# United Kingdom Economically inactive rate 65 + People: % ()

United Kingdom Economically inactive rate 65 + People: % () was 86.5% in July 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from June 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 86.2% (Feb 2026) to 89.9% (May 2017), averaging 88.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-65P.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/economically-inactive-rate-65-people-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 86.5% |
| June 2026 | 86.4% |
| May 2026 | 86.3% |
| April 2026 | 86.2% |
| March 2026 | 86.3% |
| February 2026 | 86.2% |
| January 2026 | 86.5% |
| December 2025 | 86.6% |
| November 2025 | 86.4% |
| October 2025 | 86.3% |
| September 2025 | 86.3% |
| August 2025 | 86.8% |
| July 2025 | 86.5% |
| June 2025 | 86.5% |
| May 2025 | 86.9% |
| April 2025 | 87.2% |
| March 2025 | 87.3% |
| February 2025 | 87.3% |
| January 2025 | 87.2% |
| December 2024 | 87.4% |
| November 2024 | 87.4% |
| October 2024 | 87.5% |
| September 2024 | 87.6% |
| August 2024 | 87.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-65P.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-65P.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```