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

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time education: : Male: %: SA () was 25.7% in July 2026, down 1.7 percentage points from June 2026 and down 6.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.1% (Dec 2025) to 51.4% (Feb 2017), averaging 38.7%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 25.7% |
| June 2026 | 27.4% |
| May 2026 | 27.7% |
| April 2026 | 26.4% |
| March 2026 | 22.1% |
| February 2026 | 22.4% |
| January 2026 | 26.9% |
| December 2025 | 22.1% |
| November 2025 | 27.6% |
| October 2025 | 26.0% |
| September 2025 | 27.9% |
| August 2025 | 28.1% |
| July 2025 | 31.8% |
| June 2025 | 29.2% |
| May 2025 | 29.6% |
| April 2025 | 29.9% |
| March 2025 | 25.8% |
| February 2025 | 25.2% |
| January 2025 | 28.3% |
| December 2024 | 28.1% |
| November 2024 | 31.8% |
| October 2024 | 31.1% |
| September 2024 | 39.0% |
| August 2024 | 37.1% |

## 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-M"

# 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-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```