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)	3.50	3.50	percent	Jul 2026
Average Weekly Hours	32.00	32.10	Hours	Jul 2026
Claimant Count Change	27.80	-11.80	Thousand	Aug 2026
Employed Persons	34478.00	34469.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Employment Change	67.00	83.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Employment Rate	75.10	75.10	percent	Jul 2026
Full Time Employment	25772.00	25746.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Inactivity Rate	20.90	20.90	percent	Jul 2026
Job Vacancies	702.00	706.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.10	79.10	percent	Jul 2026
Labour Costs	114.50	112.70	points	Mar 2026
Minimum Wages	12.71	12.21	GBP/Hour	Apr 2026
HMRC Payrolls Change	-26.10	-19.32	Thousand	Aug 2026
Part Time Employment	8705.00	8724.00	Thousand	Jul 2026
Population	69.49	69.28	Million	Dec 2025
Labour Productivity	99.30	100.10	points	Jun 2026
Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses	0.60	0.80	percent	Jul 2026
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	0.60	1.30	percent	Jul 2026
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2026
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2026
Unemployed Persons	1663.70	1675.50	Thousand	Jul 2026
Unemployment Rate	4.90	4.90	percent	Jul 2026
Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	3.90	4.20	percent	Jul 2026
Average Weekly Wages	756.00	756.00	GBP/Week	Jul 2026
Wages in Manufacturing	818.00	821.00	GBP/Week	Jul 2026
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.40	14.60	percent	Jul 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.