Unemployment rate in the UK 2000-2024, by gender

In the third quarter of 2024 the unemployment rate for men in the United Kingdom was 4.4 percent, while for women it was 4.1 percent. The male unemployment rates seen in late 2020 were the highest since 2015, while the rates for women reached heights last seen in 2016. During the provided time period, the unemployment rate for men peaked in Q1 1993 at 12.7 percent, while for women the unemployment rate was highest in Q2 1984 when it was 11.8 percent. Unemployment still low despite an uptick in 2023The overall unemployment rate for the UK was 3.8 percent in December 2023, which was one of the lowest unemployment rates on record, and only slightly higher than the post-pandemic low of 3.6 percent in August 2022. There are some indications that unemployment may begin to rise again in 2024, however. After peaking at 1.3 million in May 2023, the number of job vacancies in the UK has started to fall, and fell to its lowest level since June 2021 in January 2024, at 932,000. When viewed over a long time-period, however, the number of vacancies is still at quite high levels.Youth unemployment in the UKThe unemployment rate for people in the United Kingdom is heavily associated with age. For people aged between 16 and 24 years, for example, the unemployment rate was 11.6 percent in the three months to December 2023, compared with just 1.3 percent for over 65s. Additionally, youth unemployment for those aged 16 to 17 was much higher than youth unemployment for those aged 18 to 24, at 20.9 percent, and 11.6 percent respectively. As with the overall unemployment rate, young men had a higher unemployment rate at 14.2 percent, compared with 8.7 percent for young women in the fourth quarter of 2023.

在2024年第三季度，英国男性失业率为4.4%，而女性失业率为4.1%。2020年末的男性失业率达到了自2015年以来的最高点，而女性的失业率则攀升至2016年以来的最高水平。在所提供的时间段内，男性的失业率在1993年第一季度达到了峰值，为12.7%，而女性的失业率在1984年第二季度达到最高，为11.8%。尽管2023年有所上升，但失业率仍然维持在较低水平。截至2023年12月，英国的总体失业率为3.8%，这是有记录以来的最低失业率之一，仅略高于2022年8月疫情后3.6%的最低水平。然而，有迹象表明，2024年失业率可能再次上升。2023年5月失业人数达到130万的高峰后，英国的职位空缺数量开始下降，并在2024年1月降至自2021年6月以来的最低水平，为93.2万个。然而，从长期来看，职位空缺数量仍然处于较高水平。英国的青年失业率与年龄密切相关。例如，在2023年12月的三个月内，16至24岁年龄段的人的失业率为11.6%，而65岁以上人群的失业率仅为1.3%。此外，16至17岁年龄段的人的青年失业率远高于18至24岁年龄段的人，分别为20.9%和11.6%。与总体失业率一致，年轻男性的失业率（在2023年第四季度为14.2%）高于年轻女性（为8.7%）。