# United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : People: Aged 15-74: %: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : People: Aged 15-74: %: NSA () was 28.3% 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 28.1% (Q3 2025) to 29.7% (Q2 2016), averaging 29.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-economic-inactivity-people-aged-15-74-pct-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 28.3% |
| Q1 2026 | 28.3% |
| Q4 2025 | 28.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 28.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 28.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 28.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 28.8% |
| Q3 2024 | 28.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 29.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 29.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 29.4% |
| Q3 2023 | 29.0% |
| Q2 2023 | 29.1% |
| Q1 2023 | 29.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 29.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 29.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 29.7% |
| Q1 2022 | 29.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 29.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 29.2% |
| Q2 2021 | 29.7% |
| Q1 2021 | 29.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 29.3% |
| Q3 2020 | 29.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```