"Figure 3: Single-month inactivity rate up on the previous month","" "UK economic inactivity rates, ages 16 to 64 years (seasonally adjusted), August 2016 to August 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Single month rate","Three month rate" "Aug-16","21.52598298371000","21.48889986432420" "Sep-16","21.78926367903020","21.65611088945410" "Oct-16","21.71451918380820","21.68116690092180" "Nov-16","21.62493863026600","21.69594469065020" "Dec-16","21.49107596495620","21.61904792382950" "Jan-17","21.89917629199410","21.67535457718800" "Feb-17","21.56041001216540","21.63864937188990" "Mar-17","21.16405149865080","21.55012725868880" "Apr-17","21.98114604860690","21.56883548826300" "May-17","21.39135686665140","21.50457419325090" "Jun-17","20.60448111651640","21.33343498159870" "Jul-17","21.78176944193830","21.25700363090500" "Aug-17","21.80601392271570","21.39309536642910" "Sep-17","21.12279160458860","21.57578434872100" "Oct-17","21.65464288268730","21.52532858627490" "Nov-17","20.91959462502620","21.22604254359470" "Dec-17","21.37353128660980","21.32497764665790" "Jan-18","21.37410136366110","21.21743965039590" "Feb-18","20.95786030730340","21.22959191944940" "Mar-18","20.79522107207280","21.05510129602490" "Apr-18","21.34388849859180","21.02431442526240" "May-18","20.89457094047420","21.00676554449460" "Jun-18","21.28607594143890","21.18850572836140" "Jul-18","21.53677749427940","21.22971489638580" "Aug-18","20.73770631474430","21.18292583926650" "Sep-18","21.12843907453270","21.14692740034690" "Oct-18","21.14985624646790","20.99696427065760" "Nov-18","20.60264256672940","20.95640923092970" "Dec-18","20.94049895505630","20.90952099910080" "Jan-19","20.59309749906300","20.70354258768540" "Feb-19","20.48155572824740","20.67003313256120" "Mar-19","21.43262995158040","20.84410040420760" "Apr-19","20.41848383744260","20.77143518456250" "May-19","20.73568930599490","20.86169494147150" "Jun-19","20.99500396712420","20.72057789605830" "Jul-19","20.60521798749560","20.77625572957840" "Aug-19","21.36190957215010","20.98787106603540"