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

United Kingdom LFS: Unemployment rate: : Male: Aged 16-17: %: SA () was 39.4% in July 2026, up 2.2 percentage points from June 2026 and up 2.8 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.0% (Aug 2023) to 40.4% (Sep 2025), averaging 27.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA.AGE-16-17.MEASURE-RATE.SEX-M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (412 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-unemployment-rate-male-aged-16-17-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 39.4% |
| June 2026 | 37.2% |
| May 2026 | 32.9% |
| April 2026 | 32.9% |
| March 2026 | 35.7% |
| February 2026 | 34.1% |
| January 2026 | 31.4% |
| December 2025 | 33.0% |
| November 2025 | 36.7% |
| October 2025 | 38.9% |
| September 2025 | 40.4% |
| August 2025 | 38.1% |
| July 2025 | 36.6% |
| June 2025 | 36.9% |
| May 2025 | 35.9% |
| April 2025 | 36.5% |
| March 2025 | 33.2% |
| February 2025 | 32.5% |
| January 2025 | 31.8% |
| December 2024 | 32.1% |
| November 2024 | 33.1% |
| October 2024 | 30.6% |
| September 2024 | 26.5% |
| August 2024 | 26.3% |

## API

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

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