UK unemployment figures by age 2025| ��ƽ��

Unemployment figures in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 2nd quarter 2025, by age group (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	16-24	25-34	35-49	50-64	65+
Q2 2025	634	317	369	307	45
Q1 2025	620	345	324	277	48
Q4 2024	642	330	295	247	43
Q3 2024	642	300	273	257	37
Q2 2024	579	301	312	238	35
Q1 2024	556	327	328	257	42
Q4 2023	505	297	306	218	18
Q3 2023	509	273	359	267	22
Q2 2023	544	320	295	282	29
Q1 2023	512	266	269	309	30
Q4 2022	505	264	296	261	28
Q3 2022	428	283	280	262	25
Q2 2022	437	302	268	258	31
Q1 2022	449	263	290	262	26
Q4 2021	476	287	322	313	31
Q3 2021	504	305	324	334	33
Q2 2021	532	314	363	343	36
Q1 2021	548	314	380	392	33
Q4 2020	604	333	415	410	33
Q3 2020	631	344	336	349	31
Q2 2020	551	278	278	261	20
Q1 2020	538	260	292	292	28
Q4 2019	484	245	269	254	33
Q3 2019	512	258	272	267	17
Q2 2019	505	261	293	255	17
Q1 2019	472	254	294	267	18
Q4 2018	510	270	301	265	18
Q3 2018	477	292	318	276	15
Q2 2018	490	297	297	263	16
Q1 2018	523	282	298	292	22
Q4 2017	541	298	326	278	21
Q3 2017	522	297	318	272	22
Q2 2017	545	308	334	280	19
Q1 2017	557	339	344	275	13
Q4 2016	562	346	363	298	17
Q3 2016	597	343	366	296	17
Q2 2016	618	340	370	298	18
Q1 2016	627	351	363	326	21
Q4 2015	625	381	366	297	19
Q3 2015	657	372	405	307	21
Q2 2015	724	386	418	299	22
Q1 2015	731	362	424	287	23
Q4 2014	751	380	423	298	18
Q3 2014	748	404	470	319	21
Q2 2014	762	440	483	352	25
Q1 2014	867	459	500	361	27
Q4 2013	931	487	541	368	31
Q3 2013	987	515	572	389	21
Q2 2013	983	513	592	402	25
Q1 2013	966	537	620	400	18
Q4 2012	991	529	615	378	22
Q3 2012	986	547	608	379	20
Q2 2012	1,019	550	604	385	19
Q1 2012	1,026	561	619	401	29
Q4 2011	1,042	579	635	407	27
Q3 2011	1,040	587	621	387	27
Q2 2011	967	565	619	371	18
Q1 2011	943	526	616	381	17
Q4 2010	960	520	633	370	21
Q3 2010	907	518	646	380	19
Q2 2010	927	529	637	375	20
Q1 2010	938	566	634	363	26
Q4 2009	900	542	612	375	23
Q3 2009	933	541	624	353	24
Q2 2009	916	544	614	353	21
Q1 2009	864	465	559	328	19
Q4 2008	798	401	493	295	17
Q3 2008	753	373	440	255	18
Q2 2008	705	329	406	226	15
Q1 2008	677	315	399	219	13
Q4 2007	673	300	402	225	9
Q3 2007	699	305	399	234	12
Q2 2007	707	305	394	233	17
Q1 2007	702	350	405	232	14
Q4 2006	686	351	429	224	10
Q3 2006	693	338	413	234	16
Q2 2006	688	340	421	222	14
Q1 2006	651	319	408	212	15
Q4 2005	656	301	382	212	16
Q3 2005	603	287	331	202	15
Q2 2005	607	284	339	197	11
Q1 2005	584	289	331	200	13
Q4 2004	594	304	315	196	15
Q3 2004	588	290	321	194	9
Q2 2004	572	299	354	202	11
Q1 2004	572	307	341	202	13
Q4 2003	551	321	362	209	15
Q3 2003	578	325	377	211	12
Q2 2003	575	317	344	218	13
Q1 2003	593	331	365	231	11
Q4 2002	570	311	391	235	8
Q3 2002	561	342	410	240	13
Q2 2002	549	340	387	230	13
Q1 2002	562	355	376	211	12
Q4 2001	568	354	379	210	9
Q3 2001	541	351	367	221	8
Q2 2001	527	342	383	206	10
Q1 2001	536	331	386	216	11
Q4 2000	548	340	374	245	12
Q3 2000	545	341	409	245	8
Q2 2000	552	368	406	263	10
Q1 2000	581	401	415	274	10

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August 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q2 2025

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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 .

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There were approximately 634,000 unemployed people aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2025, the most of any age group. During this provided time period, the youngest age group has consistently had the highest number of unemployed people.