"Figure 5: The North East had the highest unemployment rate in the UK","" "Unemployment rates , UK region, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","" "","" "","Change on quarter","Rate" "North East","0.0","5.4" "North West","-0.2","3.8" "Yorkshire and The Humber","-0.5","4.7" "East Midlands","-1.0","4.0" "West Midlands","-0.1","5.1" "East ","0.1","2.9" "London","-0.1","4.4" "South East","0.1","3.2" "South West","-0.6","2.4" "Wales","0.4","4.5" "Scotland","-0.2","3.2" "Northern Ireland","-0.9","2.9" "UK","-0.2","3.8"