"Figure 4: Unemployment has fallen steadily since 2011","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2000 to Quarter 3 (Jul to Sept) 2018, seasonally adjusted","" "","" "Notes","1. Aged 16 years and over." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Unemployed over 6 and up to 12 months","Unemployed up to 6 months"," Unemployed over 12 months" "2000 Q1"," 251 "," 980 "," 451 " "2000 Q2"," 239 "," 915 "," 445 " "2000 Q3"," 229 "," 904 "," 415 " "2000 Q4"," 224 "," 902 "," 393 " "2001 Q1"," 214 "," 885 "," 382 " "2001 Q2"," 217 "," 872 "," 378 " "2001 Q3"," 214 "," 904 "," 369 " "2001 Q4"," 209 "," 961 "," 350 " "2002 Q1"," 225 "," 955 "," 334 " "2002 Q2"," 218 "," 976 "," 325 " "2002 Q3"," 219 "," 1012 "," 336 " "2002 Q4"," 235 "," 973 "," 308 " "2003 Q1"," 215 "," 989 "," 327 " "2003 Q2"," 205 "," 947 "," 314 " "2003 Q3"," 221 "," 966 "," 315 " "2003 Q4"," 222 "," 921 "," 314 " "2004 Q1"," 225 "," 902 "," 307 " "2004 Q2"," 227 "," 925 "," 286 " "2004 Q3"," 209 "," 915 "," 277 " "2004 Q4"," 226 "," 919 "," 279 " "2005 Q1"," 215 "," 905 "," 296 " "2005 Q2"," 214 "," 911 "," 313 " "2005 Q3"," 242 "," 905 "," 290 " "2005 Q4"," 254 "," 982 "," 331 " "2006 Q1"," 280 "," 985 "," 339 " "2006 Q2"," 300 "," 1023 "," 361 " "2006 Q3"," 288 "," 1015 "," 390 " "2006 Q4"," 285 "," 1018 "," 397 " "2007 Q1"," 277 "," 1033 "," 393 " "2007 Q2"," 263 "," 999 "," 396 " "2007 Q3"," 268 "," 991 "," 391 " "2007 Q4"," 256 "," 969 "," 384 " "2008 Q1"," 267 "," 958 "," 398 " "2008 Q2"," 275 "," 989 "," 416 " "2008 Q3"," 284 "," 1112 "," 444 " "2008 Q4"," 324 "," 1225 "," 454 " "2009 Q1"," 381 "," 1345 "," 508 " "2009 Q2"," 483 "," 1413 "," 552 " "2009 Q3"," 539 "," 1306 "," 631 " "2009 Q4"," 539 "," 1251 "," 663 " "2010 Q1"," 546 "," 1213 "," 768 " "2010 Q2"," 512 "," 1173 "," 803 " "2010 Q3"," 450 "," 1197 "," 823 " "2010 Q4"," 456 "," 1209 "," 838 " "2011 Q1"," 443 "," 1182 "," 859 " "2011 Q2"," 434 "," 1259 "," 846 " "2011 Q3"," 503 "," 1283 "," 878 " "2011 Q4"," 516 "," 1301 "," 867 " "2012 Q1"," 521 "," 1225 "," 887 " "2012 Q2"," 502 "," 1192 "," 888 " "2012 Q3"," 445 "," 1191 "," 903 " "2012 Q4"," 445 "," 1205 "," 885 " "2013 Q1"," 437 "," 1196 "," 908 " "2013 Q2"," 428 "," 1173 "," 914 " "2013 Q3"," 425 "," 1163 "," 894 " "2013 Q4"," 400 "," 1111 "," 847 " "2014 Q1"," 353 "," 1044 "," 816 " "2014 Q2"," 331 "," 990 "," 740 " "2014 Q3"," 317 "," 950 "," 690 " "2014 Q4"," 304 "," 931 "," 637 " "2015 Q1"," 283 "," 958 "," 589 " "2015 Q2"," 304 "," 967 "," 577 " "2015 Q3"," 278 "," 958 "," 516 " "2015 Q4"," 254 "," 949 "," 489 " "2016 Q1"," 271 "," 955 "," 467 " "2016 Q2"," 236 "," 957 "," 448 " "2016 Q3"," 237 "," 935 "," 434 " "2016 Q4"," 247 "," 943 "," 403 " "2017 Q1"," 249 "," 907 "," 385 " "2017 Q2"," 234 "," 876 "," 374 " "2017 Q3"," 216 "," 818 "," 391 " "2017 Q4"," 242 "," 860 "," 368 " "2018 Q1"," 222 "," 845 "," 358 " "2018 Q2"," 209 "," 795 "," 356 " "2018 Q3"," 214 "," 798 "," 369 "