# United Kingdom LFS Experimental: ILO Unemployed: : All aged 16-64: Thousands: Annual Change: SA (ended 2023) ()

United Kingdom LFS Experimental: ILO Unemployed: : All aged 16-64: Thousands: Annual Change: SA (ended 2023) () was 219.0 thousands in October 2023, up 5.3% from September 2023 and up 357.0 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −526.0 thousands (Jul 2014) to 486.0 thousands (Nov 2020), averaging −113.4 thousands.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QH.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2023-10-01 (379 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-experimental-ilo-unemployed-all-aged-16-64-thousands-annual-change

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2023 | 219.0 thousands |
| September 2023 | 208.0 thousands |
| August 2023 | 222.0 thousands |
| July 2023 | 252.0 thousands |
| June 2023 | 215.0 thousands |
| May 2023 | 146.0 thousands |
| April 2023 | 88.00 thousands |
| March 2023 | 3.00 thousands |
| February 2023 | 66.00 thousands |
| January 2023 | −6.00 thousands |
| December 2022 | −89.00 thousands |
| November 2022 | −99.00 thousands |
| October 2022 | −138.0 thousands |
| September 2022 | −172.0 thousands |
| August 2022 | −219.0 thousands |
| July 2022 | −316.0 thousands |
| June 2022 | −326.0 thousands |
| May 2022 | −300.0 thousands |
| April 2022 | −348.0 thousands |
| March 2022 | −344.0 thousands |
| February 2022 | −406.0 thousands |
| January 2022 | −412.0 thousands |
| December 2021 | −393.0 thousands |
| November 2021 | −400.0 thousands |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QH.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QH.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```