# United Kingdom Unemployment level by nationality (16+) - national: Thousands (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Unemployment level by nationality (16+) - national: Thousands (ended 2019) () was 1,108.0 thousands in Q4 2019, down 8.8% from Q3 2019 and down 4.0% from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 1997.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,108.0 thousands (Q4 2019) to 2,465.0 thousands (Q3 2011), averaging 1,757.8 thousands.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-DSWE.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2019-10-01 (92 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/unemployment-level-by-nationality-16-national-thousands-ended-2019

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 1,108.0 thousands |
| Q3 2019 | 1,215.0 thousands |
| Q2 2019 | 1,114.0 thousands |
| Q1 2019 | 1,110.0 thousands |
| Q4 2018 | 1,154.0 thousands |
| Q3 2018 | 1,276.0 thousands |
| Q2 2018 | 1,172.0 thousands |
| Q1 2018 | 1,231.0 thousands |
| Q4 2017 | 1,240.0 thousands |
| Q3 2017 | 1,325.0 thousands |
| Q2 2017 | 1,258.0 thousands |
| Q1 2017 | 1,284.0 thousands |
| Q4 2016 | 1,346.0 thousands |
| Q3 2016 | 1,462.0 thousands |
| Q2 2016 | 1,412.0 thousands |
| Q1 2016 | 1,465.0 thousands |
| Q4 2015 | 1,443.0 thousands |
| Q3 2015 | 1,609.0 thousands |
| Q2 2015 | 1,588.0 thousands |
| Q1 2015 | 1,582.0 thousands |
| Q4 2014 | 1,619.0 thousands |
| Q3 2014 | 1,825.0 thousands |
| Q2 2014 | 1,802.0 thousands |
| Q1 2014 | 1,939.0 thousands |

## API

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

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