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

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : People: Aged 15 and over: %: NSA () was 35.7% in Q2 2026, up 0.1 percentage points from Q1 2026 and down 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 35.2% (Q4 2019) to 36.8% (Q2 2024), averaging 36.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QN.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-and-over-pct-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 35.7% |
| Q1 2026 | 35.6% |
| Q4 2025 | 35.5% |
| Q3 2025 | 35.5% |
| Q2 2025 | 35.8% |
| Q1 2025 | 36.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 36.1% |
| Q3 2024 | 36.1% |
| Q2 2024 | 36.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 36.7% |
| Q4 2023 | 36.6% |
| Q3 2023 | 36.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 36.3% |
| Q1 2023 | 36.2% |
| Q4 2022 | 36.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 36.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 36.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 36.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 36.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 35.9% |
| Q2 2021 | 36.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 36.3% |
| Q4 2020 | 36.0% |
| Q3 2020 | 35.8% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QN.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5QN.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```