# United Kingdom LFS: Economic inactivity rate: : All: Aged 16-17: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economic inactivity rate: : All: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 71.4% in July 2026, up 0.5 percentage points from June 2026 and up 2.9 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 64.2% (Apr 2023) to 79.5% (Feb 2021), averaging 69.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-17.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-economic-inactivity-rate-all-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 71.4% |
| June 2026 | 70.9% |
| May 2026 | 71.0% |
| April 2026 | 70.3% |
| March 2026 | 70.8% |
| February 2026 | 71.4% |
| January 2026 | 71.5% |
| December 2025 | 71.9% |
| November 2025 | 70.8% |
| October 2025 | 70.6% |
| September 2025 | 68.9% |
| August 2025 | 68.8% |
| July 2025 | 68.5% |
| June 2025 | 69.4% |
| May 2025 | 69.8% |
| April 2025 | 71.1% |
| March 2025 | 72.6% |
| February 2025 | 71.9% |
| January 2025 | 71.2% |
| December 2024 | 70.9% |
| November 2024 | 70.6% |
| October 2024 | 70.5% |
| September 2024 | 70.9% |
| August 2024 | 71.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-17.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-17.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```