# United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : People: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : People: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 34,140 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.5% (Q4 2020) to 2.1% (Q2 2025), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employment-people-aged-15-74-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 34,140 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 34,012 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 33,976 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 33,931 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 33,894 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 33,761 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 33,688 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 33,549 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 33,192 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 33,129 thousands | 0.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 33,241 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 33,140 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 33,082 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 33,083 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 32,977 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 32,753 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 32,654 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 32,675 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 32,623 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 32,531 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 32,225 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 32,135 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 32,127 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 32,195 thousands | −1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```