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

United Kingdom LFS: Economic inactivity rate: : Male: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 72.9% in July 2026, up 1.2 percentage points from June 2026 and up 2.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 65.0% (Apr 2023) to 82.2% (Feb 2021), averaging 71.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.AGE-16-17.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M`
- 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-male-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 72.9% |
| June 2026 | 71.7% |
| May 2026 | 71.8% |
| April 2026 | 71.0% |
| March 2026 | 71.5% |
| February 2026 | 72.6% |
| January 2026 | 73.7% |
| December 2025 | 75.6% |
| November 2025 | 73.4% |
| October 2025 | 72.2% |
| September 2025 | 70.7% |
| August 2025 | 70.7% |
| July 2025 | 70.2% |
| June 2025 | 70.7% |
| May 2025 | 71.6% |
| April 2025 | 72.9% |
| March 2025 | 74.3% |
| February 2025 | 73.8% |
| January 2025 | 72.0% |
| December 2024 | 71.9% |
| November 2024 | 71.1% |
| October 2024 | 72.3% |
| September 2024 | 73.3% |
| August 2024 | 74.0% |

## API

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

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