"Figure 6: Northern Ireland had the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK","" "Economic inactivity rate estimates by UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, December 2017 to February 2018 and December 2018 to February 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","" "","" "Data Table","Dec 2018 to Feb 2019","Dec 2017 to Feb 2018" "North East","24.8","23.0" "North West","21.8","23.1" "Yorkshire and The Humber","21.2","22.2" "East Midlands","20.3","21.6" "West Midlands","21.4","22.8" "East ","18.2","19.0" "London","21.6","21.2" "South East","18.4","18.5" "South West","17.8","18.0" "Wales","20.9","23.3" "Scotland","21.8","21.7" "Northern Ireland","26.6","28.1" "UK","20.7","21.2"