# United Kingdom International Comparison - Employment rates - Total EU (ended 2020) ()

United Kingdom International Comparison - Employment rates - Total EU (ended 2020) () was 66.9% in Q2 2020, down 1.1 percentage points from Q1 2020 and down 1.6 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2018.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 62.4% (Q1 2013) to 68.8% (Q3 2019), averaging 65.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-A496.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2002-04-01 to 2020-04-01 (65 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/international-comparison-employment-rates-total-eu-ended-2020

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2020 | 66.9% |
| Q1 2020 | 68.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 68.6% |
| Q3 2019 | 68.8% |
| Q2 2019 | 68.5% |
| Q1 2019 | 67.7% |
| Q4 2018 | 67.9% |
| Q3 2018 | 68.2% |
| Q2 2018 | 67.7% |
| Q1 2018 | 66.8% |
| Q4 2017 | 67.1% |
| Q3 2017 | 67.3% |
| Q2 2017 | 66.8% |
| Q1 2017 | 65.7% |
| Q4 2016 | 65.9% |
| Q3 2016 | 66.1% |
| Q2 2016 | 65.6% |
| Q1 2016 | 64.7% |
| Q4 2015 | 64.9% |
| Q3 2015 | 65.1% |
| Q2 2015 | 64.5% |
| Q1 2015 | 63.7% |
| Q4 2014 | 64.1% |
| Q3 2014 | 64.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-A496.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-A496.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```