United Kingdom Youth Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom decreased to 11 percent in December from 11.30 percent in November of 2018. Youth Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 15.06 percent from 1983 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 22.30 percent in December of 2011 and a record low of 9.70 percent in August of 1989.

Youth Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom is expected to be 11.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Youth Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom to stand at 11.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Youth Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 11.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.90	12.00	3.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	32721.00	32714.00	32721.00	23630.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1039.20	1012.10	3090.00	422.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	8596.00	8562.00	8636.00	5995.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	24118.00	24035.00	24118.00	19136.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	76.10	76.10	76.10	65.60	percent	[+]
Claimant Count Change	28.30	26.70	142.80	-98.50	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.30	79.30	79.30	74.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.10	1.00	4.30	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.00	11.30	22.30	9.70	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.70	101.40	101.80	43.10	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	105.60	104.80	105.60	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	854.00	863.00	863.00	432.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages	529.00	530.00	530.00	300.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	3.50	3.50	6.60	-2.60	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	607.00	609.00	609.00	356.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	8.21	7.83	8.21	5.05	GBP/Hour	[+]
Population	66.19	65.81	66.19	52.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.00	65.50	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.00	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1300.00	1230.00	1300.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	895.00	850.00	900.00	785.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1320.00	1180.00	1320.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2330.00	2110.00	2460.00	2110.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.00	32.00	33.50	31.30	Hours	[+]
Employment Change	179.00	222.00	311.00	-279.00	Thousand	[+]

This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Youth Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Youth Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	11.00	11.30	22.30	9.70	1983 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	54.70	Dec/18	52.8	55.9 : 48.8	%
Italy	32.80	Feb/19	32.9	43.4 : 19.4	%
Spain	32.40	Feb/19	32.6	55.9 : 17.2	%
Turkey	26.70	Jan/19	24.5	28.6 : 11	%
France	20.10	Feb/19	20.2	26 : 14.5	%
Euro Area	16.10	Feb/19	16.2	24.7 : 14.8	%
India	12.90	Dec/13	18.1	18.1 : 12.9	%
Australia	11.70	Mar/19	11.1	20.1 : 7.6	%
United Kingdom	11.00	Dec/18	11.3	22.3 : 9.7	%
South Korea	10.90	Mar/19	9.3	13.4 : 3.8	%
Canada	10.70	Mar/19	10.8	20.7 : 10.3	%
United States	8.80	Mar/19	8.9	19.5 : 7.8	%
Netherlands	6.40	Feb/19	6.5	17.7 : 6.4	%
Germany	5.60	Feb/19	5.7	15.9 : 5.6	%
Japan	3.40	Feb/19	3.2	10.9 : 1.6	%
Switzerland	2.10	Mar/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.4	%