# United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed over 12 months: : Male: Aged 16-17: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed over 12 months: : Male: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 10.3% in July 2026, down 0.8 percentage points from June 2026 and down 1.9 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.1% (Oct 2016) to 24.3% (Jun 2024), averaging 8.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.GRP-UNEMP-12-24.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (377 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-unemployed-over-12-months-male-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 10.3% |
| June 2026 | 11.1% |
| May 2026 | 12.6% |
| April 2026 | 12.2% |
| March 2026 | 12.5% |
| February 2026 | 9.6% |
| January 2026 | 12.1% |
| December 2025 | 13.9% |
| November 2025 | 16.9% |
| October 2025 | 16.0% |
| September 2025 | 14.5% |
| August 2025 | 11.7% |
| July 2025 | 12.2% |
| June 2025 | 8.1% |
| May 2025 | 9.0% |
| April 2025 | 4.8% |
| March 2025 | 6.6% |
| December 2024 | 4.4% |
| November 2024 | 12.2% |
| October 2024 | 12.3% |
| September 2024 | 11.8% |
| August 2024 | 13.1% |
| July 2024 | 15.8% |
| June 2024 | 24.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.GRP-UNEMP-12-24.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.GRP-UNEMP-12-24.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```