Inactivity Rate in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 20.80 percent in December. Inactivity Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 23.13 percent from 1971 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 25.90 percent in April of 1983 and a record low of 20.30 percent in February of 2020.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	4.20	4.40	percent	Dec 2025
Average Weekly Hours	31.90	31.80	Hours	Dec 2025
Claimant Count Change	28.60	2.70	Thousand	Jan 2026
Employed Persons	34244.00	34303.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Change	52.00	82.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Rate	75.00	75.10	percent	Dec 2025
Full Time Employment	25499.00	25537.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Inactivity Rate	20.80	20.80	percent	Dec 2025
Job Vacancies	726.00	736.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.20	79.20	percent	Dec 2025
Labour Costs	112.70	110.70	points	Sep 2025
HMRC Payrolls Change	-10.56	-5.65	Thousand	Jan 2026
Part Time Employment	8745.00	8766.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Population	69.28	68.49	Million	Dec 2024
Labour Productivity	99.00	99.60	points	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses	0.30	0.50	percent	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	-0.40	1.00	percent	Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons	1662.20	1659.50	Thousand	Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate	5.20	5.10	percent	Dec 2025
Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	4.20	4.60	percent	Dec 2025
Average Weekly Wages	735.00	740.00	GBP/Week	Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	810.00	807.00	GBP/Week	Dec 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.00	13.70	percent	Dec 2025

United Kingdom Inactivity Rate

In the United Kingdom, the inactivity rate refers to those aged from 16 to 64 not in employment who have not been seeking work within the last 4 weeks and/or are unable to start work within the next 2 weeks.