United Kingdom Economic Activity Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United Kingdom increased to 79.30 percent in May from 79.10 percent in April of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 76.65 percent from 1971 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 79.30 percent in December of 2018 and a record low of 74.10 percent in March of 1983.

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United Kingdom is expected to be 79.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in the United Kingdom to stand at 79.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Economic Activity Rate is projected to trend around 79.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.80	12.00	3.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	32811.00	32749.00	32811.00	23630.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1163.40	1135.50	3090.00	422.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	8704.00	8661.00	8704.00	5995.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	24107.00	24088.00	24149.00	19136.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	76.10	76.00	76.10	65.60	percent	[+]
Claimant Count Change	28.00	31.40	142.80	-98.50	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.30	79.10	79.30	74.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.00	1.00	4.30	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.30	11.00	22.30	9.70	percent	[+]
Productivity	100.90	101.10	101.80	43.10	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	105.50	105.60	105.60	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	820.00	824.00	861.00	432.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages	538.00	536.00	538.00	300.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	3.70	3.50	6.60	-2.60	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	612.00	613.00	615.00	356.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	8.21	7.83	8.21	5.05	GBP/Hour	[+]
Population	66.19	65.81	66.19	52.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.00	65.50	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.00	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1300.00	1230.00	1300.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	895.00	850.00	900.00	785.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2330.00	2110.00	2460.00	2110.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1320.00	1180.00	1320.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.10	32.10	33.50	31.30	Hours	[+]
Employment Change	115.00	28.00	311.00	-279.00	Thousand	[+]

United Kingdom Economic Activity Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - United Kingdom Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Economic Activity Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	79.30	79.10	79.30	74.10	1971 - 2019	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.30	May/19	79.1	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.00	Jun/19	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jul/19	71.2	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	62.1	70.3 : 61.9	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.10	Jul/19	66	66.1 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Jun/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
Canada	65.60	Jul/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
South Korea	64.00	Jul/19	64.2	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	63.00	Jul/19	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.30	Jun/19	62.2	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	Jun/19	62.1	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.50	Jun/19	60.2	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.80	Jun/19	58.8	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.74	Jun/19	58.35	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Mar/19	55.9	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	52.80	May/19	53.1	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%