United Kingdom · annual SERIES
Labour force participation in United Kingdom
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
61.37%%
2025Observation year
-0.19 pp from 2024
% · ILOSTAT via World Bank WDI · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.369 | present |
| 2024 | 61.556 | present |
| 2023 | 61.811 | present |
| 2022 | 61.905 | present |
| 2021 | 61.973 | present |
| 2020 | 62.573 | present |
| 2019 | 62.625 | present |
| 2018 | 62.619 | present |
| 2017 | 62.412 | present |
| 2016 | 62.408 | present |
| 2015 | 62.25 | present |
| 2014 | 62.131 | present |
| 2013 | 62.009 | present |
| 2012 | 61.99 | present |
| 2011 | 61.778 | present |
| 2010 | 61.801 | present |
| 2009 | 61.994 | present |
| 2008 | 62.185 | present |
| 2007 | 61.942 | present |
| 2006 | 62.098 | present |
| 2005 | 61.666 | present |
| 2004 | 61.417 | present |
| 2003 | 61.368 | present |
| 2002 | 61.254 | present |
| 2001 | 60.966 | present |
| 2000 | 61.338 | present |
Definition & method
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
What to keep in mind
- Modelled ILO estimates for both sexes ages 15+. Estimates differ from national survey series.
- Annual 2000–2025 selection; unavailable values remain missing.
- The ILO modelled series includes unlabelled imputed observations with high uncertainty. Country comparisons and rankings are disabled; same-country comparisons retain this caution.