United Kingdom
UK desk: United Kingdom first; euro area, United States, Canada, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.
−0.41 pp
As of 2025 | % of population ages 15+
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.46% |
| 2024 | 58.87% |
| 2023 | 59.32% |
| 2022 | 59.57% |
| 2021 | 58.96% |
| 2020 | 59.77% |
| 2019 | 60.34% |
| 2018 | 60.02% |
| 2017 | 59.60% |
| 2016 | 59.34% |
| 2015 | 58.79% |
| 2014 | 58.16% |
| 2013 | 57.20% |
| 2012 | 56.86% |
| 2011 | 56.72% |
| 2010 | 56.87% |
| 2009 | 57.23% |
| 2008 | 58.61% |
| 2007 | 58.60% |
| 2006 | 58.70% |
| 2005 | 58.65% |
| 2004 | 58.60% |
| 2003 | 58.42% |
| 2002 | 58.17% |
The employment-to-population ratio (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) is employed people as a share of the population aged 15 and over. Latest: 58.46% in 2025.
It is not the unemployment rate. Students, retirees and people outside the labour force sit in the denominator. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 58.46% (2025), previous year 58.87% (2024); low 54.71% (1993), high 60.34% (2019).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).