Uk unemployment rate by region
The UK unemployment rate stood at 3.8 percent in the three months to May 2019, its lowest level since the October to December 1974 period and in line with market expectations. Unemployment dropped by 51,000 to 1.29 million and employment increased by 28,000 to a new all-time high of 32.75 million. The unemployment rate of the United Kingdom in 2019 was 3.8 percent, the lowest it has been since the mid-1970s. From 2000 until the 2008 financial crash the unemployment rate in the UK fluctuated • The UK region with the highest unemployment rate was the North East at 5.7%. • The lowest unemployment rate over this same period was in Northern Ireland at 3.0%. • The difference between the employment rates of the North East and Northern Ireland was 2.6 percentage points.