# United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed: : People: Aged 15-74: % of economically active: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed: : People: Aged 15-74: % of economically active: NSA () was 4.8% in Q2 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.7% (Q4 2019) to 5.3% (Q4 2020), averaging 4.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-unemployed-people-aged-15-74-pct-of-economically-active-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 4.8% |
| Q1 2026 | 5.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 5.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 5.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 4.6% |
| Q1 2025 | 4.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 4.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 4.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 4.2% |
| Q1 2024 | 4.3% |
| Q4 2023 | 3.8% |
| Q3 2023 | 4.3% |
| Q2 2023 | 4.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 4.0% |
| Q4 2022 | 3.9% |
| Q3 2022 | 3.9% |
| Q2 2022 | 3.7% |
| Q1 2022 | 3.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 4.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 4.5% |
| Q2 2021 | 4.6% |
| Q1 2021 | 4.9% |
| Q4 2020 | 5.3% |
| Q3 2020 | 5.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.AGE-15-74.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```