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

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time education: : Female: %: SA () was 17.5% in July 2026, down 2.8 percentage points from June 2026 and down 16.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in April 1992.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.5% (Jul 2026) to 54.5% (Mar 2019), averaging 37.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.EDUC-OUT-FTE.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-F`
- 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-female-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 17.5% |
| June 2026 | 20.3% |
| May 2026 | 23.3% |
| April 2026 | 27.3% |
| March 2026 | 26.9% |
| February 2026 | 21.0% |
| January 2026 | 26.2% |
| December 2025 | 29.7% |
| November 2025 | 32.9% |
| October 2025 | 29.3% |
| September 2025 | 34.2% |
| August 2025 | 31.0% |
| July 2025 | 33.6% |
| June 2025 | 36.6% |
| May 2025 | 36.8% |
| April 2025 | 36.2% |
| March 2025 | 37.0% |
| February 2025 | 33.5% |
| January 2025 | 35.5% |
| December 2024 | 31.4% |
| November 2024 | 29.0% |
| October 2024 | 32.0% |
| September 2024 | 32.5% |
| August 2024 | 31.1% |

## 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.SEX-F"

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