# United Kingdom LFS Experimental: ILO Unemployed: : All aged 16+: Thousands: SA (ended 2023) ()

United Kingdom LFS Experimental: ILO Unemployed: : All aged 16+: Thousands: SA (ended 2023) () was 1,460.0 thousands in October 2023, up 0.5% from September 2023 and up 17.4% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since July 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,188.0 thousands (Jul 2022) to 2,357.0 thousands (Nov 2013), averaging 1,556.0 thousands.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PO.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-thousands-sa-ended-2023

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2023 | 1,460.0 thousands |
| September 2023 | 1,453.0 thousands |
| August 2023 | 1,448.0 thousands |
| July 2023 | 1,444.0 thousands |
| June 2023 | 1,440.0 thousands |
| May 2023 | 1,439.0 thousands |
| April 2023 | 1,370.0 thousands |
| March 2023 | 1,305.0 thousands |
| February 2023 | 1,329.0 thousands |
| January 2023 | 1,293.0 thousands |
| December 2022 | 1,253.0 thousands |
| November 2022 | 1,270.0 thousands |
| October 2022 | 1,244.0 thousands |
| September 2022 | 1,247.0 thousands |
| August 2022 | 1,224.0 thousands |
| July 2022 | 1,188.0 thousands |
| June 2022 | 1,224.0 thousands |
| May 2022 | 1,294.0 thousands |
| April 2022 | 1,285.0 thousands |
| March 2022 | 1,300.0 thousands |
| February 2022 | 1,259.0 thousands |
| January 2022 | 1,298.0 thousands |
| December 2021 | 1,346.0 thousands |
| November 2021 | 1,373.0 thousands |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PO.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.ITEM-S2PO.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```