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UK unemployed as proportion of last industry's current workforce 2012-2017

Industry of last job held by those unemployed in the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017, as a percentage of economically active people in that industry

The data displays all unemployed people as a percentage of the economically active members of the industry they previously worked in, in the UK, in July-September from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, the industry which had the highest proportion of unemployed people was accommodation and food services at 6%. This means that at this particular time, all of the unemployed people who last worked in accommodation and food services made up 6% of the current, active workforce in that industry. Looking back to 2012, we can see that accommodation and food services offered the least job security, having consistently the highest proportion.

Accommodation and food services 10 10 8 8 6 6
Administrative & support services 8 8 6 5 5 4
Wholesale, retail & repair of motor vehicles 7 8 6 5 4 4
Manufacturing 6 6 4 3 4 3
Construction 7 5 4 3 3 2
Transport & storage 6 5 4 5 3 3
Financial, insurance and real estate activities 4 3 3 3 3 3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, energy & water 4 4 3 3 3 2
Human health & social work activities 4 4 3 3 3 2
Public admin & defence; social security 3 3 3 2 2 2
Education 4 3 3 2 2 2
Professional, scientific & technical activities 4 2 2 2 2 2
Other services 5 6 4 3 3 3