"Figure 7: The economic inactivity rate for young people (those aged 16 to 24 years) increased to a record high of 40.7%","" "UK rates by economic status (people aged 16 to 24 years), seasonally adjusted, cumulative change from November 2018 to January 2019, for each period up to November 2020 to January 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "","Employment rate","Unemployment rate","Inactivity rate" "Nov to Jan 2019","0.0","0.0","0.0" "Dec to Feb 2019","0.1","-0.2","0.0" "Jan to Mar 2019","-0.2","-0.6","0.6" "Feb to Apr 2019","-0.5","-0.3","0.8" "Mar to May 2019","-1.0","0.1","1.1" "Apr to Jun 2019","-0.4","0.2","0.3" "May to Jul 2019","-0.8","0.0","0.9" "Jun to Aug 2019","-1.9","0.3","1.9" "Jul to Sep 2019","-1.8","0.4","1.7" "Aug to Oct 2019","-1.0","-0.3","1.3" "Sep to Nov 2019","-0.9","-0.1","1.1" "Oct to Dec 2019","-0.5","-0.2","0.7" "Nov to Jan 2020","0.0","0.2","-0.1" "Dec to Feb 2020","0.1","0.4","-0.3" "Jan to Mar 2020","-0.4","0.6","0.0" "Feb to Apr 2020","-0.9","1.0","0.3" "Mar to May 2020","-0.9","1.2","0.2" "Apr to Jun 2020","-1.7","1.5","1.0" "May to Jul 2020","-3.0","2.1","1.9" "Jun to Aug 2020","-4.0","2.6","2.7" "Jul to Sep 2020","-4.2","3.1","2.6" "Aug to Oct 2020","-4.2","3.0","2.7" "Sep to Nov 2020","-3.5","2.8","2.1" "Oct to Dec 2020","-4.3","2.9","2.9" "Nov to Jan 2021","-4.8","2.9","3.5"