United Kingdom Claimant Count Change 1971-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The number of people claiming for unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom rose by 8.7 thousand in August of 2018, following an upwardly revised 10.2 thousand rise in the previous month and compared to market expectations of a 10 thousand increase. Claimant Count Change in the United Kingdom averaged 0.67 Thousand from 1971 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 142.80 Thousand in February of 2009 and a record low of -98.50 Thousand in November of 1996.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-07-17	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change	7.8K	-3K	-2.1K	11K
2018-08-14	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change	6.2K	9K	3.8K	-7.8K
2018-09-11	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change	8.7K	10.2K	10K	-6.2K
2018-10-16	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change		8.7K	7K	9K
2018-11-13	09:30 AM	Claimant Count Change				3.2K
2018-12-11	09:30 AM	Claimant Count Change				7.4K

United Kingdom Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.00	4.00	12.00	3.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	32397.00	32386.00	32399.00	23630.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	918.80	910.10	3090.00	422.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	8538.00	8534.00	8636.00	5995.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	23859.00	23852.00	23859.00	19136.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	75.50	75.60	75.70	65.60	percent	[+]
Claimant Count Change	8.70	10.20	142.80	-98.50	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	78.80	78.80	79.00	74.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.10	1.10	4.30	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.00	10.90	22.30	9.70	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.60	101.10	101.70	43.10	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	103.90	103.80	103.90	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	833.00	830.00	833.00	432.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages	520.00	519.00	520.00	300.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.60	2.40	6.60	-2.60	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	603.00	599.00	603.00	356.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.83	7.50	7.83	5.05	GBP/Hour	[+]
Population	66.19	65.81	66.19	52.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	64.17	65.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1280.00	1220.00	1280.00	1170.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	970.00	920.00	970.00	840.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1330.00	1280.00	1330.00	1220.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2210.00	2110.00	2210.00	2110.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	31.90	31.90	33.50	31.30	Hours	[+]
Employment Change	3.00	42.00	307.00	-279.00	Thousand	[+]

United Kingdom Claimant Count Change

Claimant count in the United Kingdom measures the change in the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Claimant Count Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Claimant Count Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.