# United Kingdom Unemployment Rate

United Kingdom Unemployment Rate was 4.7% in July 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from June 2026 and down 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since June 2025.
Among the 53 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 24th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.6% (Jun 2022) to 5.3% (Nov 2020), averaging 4.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.UNEMP.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1971-02-01 to 2026-07-01 (666 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 4.7% |
| June 2026 | 4.9% |
| May 2026 | 4.9% |
| April 2026 | 4.9% |
| March 2026 | 4.9% |
| February 2026 | 5.0% |
| January 2026 | 4.9% |
| December 2025 | 5.2% |
| November 2025 | 5.2% |
| October 2025 | 5.1% |
| September 2025 | 5.1% |
| August 2025 | 5.0% |
| July 2025 | 4.8% |
| June 2025 | 4.7% |
| May 2025 | 4.7% |
| April 2025 | 4.7% |
| March 2025 | 4.6% |
| February 2025 | 4.6% |
| January 2025 | 4.5% |
| December 2024 | 4.4% |
| November 2024 | 4.4% |
| October 2024 | 4.4% |
| September 2024 | 4.2% |
| August 2024 | 4.3% |

## API

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

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