The data displays the unemployment rate in the UK from 2000 to 2017. In 2000, unemployment in the United Kingdom was at 5.4%. Throughout this 18 year period, unemployment remained stable, peaking at 8.1% in 2011.
In 2016 there was a noticeable difference in the unemployment rate between the genders, the rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom.
Unemployment forecasts predicted a total unemployment rate to remain fairly stable in the coming years. This follows the decreasing trend in the number of people in unemployment.
