# United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity wants a job: Discouraged workers: : 16-64:% ()

United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity wants a job: Discouraged workers: : 16-64:% () was 0.9% in July 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from June 2026 and down 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5% (Apr 2022) to 3.6% (Jan 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF7R.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-wants-a-job-discouraged-workers-16-64-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 0.9% |
| June 2026 | 1.1% |
| May 2026 | 0.9% |
| April 2026 | 1.1% |
| March 2026 | 1.0% |
| February 2026 | 1.0% |
| January 2026 | 0.9% |
| December 2025 | 0.7% |
| November 2025 | 0.8% |
| October 2025 | 1.1% |
| September 2025 | 1.3% |
| August 2025 | 1.3% |
| July 2025 | 1.1% |
| June 2025 | 1.0% |
| May 2025 | 1.0% |
| April 2025 | 1.1% |
| March 2025 | 1.0% |
| February 2025 | 0.8% |
| January 2025 | 0.8% |
| December 2024 | 0.8% |
| November 2024 | 0.9% |
| October 2024 | 0.6% |
| September 2024 | 0.6% |
| August 2024 | 0.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF7R.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF7R.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```