# United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: South East (GOR): Aged 16-64: All: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: South East (GOR): Aged 16-64: All: %: SA () was 78.6% in July 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from June 2026 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 77.5% (Apr 2021) to 80.3% (Jan 2020), averaging 78.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF3W.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-EAST`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employment-rate-south-east-gor-aged-16-64-all-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 78.6% |
| June 2026 | 78.2% |
| May 2026 | 78.2% |
| April 2026 | 78.2% |
| March 2026 | 78.3% |
| February 2026 | 78.4% |
| January 2026 | 78.6% |
| December 2025 | 78.6% |
| November 2025 | 78.7% |
| October 2025 | 78.8% |
| September 2025 | 78.5% |
| August 2025 | 78.7% |
| July 2025 | 78.9% |
| June 2025 | 78.8% |
| May 2025 | 79.1% |
| April 2025 | 78.9% |
| March 2025 | 79.1% |
| February 2025 | 78.7% |
| January 2025 | 78.5% |
| December 2024 | 78.4% |
| November 2024 | 78.0% |
| October 2024 | 77.7% |
| September 2024 | 77.7% |
| August 2024 | 77.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF3W.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-EAST"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-LF3W.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-EAST",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```