# United Kingdom Unemployment rate by nationality (16+) - national: % (ended 2019) ()

United Kingdom Unemployment rate by nationality (16+) - national: % (ended 2019) () was 3.6% in Q4 2019, down 0.4 percentage points from Q3 2019 and down 0.2 percentage points 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 3.6% (Q4 2019) to 8.4% (Q3 2011), averaging 5.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-DT2Z.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2019-10-01 (92 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate-by-nationality-16-national-pct-ended-2019

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2019 | 3.6% |
| Q3 2019 | 4.0% |
| Q2 2019 | 3.7% |
| Q1 2019 | 3.7% |
| Q4 2018 | 3.8% |
| Q3 2018 | 4.2% |
| Q2 2018 | 3.9% |
| Q1 2018 | 4.1% |
| Q4 2017 | 4.1% |
| Q3 2017 | 4.4% |
| Q2 2017 | 4.2% |
| Q1 2017 | 4.3% |
| Q4 2016 | 4.5% |
| Q3 2016 | 4.9% |
| Q2 2016 | 4.8% |
| Q1 2016 | 4.9% |
| Q4 2015 | 4.8% |
| Q3 2015 | 5.4% |
| Q2 2015 | 5.4% |
| Q1 2015 | 5.4% |
| Q4 2014 | 5.5% |
| Q3 2014 | 6.1% |
| Q2 2014 | 6.1% |
| Q1 2014 | 6.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-DT2Z.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.UNEMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-DT2Z.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```