# United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16-17: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 18.2% in July 2026, down 1.0 percentage points from June 2026 and down 2.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since May 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.0% (Mar 2021) to 30.2% (Apr 2023), averaging 22.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.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-all-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 18.2% |
| June 2026 | 19.2% |
| May 2026 | 20.3% |
| April 2026 | 20.9% |
| March 2026 | 20.2% |
| February 2026 | 20.2% |
| January 2026 | 20.3% |
| December 2025 | 19.7% |
| November 2025 | 19.5% |
| October 2025 | 19.2% |
| September 2025 | 19.9% |
| August 2025 | 20.2% |
| July 2025 | 20.9% |
| June 2025 | 20.5% |
| May 2025 | 20.5% |
| April 2025 | 19.7% |
| March 2025 | 19.3% |
| February 2025 | 20.3% |
| January 2025 | 20.9% |
| December 2024 | 20.7% |
| November 2024 | 20.5% |
| October 2024 | 21.4% |
| September 2024 | 22.6% |
| August 2024 | 22.1% |

## API

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

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