# United Kingdom Economically inactive: total by country of birth (16-64): EU (EU27) born: % (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Economically inactive: total by country of birth (16-64): EU (EU27) born: % (ended 2019) () was 14.2% in Q4 2019, down 0.1 percentage points from Q3 2019 and down 0.4 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 14.2% (Q4 2019) to 20.5% (Q4 2009), averaging 16.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-DYWD.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-total-by-country-of-birth-16-64-eu-eu27-born-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 14.2% |
| Q3 2019 | 14.3% |
| Q2 2019 | 14.5% |
| Q1 2019 | 14.3% |
| Q4 2018 | 14.6% |
| Q3 2018 | 14.6% |
| Q2 2018 | 14.4% |
| Q1 2018 | 15.0% |
| Q4 2017 | 15.7% |
| Q3 2017 | 15.7% |
| Q2 2017 | 16.1% |
| Q1 2017 | 16.5% |
| Q4 2016 | 15.9% |
| Q3 2016 | 15.3% |
| Q2 2016 | 16.9% |
| Q1 2016 | 17.6% |
| Q4 2015 | 16.6% |
| Q3 2015 | 15.7% |
| Q2 2015 | 16.4% |
| Q1 2015 | 16.4% |
| Q4 2014 | 16.8% |
| Q3 2014 | 17.1% |
| Q2 2014 | 16.3% |
| Q1 2014 | 17.1% |

## API

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

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