# United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time education: : All: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time education: : All: %: SA () was 22.1% in July 2026, down 2.3 percentage points from June 2026 and down 10.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.8% (Feb 2026) to 50.1% (May 2019), averaging 37.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.EDUC-OUT-FTE.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employment-rate-aged-16-17-not-in-full-time-education-all-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 22.1% |
| June 2026 | 24.4% |
| May 2026 | 25.8% |
| April 2026 | 26.8% |
| March 2026 | 24.2% |
| February 2026 | 21.8% |
| January 2026 | 26.6% |
| December 2025 | 25.6% |
| November 2025 | 30.1% |
| October 2025 | 27.5% |
| September 2025 | 30.7% |
| August 2025 | 29.4% |
| July 2025 | 32.6% |
| June 2025 | 32.1% |
| May 2025 | 32.4% |
| April 2025 | 32.5% |
| March 2025 | 30.4% |
| February 2025 | 28.6% |
| January 2025 | 31.3% |
| December 2024 | 29.6% |
| November 2024 | 30.6% |
| October 2024 | 31.5% |
| September 2024 | 36.3% |
| August 2024 | 34.8% |

## API

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

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