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January 21, 2025
UK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 2024

The UK Office for National Statistics reported today that the unemployment rate for the three-month period September to November 2024 rose to 4.4%.

There were 1.568 million unemployed people in the UK, 186,000 more than from a year earlier. Employment in the UK was at 33.783 million, 438,000 more compared to a year earlier. UK labour force increased by 624,000 over the past year to 35.351 million.

Source: UK Labour Market Statistics; UK Labour Market Data; Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0287-01  Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle, last 5 months