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)	4.20	4.40	percent	Dec 2025
Average Weekly Hours	31.90	31.80	Hours	Dec 2025
Claimant Count Change	28.60	2.70	Thousand	Jan 2026
Employed Persons	34244.00	34303.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Change	52.00	82.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Rate	75.00	75.10	percent	Dec 2025
Full Time Employment	25499.00	25537.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Inactivity Rate	20.80	20.80	percent	Dec 2025
Job Vacancies	726.00	736.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.20	79.20	percent	Dec 2025
Labour Costs	112.70	110.70	points	Sep 2025
Minimum Wages	12.71	12.21	GBP/Hour	Apr 2026
HMRC Payrolls Change	-10.56	-5.65	Thousand	Jan 2026
Part Time Employment	8745.00	8766.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Population	69.28	68.49	Million	Dec 2024
Labour Productivity	99.00	99.60	points	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses	0.30	0.50	percent	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	-0.40	1.00	percent	Dec 2025
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2025
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	Years	Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons	1662.20	1659.50	Thousand	Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate	5.20	5.10	percent	Dec 2025
Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	4.20	4.60	percent	Dec 2025
Average Weekly Wages	735.00	740.00	GBP/Week	Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	810.00	807.00	GBP/Week	Dec 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.00	13.70	percent	Dec 2025

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.