "Jun-18","4.0","4.0" "Jul-18","4.1","4.0" "Aug-18","3.9","4.0" "Sep-18","4.2","4.1" "Oct-18","4.1","4.1" "Nov-18","3.8","4.0" "Dec-18","4.1","4.0" "Jan-19","3.9","3.9" "Feb-19","3.8","3.9" "Mar-19","3.8","3.8" "Apr-19","4.0","3.8" "May-19","3.6","3.8" "Jun-19","4.1","3.9" "Jul-19","3.7","3.8" "Aug-19","3.8","3.9" "Sep-19","4.0","3.8" "Oct-19","3.5","3.8" "Nov-19","3.9","3.8" "Dec-19","3.9","3.8" "Jan-20","3.9","3.9" "Feb-20","4.0","4.0" "Mar-20","4.0","4.0" "Apr-20","4.0","4.0" "May-20","4.2","4.1" "Jun-20","4.0","4.1" "Jul-20","4.6","4.3" "Aug-20","4.8","4.5" "Sep-20","4.9","4.8" "Oct-20","5.2","4.9"