# United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed: : People: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployed: : People: Aged 15-74: Thousands: NSA () was 1,735.0 thousands in Q2 2026, down 3.4% from Q1 2026 and up 5.5% from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,268.0 thousands (Q2 2022) to 1,845.0 thousands (Q4 2025), averaging 1,494.7 thousands.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,735.0 thousands |
| Q1 2026 | 1,796.0 thousands |
| Q4 2025 | 1,845.0 thousands |
| Q3 2025 | 1,840.0 thousands |
| Q2 2025 | 1,645.0 thousands |
| Q1 2025 | 1,599.0 thousands |
| Q4 2024 | 1,530.0 thousands |
| Q3 2024 | 1,556.0 thousands |
| Q2 2024 | 1,439.0 thousands |
| Q1 2024 | 1,485.0 thousands |
| Q4 2023 | 1,328.0 thousands |
| Q3 2023 | 1,481.0 thousands |
| Q2 2023 | 1,443.0 thousands |
| Q1 2023 | 1,370.0 thousands |
| Q4 2022 | 1,342.0 thousands |
| Q3 2022 | 1,327.0 thousands |
| Q2 2022 | 1,268.0 thousands |
| Q1 2022 | 1,276.0 thousands |
| Q4 2021 | 1,417.0 thousands |
| Q3 2021 | 1,547.0 thousands |
| Q2 2021 | 1,552.0 thousands |
| Q1 2021 | 1,653.0 thousands |
| Q4 2020 | 1,787.0 thousands |
| Q3 2020 | 1,743.0 thousands |

## API

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

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