Unemployment international comparisons: Economic indicators
Unemployment data tells us about the strength of the labour market. Find the latest data on unemployment in several major world economies.

This paper provides the latest statistics and analysis of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and earnings in the UK.
UK Labour Market Statistics (390 KB , PDF)
In February 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reintroduced Labour Force Survey (LFS) data, after issues with data. This is after only limited experimental headline data was published between October 2023 and January 2024 due to falling response rates. In December 2024, the ONS reweighted some labour market data with new population estimates.
The ONS have said that the reintroduced LFS estimates should be treated with additional caution. Due to time constraints, data has only been reweighted from January to March 2019 onwards. This means there is a break in the data. The ONS has remodelled data back to June to August 2011 for the headline measures (employment, unemployment and economic inactivity).
This briefing provides the statistics that have been published by the ONS, but these statistics should be treated with more caution than usual. Section 1 provides further information.
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UK Labour Market Statistics (390 KB , PDF)
Unemployment data tells us about the strength of the labour market. Find the latest data on unemployment in several major world economies.
GDP measures the size of the economy. Find the latest GDP data for the UK and updated forecasts for GDP growth.
Manufacturing is one of the production industries. Find the latest data on the activity of the UK manufacturing sector.