# United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity Rate Annual Change: : All: Aged 16-64 (pp): SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity Rate Annual Change: : All: Aged 16-64 (pp): SA () was −0.2% in July 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from June 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.2% (May 2025) to 1.2% (Jan 2021), averaging −0.10%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-FV29.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1993-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (400 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-economic-inactivity-rate-annual-change-all-aged-16-64-pp-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | −0.2% |
| June 2026 | −0.1% |
| May 2026 | 0.0% |
| April 2026 | −0.1% |
| March 2026 | −0.2% |
| February 2026 | −0.4% |
| January 2026 | −0.3% |
| December 2025 | −0.7% |
| November 2025 | −0.7% |
| October 2025 | −0.8% |
| September 2025 | −0.7% |
| August 2025 | −0.7% |
| July 2025 | −0.7% |
| June 2025 | −0.9% |
| May 2025 | −1.2% |
| April 2025 | −1.1% |
| March 2025 | −0.9% |
| February 2025 | −0.7% |
| January 2025 | −0.8% |
| December 2024 | −0.6% |
| November 2024 | −0.5% |
| October 2024 | −0.3% |
| September 2024 | −0.2% |
| August 2024 | −0.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-FV29.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-FV29.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```