"Figure 2: Single month unemployment rate down on the previous month","" "UK unemployment rates, ages 16 years and over (seasonally adjusted), May 2016 to May 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Single month rate","Three month rate" "May-16","4.87632199615516","4.93896645304524" "Jun-16","5.15733149961793","4.92136278543763" "Jul-16","4.66777993327277","4.89368018358437" "Aug-16","5.09803336227314","4.98316271205217" "Sep-16","4.74641036967429","4.83888339249338" "Oct-16","4.67131909701984","4.82898849451132" "Nov-16","4.94025766625980","4.79411982333073" "Dec-16","4.60434312993934","4.74210631763998" "Jan-17","4.60602656847870","4.70711720055159" "Feb-17","4.69402672991001","4.64048621410094" "Mar-17","4.37817598479429","4.56329990143546" "Apr-17","4.57517638899044","4.54028729539270" "May-17","4.37433270519500","4.44537196287604" "Jun-17","4.31367233842689","4.42540190977557" "Jul-17","4.34973596537399","4.33769477950196" "Aug-17","4.30902002354239","4.32804035913455" "Sep-17","4.13296390823719","4.26681463736456" "Oct-17","4.30971112966995","4.24333738611591" "Nov-17","4.35305384080428","4.27185618460584" "Dec-17","4.39370564511386","4.35221682142504" "Jan-18","4.19147755873784","4.30604854448897" "Feb-18","4.03032844029456","4.21309715103235" "Mar-18","4.37726034549820","4.19803534851031" "Apr-18","4.18005415553622","4.18894393951582" "May-18","3.91142882140668","4.16535976421585" "Jun-18","4.01936828302261","4.03654339330528" "Jul-18","4.16191995593840","4.02119660679345" "Aug-18","3.89572460579399","4.03466952788182" "Sep-18","4.15958879089162","4.07336846076146" "Oct-18","4.14048933898191","4.05531843915155" "Nov-18","3.79422533473540","4.03908752683524" "Dec-18","4.10434229877937","4.01354213345618" "Jan-19","3.91322948941600","3.93056197945456" "Feb-19","3.79313791844146","3.94153113107258" "Mar-19","3.74622910176452","3.81780081128180" "Apr-19","3.95594793213761","3.83027436486455" "May-19","3.68051896327393","3.79561123543998"