# United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : Men: Aged 15 and over: %: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : Men: Aged 15 and over: %: NSA () was 31.8% in Q2 2026, unchanged from Q1 2026 and down 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 29.8% (Q3 2016) to 33.1% (Q2 2024), averaging 31.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QP.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-economic-inactivity-men-aged-15-and-over-pct-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 31.8% |
| Q1 2026 | 31.8% |
| Q4 2025 | 31.7% |
| Q3 2025 | 31.7% |
| Q2 2025 | 31.9% |
| Q1 2025 | 32.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 32.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 32.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 33.1% |
| Q1 2024 | 32.8% |
| Q4 2023 | 32.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 31.8% |
| Q2 2023 | 31.9% |
| Q1 2023 | 31.7% |
| Q4 2022 | 32.3% |
| Q3 2022 | 32.5% |
| Q2 2022 | 32.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 32.7% |
| Q4 2021 | 32.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 31.7% |
| Q2 2021 | 32.6% |
| Q1 2021 | 32.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 31.9% |
| Q3 2020 | 31.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QP.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QP.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```