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

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA () was 20,587 thousands in Q2 2026, up 0.7% from Q1 2026 and up 1.0% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18,932 thousands (Q3 2016) to 20,762 thousands (Q2 2024), averaging 19,786 thousands.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5N3.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- 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-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 20,587 thousands |
| Q1 2026 | 20,453 thousands |
| Q4 2025 | 20,353 thousands |
| Q3 2025 | 20,289 thousands |
| Q2 2025 | 20,391 thousands |
| Q1 2025 | 20,478 thousands |
| Q4 2024 | 20,486 thousands |
| Q3 2024 | 20,406 thousands |
| Q2 2024 | 20,762 thousands |
| Q1 2024 | 20,621 thousands |
| Q4 2023 | 20,550 thousands |
| Q3 2023 | 20,266 thousands |
| Q2 2023 | 20,245 thousands |
| Q1 2023 | 20,098 thousands |
| Q4 2022 | 20,145 thousands |
| Q3 2022 | 20,190 thousands |
| Q2 2022 | 20,130 thousands |
| Q1 2022 | 20,126 thousands |
| Q4 2021 | 19,886 thousands |
| Q3 2021 | 19,645 thousands |
| Q2 2021 | 19,914 thousands |
| Q1 2021 | 19,795 thousands |
| Q4 2020 | 19,601 thousands |
| Q3 2020 | 19,486 thousands |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5N3.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.Q.NSA.ITEM-J5N3.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```