# United Kingdom Economically inactive Rate:Total (16-64):ALL:% (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Economically inactive Rate:Total (16-64):ALL:% (ended 2019) () was 20.5% in Q4 2019, down 0.1 percentage points from Q3 2019 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 1997.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.5% (Q4 2019) to 23.8% (Q1 2010), averaging 22.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-CRZK.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2019-10-01 (92 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/economically-inactive-rate-total-16-64-all-pct-ended-2019

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 20.5% |
| Q3 2019 | 20.6% |
| Q2 2019 | 21.0% |
| Q1 2019 | 21.0% |
| Q4 2018 | 20.8% |
| Q3 2018 | 20.8% |
| Q2 2018 | 21.4% |
| Q1 2018 | 21.2% |
| Q4 2017 | 21.2% |
| Q3 2017 | 21.2% |
| Q2 2017 | 21.6% |
| Q1 2017 | 21.7% |
| Q4 2016 | 21.5% |
| Q3 2016 | 21.3% |
| Q2 2016 | 21.9% |
| Q1 2016 | 22.0% |
| Q4 2015 | 21.7% |
| Q3 2015 | 21.6% |
| Q2 2015 | 22.4% |
| Q1 2015 | 22.4% |
| Q4 2014 | 22.2% |
| Q3 2014 | 21.8% |
| Q2 2014 | 22.4% |
| Q1 2014 | 22.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-CRZK.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-CRZK.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```