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

United Kingdom LFS Experimental: In employment: : All aged 16-64: Thousands: Annual Change: SA (ended 2023) () was up 6.8% year on year in October 2023, compared with −24.9% in September 2023.
The level stood at 188.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since October 2019.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −545.3% (Feb 2021) to 304.7% (Jul 2014), averaging −27.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QG.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-in-employment-all-aged-16-64-thousands-annual-change

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2023 | 188.0 thousands | 6.8 |
| September 2023 | 148.0 thousands | −24.9 |
| August 2023 | 180.0 thousands | 4.7 |
| July 2023 | 158.0 thousands | −33.9 |
| June 2023 | 219.0 thousands | −4.4 |
| May 2023 | 200.0 thousands | −35.3 |
| April 2023 | 155.0 thousands | −72.1 |
| March 2023 | 253.0 thousands | −47.4 |
| February 2023 | 214.0 thousands | −54.8 |
| January 2023 | 256.0 thousands | −32.3 |
| December 2022 | 235.0 thousands | −42.5 |
| November 2022 | 179.0 thousands | −56.3 |
| October 2022 | 176.0 thousands | −34.3 |
| September 2022 | 197.0 thousands | −24.5 |
| August 2022 | 172.0 thousands | −13.1 |
| July 2022 | 239.0 thousands | — |
| June 2022 | 229.0 thousands | — |
| May 2022 | 309.0 thousands | — |
| April 2022 | 556.0 thousands | — |
| March 2022 | 481.0 thousands | — |
| February 2022 | 473.0 thousands | — |
| January 2022 | 378.0 thousands | — |
| December 2021 | 409.0 thousands | — |
| November 2021 | 410.0 thousands | — |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QG.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.AGE-16-64.ITEM-S2QG.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```