# United Kingdom LFS: Unemployment rate: : Female: Aged 16-17: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployment rate: : Female: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 33.7% in July 2026, up 2.8 percentage points from June 2026 and up 3.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since January 2014.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.4% (Oct 2022) to 33.7% (Jul 2026), averaging 22.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.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-female-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 33.7% |
| June 2026 | 30.9% |
| May 2026 | 27.2% |
| April 2026 | 26.6% |
| March 2026 | 26.0% |
| February 2026 | 24.9% |
| January 2026 | 26.6% |
| December 2025 | 27.3% |
| November 2025 | 30.2% |
| October 2025 | 31.0% |
| September 2025 | 31.9% |
| August 2025 | 32.7% |
| July 2025 | 30.6% |
| June 2025 | 29.5% |
| May 2025 | 28.5% |
| April 2025 | 27.3% |
| March 2025 | 26.2% |
| February 2025 | 23.5% |
| January 2025 | 23.0% |
| December 2024 | 25.5% |
| November 2024 | 27.6% |
| October 2024 | 24.4% |
| September 2024 | 18.9% |
| August 2024 | 20.2% |

## API

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

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