# United Kingdom Employment levels by country of birth (16+) - born: 000s (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Employment levels by country of birth (16+) - born: 000s (ended 2019) () was up 1.0% year on year in Q4 2019, compared with 0.6% in Q3 2019.
The level stood at 27,273 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.3% (Q4 2009) to 1.9% (Q3 2018), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF6F.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2019-10-01 (92 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/employment-levels-by-country-of-birth-16-born-000s-ended-2019

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 27,273 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2019 | 27,138 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q2 2019 | 27,083 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2019 | 26,946 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2018 | 27,011 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 26,963 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 26,720 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 26,659 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 26,659 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 26,463 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 26,345 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 26,260 thousands | 0.03 |
| Q4 2016 | 26,367 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 26,326 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 26,261 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 26,251 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 26,485 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 26,273 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 25,987 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 26,145 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 26,193 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 26,148 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 25,828 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 25,809 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF6F.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF6F.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```