Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom increased to 1 percent in the third quarter of 2020 from 0.90 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 1.97 percent from 1992 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4.30 percent in the second quarter of 1993 and a record low of 0.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. source: EUROSTAT

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	3.40	3.40	percent	May 2026
Average Weekly Hours	31.90	31.80	Hours	May 2026
Claimant Count Change	6.70	1.30	Thousand	Jun 2026
Employed Persons	34475.00	34411.00	Thousand	May 2026
Employment Change	148.00	99.00	Thousand	May 2026
Employment Rate	75.10	75.10	percent	May 2026
Full Time Employment	25695.00	25664.00	Thousand	May 2026
Inactivity Rate	20.90	21.00	percent	May 2026
Job Vacancies	712.00	710.00	Thousand	May 2026
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.10	79.00	percent	May 2026
Labour Costs	112.50	111.50	points	Dec 2025
Minimum Wages	12.71	12.21	GBP/Hour	Apr 2026
HMRC Payrolls Change	-3.86	2.83	Thousand	Jun 2026
Part Time Employment	8780.00	8748.00	Thousand	May 2026
Population	69.49	69.28	Million	Dec 2025
Labour Productivity	99.99	99.10	points	Mar 2026
Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses	0.40	0.50	percent	May 2026
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	0.50	1.70	percent	May 2026
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2026
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2026
Unemployed Persons	1681.90	1680.60	Thousand	May 2026
Unemployment Rate	4.90	4.90	percent	May 2026
Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	4.30	4.40	percent	May 2026
Average Weekly Wages	749.00	754.00	GBP/Week	May 2026
Wages in Manufacturing	812.00	823.00	GBP/Week	May 2026
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.80	14.50	percent	May 2026

United Kingdom Long Term Unemployment Rate

In the United Kingdom, the long term unemployment rate refers to the share of unemployed persons since 12 months or more in the total number of active persons (those who are either employed or unemployed) in the labour market.