Unemployment

Indicator 8

Table 8(a) - ILO Unemployment Rate (%) All 16+

Rate %

GO region/country

Seasonally adjusted

UK

NE

NW

Y&H

EM

WM

E

L

SE

SW

EN

W

SC

NI

1996

Spring

8.3

10.9

8.6

8.2

7.5

9.2

6.3

11.6

6.2

6.5

8.1

8.5

8.8

10.1

Summer

8.1

10.5

8.0

8.2

6.9

8.7

6.9

11.2

5.9

6.4

8.2

8.4

8.4

10.3

Autumn

8.0

9.9

7.7

9.0

6.9

7.8

6.7

11.2

5.7

6.5

7.8

8.3

8.9

10.0

Winter 96/97

7.5

9.7

7.5

8.3

6.2

7.3

6.3

10.4

5.1

5.9

7.2

8.1

8.8

9.8

1997

Spring

7.2

9.8

7.0

8.1

6.4

6.8

6.0

9.4

5.4

5.4

6.8

8.5

8.6

8.1

Summer

7.1

9.5

7.5

7.2

5.5

7.3

6.1

9.4

4.9

5.8

7.1

7.3

8.5

8.3

Autumn

6.6

8.8

7.2

7.3

5.3

6.6

5.2

9.4

4.5

4.9

6.4

7.3

7.5

8.8

Winter 97/98

6.4

8.7

6.6

7.0

5.0

6.4

5.3

8.6

4.4

4.9

6.1

7.1

7.5

8.7

1998

Spring

6.3

8.0

6.8

7.0

4.9

6.3

5.1

8.4

4.4

4.6

6.0

7.0

7.5

7.7

Summer

6.3

8.5

7.0

7.8

5.2

6.2

4.5

7.8

4.4

4.8

6.3

7.4

7.5

8.0

Autumn

6.2

9.1

6.9

6.9

5.0

6.5

4.5

7.5

4.2

4.7

5.9

7.2

7.7

7.6

Winter 98/99

6.3

9.8

6.9

7.1

5.1

6.8

4.4

7.9

3.9

4.7

6.0

7.6

7.4

7.2

1999

Spring

6.1

9.9

6.5

6.5

5.2

6.7

4.3

7.8

3.7

4.9

5.8

7.4

7.4

7.7

Summer

5.9

9.5

6.2

6.1

5.5

6.6

3.8

7.4

3.9

4.3

5.9

7.6

7.1

7.7

Autumn

5.9

9.0

6.1

6.3

5.6

6.7

4.2

7.3

3.9

4.2

5.7

7.4

7.1

6.9

Winter 99/00

5.8

8.5

6.4

6.4

5.2

6.3

3.9

7.3

3.7

4.2

5.5

6.7

7.5

7.1

2000

Spring

5.6

9.0

5.6

6.0

5.2

6.1

3.7

7.2

3.4

4.2

5.2

6.4

7.5

7.4

Summer

5.3

9.1

5.2

6.1

4.7

5.8

3.7

7.1

3.1

4.1

5.1

6.1

6.6

5.9

Autumn

5.3

7.9

5.5

6.1

4.8

6.2

3.6

7.0

3.2

4.1

5.2

6.5

6.4

6.0

Winter 00/01

5.2

8.0

5.2

5.6

4.6

6.0

3.4

6.9

3.4

3.9

5.0

6.2

6.0

6.3

2001

Spring

4.9

7.4

5.4

5.1

4.9

5.1

3.7

6.1

3.1

3.6

4.7

6.1

5.7

6.4