50 plus unemployment figures in the UK 2000-2017

The data displays the unemployment figures for people of 50 years of age and older in the UK from 2000 to 2017. After decreasing to the lowest point in this time period in 2004 when the level of unemployment was at 210,000, unemployment for people aged 50 and over increased steadily up to 2013, peaking at 414,000. A decreasing trend has taken on after 2013, with 296 thousand unemployed in the most recent surveyed time period.