# United Kingdom LFS Experimental: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16+ (%): SA (ended 2023) ()

United Kingdom LFS Experimental: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16+ (%): SA (ended 2023) () was 61.0% in October 2023, unchanged from September 2023 and up 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 58.9% (Oct 2013) to 61.9% (Jan 2020), averaging 60.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PT.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2023-10-01 (379 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-experimental-employment-rate-all-aged-16-pct-sa-ended-2023

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2023 | 61.0% |
| September 2023 | 61.0% |
| August 2023 | 60.9% |
| July 2023 | 60.9% |
| June 2023 | 60.9% |
| May 2023 | 60.9% |
| April 2023 | 61.2% |
| March 2023 | 61.3% |
| February 2023 | 61.1% |
| January 2023 | 61.1% |
| December 2022 | 60.9% |
| November 2022 | 60.8% |
| October 2022 | 60.8% |
| September 2022 | 60.7% |
| August 2022 | 60.7% |
| July 2022 | 60.7% |
| June 2022 | 60.8% |
| May 2022 | 60.9% |
| April 2022 | 61.1% |
| March 2022 | 60.8% |
| February 2022 | 60.7% |
| January 2022 | 60.6% |
| December 2021 | 60.5% |
| November 2021 | 60.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PT.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PT.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```