| Characteristic | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 19% | 13.1% |
| Q3 2025 | 17.6% | 12.8% |
| Q2 2025 | 15.3% | 12.9% |
| Q1 2025 | 15.3% | 12.9% |
| Q4 2024 | 15.9% | 13.5% |
| Q3 2024 | 17.7% | 11.7% |
| Q2 2024 | 15.7% | 11% |
| Q1 2024 | 15.5% | 10.8% |
| Q4 2023 | 14.7% | 8.9% |
| Q3 2023 | 14.5% | 9.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 14.5% | 9.8% |
| Q1 2023 | 13.4% | 9.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 14.2% | 9.1% |
| Q3 2022 | 12.6% | 7.7% |
| Q2 2022 | 12.3% | 8.2% |
| Q1 2022 | 13.2% | 8.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 12.8% | 9.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 12.5% | 11.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 14% | 11.8% |
| Q1 2021 | 15.1% | 12.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 16.8% | 12.7% |
| Q3 2020 | 17.7% | 12.7% |
| Q2 2020 | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| Q1 2020 | 13.8% | 11.1% |
| Q4 2019 | 12.8% | 9.6% |
| Q3 2019 | 13.6% | 10.2% |
| Q2 2019 | 13.8% | 9.3% |
| Q1 2019 | 12.9% | 9% |
| Q4 2018 | 13% | 10.4% |
| Q3 2018 | 12% | 10.2% |
| Q2 2018 | 12.2% | 10.3% |
| Q1 2018 | 12.8% | 11.1% |
| Q4 2017 | 13.4% | 11.3% |
| Q3 2017 | 13.5% | 10.5% |
| Q2 2017 | 13.7% | 10.8% |
| Q1 2017 | 14% | 10.8% |
| Q4 2016 | 14.7% | 10.1% |
| Q3 2016 | 15.3% | 11% |
| Q2 2016 | 15.3% | 11.8% |
| Q1 2016 | 14.8% | 12.5% |
| Q4 2015 | 14.8% | 12.4% |
| Q3 2015 | 15.5% | 12.8% |
| Q2 2015 | 17.6% | 13.7% |
| Q1 2015 | 17.8% | 13.8% |
| Q4 2014 | 18% | 14.7% |
| Q3 2014 | 18.4% | 14.2% |
| Q2 2014 | 18.7% | 14.5% |
| Q1 2014 | 21% | 16.5% |
| Q4 2013 | 22.5% | 17.5% |
| Q3 2013 | 23.4% | 18.8% |
| Q2 2013 | 23.7% | 18.8% |
| Q1 2013 | 22.8% | 18.6% |
| Q4 2012 | 23.5% | 18.4% |
| Q3 2012 | 23.3% | 18.4% |
| Q2 2012 | 24.3% | 18.4% |
| Q1 2012 | 25% | 18.5% |
| Q4 2011 | 25.5% | 18.8% |
| Q3 2011 | 25.3% | 19.1% |
| Q2 2011 | 22.8% | 18.3% |
| Q1 2011 | 22.2% | 18.1% |
| Q4 2010 | 22.2% | 18.7% |
| Q3 2010 | 20.8% | 17.7% |
| Q2 2010 | 22.1% | 17.4% |
| Q1 2010 | 23.3% | 16.9% |
| Q4 2009 | 22.4% | 16.5% |
| Q3 2009 | 23.1% | 16.8% |
| Q2 2009 | 22.3% | 16.2% |
| Q1 2009 | 20.5% | 15.4% |
| Q4 2008 | 18.7% | 14.1% |
| Q3 2008 | 17.6% | 13.2% |
| Q2 2008 | 16.6% | 12.4% |
| Q1 2008 | 16% | 11.7% |
| Q4 2007 | 15.6% | 12% |
| Q3 2007 | 16.1% | 12.7% |
| Q2 2007 | 16.3% | 12.9% |
| Q1 2007 | 15.9% | 13% |
| Q4 2006 | 15.8% | 12.3% |
| Q3 2006 | 15.9% | 12.5% |
| Q2 2006 | 16.2% | 12.2% |
| Q1 2006 | 15.6% | 11.5% |
| Q4 2005 | 15.8% | 11.9% |
| Q3 2005 | 14.6% | 10.7% |
| Q2 2005 | 14.3% | 11.1% |
| Q1 2005 | 13.7% | 10.7% |
| Q4 2004 | 13.9% | 11% |
| Q3 2004 | 13.5% | 11.1% |
| Q2 2004 | 13.1% | 11.1% |
| Q1 2004 | 13.4% | 10.6% |
| Q4 2003 | 13.5% | 10% |
| Q3 2003 | 13.9% | 10.8% |
| Q2 2003 | 13.9% | 10.8% |
| Q1 2003 | 14.5% | 10.9% |
| Q4 2002 | 13.9% | 10.4% |
| Q3 2002 | 14.1% | 10.1% |
| Q2 2002 | 13.8% | 9.9% |
| Q1 2002 | 13.9% | 10.4% |
| Q4 2001 | 13.8% | 10.8% |
| Q3 2001 | 13.5% | 10.2% |
| Q2 2001 | 13% | 10.1% |
| Q1 2001 | 13.5% | 10.3% |
| Q4 2000 | 13.5% | 11% |
| Q3 2000 | 12.9% | 11.3% |
| Q2 2000 | 13.7% | 10.8% |
| Q1 2000 | 13.6% | 12.1% |
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Release date
February 2026
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Region
United Kingdom
Survey time period
Q1 2000 to Q4 2025
Age group
16-24 years
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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .
Unemployment rates taken from the following time series provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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