# United Kingdom LFS: Economically inactive: : Male: Wants a job: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Economically inactive: : Male: Wants a job: %: SA () was 24.8% in July 2026, down 0.3 percentage points from June 2026 and up 0.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.2% (Jan 2024) to 28.2% (Apr 2020), averaging 23.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.SA.ITEM-BEGT.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1993-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (400 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-economically-inactive-male-wants-a-job-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 24.8% |
| June 2026 | 25.1% |
| May 2026 | 25.4% |
| April 2026 | 25.6% |
| March 2026 | 26.2% |
| February 2026 | 25.8% |
| January 2026 | 25.5% |
| December 2025 | 25.2% |
| November 2025 | 25.1% |
| October 2025 | 24.6% |
| September 2025 | 24.7% |
| August 2025 | 24.9% |
| July 2025 | 24.7% |
| June 2025 | 24.4% |
| May 2025 | 24.0% |
| April 2025 | 23.6% |
| March 2025 | 23.4% |
| February 2025 | 23.2% |
| January 2025 | 23.8% |
| December 2024 | 22.5% |
| November 2024 | 22.5% |
| October 2024 | 22.1% |
| September 2024 | 21.8% |
| August 2024 | 22.1% |

## API

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

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