Youth economic inactivity levels in the UK 2000-2025

Published by D. Clark, Jun 13, 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, over ***** million young people aged between 16 and 24 were economically inactive in the United Kingdom. Economically inactive people are outside the labor force but are not looking for work, and include students, or people who are too sick to work. 

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Number of economically inactive young adults in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 1st quarter 2025 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

June 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q1 2025

Age group

16-24 years

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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