# United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity rate: : People: Aged 16-64: %: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economic Inactivity rate: : People: Aged 16-64: %: NSA () was 20.7% in July 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from June 2026 and down 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.4% (Dec 2019) to 22.3% (Mar 2024), averaging 21.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-I46D.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-people-aged-16-64-pct-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 20.7% |
| June 2026 | 20.9% |
| May 2026 | 21.1% |
| April 2026 | 21.1% |
| March 2026 | 21.1% |
| February 2026 | 21.0% |
| January 2026 | 21.1% |
| December 2025 | 20.8% |
| November 2025 | 20.8% |
| October 2025 | 20.6% |
| September 2025 | 20.8% |
| August 2025 | 20.8% |
| July 2025 | 20.9% |
| June 2025 | 21.0% |
| May 2025 | 21.2% |
| April 2025 | 21.2% |
| March 2025 | 21.3% |
| February 2025 | 21.4% |
| January 2025 | 21.4% |
| December 2024 | 21.5% |
| November 2024 | 21.4% |
| October 2024 | 21.4% |
| September 2024 | 21.4% |
| August 2024 | 21.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-I46D.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-I46D.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```