"Figure 6: Economic inactivity rate by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2017 and January to March 2018","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Jan 2018 to Mar 2018","Jan 2017 to Mar 2017" "North East","22.6","23.8" "North West","23.0","22.6" "Yorkshire and The Humber","22.1","22.2" "East Midlands","21.1","21.3" "West Midlands","22.5","24.2" "East ","18.6","19.2" "London","20.8","21.9" "South East","18.4","18.7" "South West","17.7","18.2" "Wales","23.0","22.4" "Scotland","21.9","22.5" "Northern Ireland","28.0","27.7" "UK","21.0","21.5"