"Figure 1: The South West had the highest employment rate in the UK","" "Employment rates, UK region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2018 and January to March 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Jan 2019 to Mar 2019","Jan 2018 to Mar 2018" "North East","71.1","73.5" "North West","74.8","73.7" "Yorkshire and The Humber","74.4","74.0" "East Midlands","76.5","75.6" "West Midlands","73.9","73.8" "East ","79.4","78.3" "London","75.0","75.1" "South East","79.1","78.5" "South West","79.6","79.3" "Wales","75.4","73.6" "Scotland","75.4","74.8" "Northern Ireland","71.3","69.8" "UK","76.1","75.6"