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

United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : All ages : Percentage Over 12 Months : SA : (%) (ended 2013) () was 28.6% in April 2013, up 0.3 percentage points from March 2013 and up 4.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since December 1997.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.1% (Mar 2009) to 28.6% (Apr 2013), averaging 16.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-PCTOVER12M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2013-04-01 (193 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/claimant-count-k02000001-people-all-ages-percentage-over-12-months-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| April 2013 | 28.6% |
| March 2013 | 28.3% |
| February 2013 | 28.1% |
| January 2013 | 27.9% |
| December 2012 | 27.8% |
| November 2012 | 27.4% |
| October 2012 | 27.3% |
| September 2012 | 27.3% |
| August 2012 | 26.9% |
| July 2012 | 26.4% |
| June 2012 | 25.8% |
| May 2012 | 24.9% |
| April 2012 | 24.4% |
| March 2012 | 22.5% |
| February 2012 | 21.1% |
| January 2012 | 19.7% |
| December 2011 | 18.5% |
| November 2011 | 17.5% |
| October 2011 | 16.6% |
| September 2011 | 15.6% |
| August 2011 | 15.1% |
| July 2011 | 14.7% |
| June 2011 | 14.3% |
| May 2011 | 14.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-PCTOVER12M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-PCTOVER12M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```