# United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity reasons: wants a job: : female:% ()

United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity reasons: wants a job: : female:% () was 21.3% in July 2026, down 0.3 percentage points from June 2026 and up 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since July 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.3% (Jan 2024) to 24.3% (Oct 2016), averaging 20.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7G.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1993-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (400 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-econ-inactivity-reasons-wants-a-job-female-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 21.3% |
| June 2026 | 21.6% |
| May 2026 | 22.2% |
| April 2026 | 22.1% |
| March 2026 | 22.4% |
| February 2026 | 22.0% |
| January 2026 | 21.6% |
| December 2025 | 21.6% |
| November 2025 | 21.6% |
| October 2025 | 21.9% |
| September 2025 | 22.3% |
| August 2025 | 21.8% |
| July 2025 | 21.0% |
| June 2025 | 20.9% |
| May 2025 | 21.3% |
| April 2025 | 21.3% |
| March 2025 | 20.6% |
| February 2025 | 20.6% |
| January 2025 | 21.0% |
| December 2024 | 20.7% |
| November 2024 | 20.4% |
| October 2024 | 20.1% |
| September 2024 | 19.4% |
| August 2024 | 19.0% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7G.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7G.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```