# United Kingdom Employment rates by country of birth (16+) - Total Asia (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Employment rates by country of birth (16+) - Total Asia (ended 2019) () was 65.7% in Q4 2019, up 0.3 percentage points from Q3 2019 and up 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 1997.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 57.8% (Q1 2010) to 65.7% (Q4 2019), averaging 61.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-FSD9.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2019-10-01 (92 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/employment-rates-by-country-of-birth-16-total-asia-ended-2019

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 65.7% |
| Q3 2019 | 65.4% |
| Q2 2019 | 63.4% |
| Q1 2019 | 64.6% |
| Q4 2018 | 65.5% |
| Q3 2018 | 64.4% |
| Q2 2018 | 64.2% |
| Q1 2018 | 64.4% |
| Q4 2017 | 63.7% |
| Q3 2017 | 64.8% |
| Q2 2017 | 62.5% |
| Q1 2017 | 62.2% |
| Q4 2016 | 62.1% |
| Q3 2016 | 63.2% |
| Q2 2016 | 63.3% |
| Q1 2016 | 62.9% |
| Q4 2015 | 63.4% |
| Q3 2015 | 64.2% |
| Q2 2015 | 62.3% |
| Q1 2015 | 60.1% |
| Q4 2014 | 61.7% |
| Q3 2014 | 63.4% |
| Q2 2014 | 61.6% |
| Q1 2014 | 61.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-FSD9.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-FSD9.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```