UK Youth Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate among 16-24 year-olds specifically.
15.6%
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Apr 1992 to Jun–Aug 2026
Source: ONS series MGWY (LMS) · aged 16 to 24, seasonally adjusted.
UK Youth Unemployment Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the UK, the youth unemployment rate rose by 1.0pp over the year to Jun–Aug 2026, from 14.6% in Jun–Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 9.3% in May–Jul 2022 to 16.4% in Mar–May 2026.
Its average since Mar–May 1992 is 14.8%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- ONS
- Series
- MGWY
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Jun–Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Youth unemployment typically runs at roughly three times the all-ages rate and moves more sharply with the economic cycle.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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