Monthly unemployment figures in the UK 2016-2018

The data displays the monthly unemployment figures in the UK from January 2016 to April 2018. At the start of the period there were 1,700,000 people unemployed. The latest figure for April 2018 is 1,411,000. The trend shows that national unemployment was decreasing, with a net decline during that time. A survey on gender specific monthly unemployment figures found that unemployment was continuously higher among males than females.