# United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : All ages : Over 12 Months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) ()

United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : All ages : Over 12 Months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) () was up 11.5% year on year in April 2013, compared with 19.7% in March 2013.
The level stood at 430.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since October 2011.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.8% (Apr 2008) to 118.3% (Jan 2010), averaging 16.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-OVER12M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2013-04-01 (193 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/claimant-count-k02000001-people-all-ages-over-12-months-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| April 2013 | 430.0 thousands | 11.5 |
| March 2013 | 432.1 thousands | 19.7 |
| February 2013 | 433.3 thousands | 27.9 |
| January 2013 | 430.9 thousands | 35.9 |
| December 2012 | 432.6 thousands | 46.6 |
| November 2012 | 431.0 thousands | 54.6 |
| October 2012 | 429.9 thousands | 62.9 |
| September 2012 | 428.3 thousands | 72.3 |
| August 2012 | 422.3 thousands | 78.2 |
| July 2012 | 416.8 thousands | 83.4 |
| June 2012 | 408.8 thousands | 89.2 |
| May 2012 | 394.6 thousands | 82.7 |
| April 2012 | 385.7 thousands | 77.7 |
| March 2012 | 360.9 thousands | 62.9 |
| February 2012 | 338.7 thousands | 49.3 |
| January 2012 | 317.0 thousands | 36.6 |
| December 2011 | 295.1 thousands | 23.4 |
| November 2011 | 278.8 thousands | 13.2 |
| October 2011 | 263.9 thousands | 4.3 |
| September 2011 | 248.6 thousands | −4.1 |
| August 2011 | 237.0 thousands | −9.3 |
| July 2011 | 227.3 thousands | −13.7 |
| June 2011 | 216.1 thousands | −18.5 |
| May 2011 | 216.0 thousands | −18.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-OVER12M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-OVER12M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```