# United Kingdom LFS: Unemployment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time educ.: : Female: %: S ()

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployment rate: Aged 16-17: Not in full-time educ.: : Female: %: S () was 43.6% in July 2026, up 6.8 percentage points from June 2026 and up 13.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since November 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.2% (Aug 2023) to 44.3% (Jul 2020), averaging 26.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-16-17.EDUC-OUT-FTE.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-F`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-unemployment-rate-aged-16-17-not-in-full-time-educ-female-pct-s

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 43.6% |
| June 2026 | 36.8% |
| May 2026 | 26.8% |
| April 2026 | 16.7% |
| March 2026 | 25.5% |
| February 2026 | 38.9% |
| January 2026 | 26.4% |
| December 2025 | 18.2% |
| November 2025 | 20.2% |
| October 2025 | 22.9% |
| September 2025 | 25.2% |
| August 2025 | 29.6% |
| July 2025 | 30.1% |
| June 2025 | 29.6% |
| May 2025 | 30.9% |
| April 2025 | 36.7% |
| March 2025 | 31.9% |
| February 2025 | 36.2% |
| January 2025 | 33.0% |
| December 2024 | 37.2% |
| November 2024 | 43.6% |
| October 2024 | 33.0% |
| September 2024 | 32.6% |
| August 2024 | 35.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-16-17.EDUC-OUT-FTE.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-F"

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