UK youth employment figures 2024| Statista

In the three months to December 2024, there were approximately 3.69 million people people aged between 16 and 24 that were employed in the United Kingdom.

Youth employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2000 to December 2024 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Employment figures in thousands
Dec 24	3,693
Nov 24	3,704
Oct 24	3,735
Sep 24	3,698
Aug 24	3,732
Jul 24	3,704
Jun 24	3,726
May 24	3,742
Apr 24	3,719
Mar 24	3,693
Feb 24	3,663
Jan 24	3,705
Dec 23	3,726
Nov 23	3,744
Oct 23	3,740
Sep 23	3,709
Aug 23	3,667
Jul 23	3,716
Jun 23	3,868
May 23	3,886
Apr 23	3,896
Mar 23	3,896
Feb 23	3,867
Jan 23	3,877
Dec 22	3,795
Nov 22	3,786
Oct 22	3,780
Sep 22	3,790
Aug 22	3,843
Jul 22	3,815
Jun 22	3,798
May 22	3,797
Apr 22	3,808
Mar 22	3,763
Feb 22	3,756
Jan 22	3,748
Dec 21	3,751
Nov 21	3,727
Oct 21	3,718
Sep 21	3,707
Aug 21	3,685
Jul 21	3,628
Jun 21	3,589
May 21	3,518
Apr 21	3,471
Mar 21	3,477
Feb 21	3,446
Jan 21	3,458
Dec 20	3,478
Nov 20	3,514
Oct 20	3,483
Sep 20	3,500
Aug 20	3,533
Jul 20	3,588
Jun 20	3,693
May 20	3,751
Apr 20	3,767
Mar 20	3,798
Feb 20	3,860
Jan 20	3,850
Dec 19	3,826
Nov 19	3,808
Oct 19	3,811
Sep 19	3,761
Aug 19	3,767
Jul 19	3,817
Jun 19	3,850
May 19	3,803
Apr 19	3,837
Mar 19	3,850
Feb 19	3,860
Jan 19	3,858
Dec 18	3,830
Nov 18	3,854
Oct 18	3,835
Sep 18	3,801
Aug 18	3,827
Jul 18	3,835
Jun 18	3,835
May 18	3,830
Apr 18	3,852
Mar 18	3,848
Feb 18	3,818
Jan 18	3,817
Dec 17	3,814
Nov 17	3,841
Oct 17	3,820
Sep 17	3,814
Aug 17	3,848
Jul 17	3,884
Jun 17	3,892
May 17	3,899
Apr 17	3,916
Mar 17	3,920
Feb 17	3,911
Jan 17	3,917
Dec 16	3,928
Nov 16	3,926
Oct 16	3,905
Sep 16	3,907
Aug 16	3,917
Jul 16	3,918
Jun 16	3,934
May 16	3,938
Apr 16	3,925
Mar 16	3,952
Feb 16	3,955
Jan 16	3,963
Dec 15	3,962
Nov 15	3,962
Oct 15	3,978
Sep 15	3,970
Aug 15	3,932
Jul 15	3,905
Jun 15	3,883
May 15	3,869
Apr 15	3,862
Mar 15	3,868
Feb 15	3,863
Jan 15	3,843
Dec 14	3,825
Nov 14	3,764
Oct 14	3,798
Sep 14	3,817
Aug 14	3,835
Jul 14	3,783
Jun 14	3,803
May 14	3,798
Apr 14	3,783
Mar 14	3,726
Feb 14	3,734
Jan 14	3,715
Dec 13	3,707
Nov 13	3,714
Oct 13	3,688
Sep 13	3,675
Aug 13	3,625
Jul 13	3,626
Jun 13	3,616
May 13	3,651
Apr 13	3,689
Mar 13	3,681
Feb 13	3,664
Jan 13	3,691
Dec 12	3,724
Nov 12	3,735
Oct 12	3,723
Sep 12	3,712
Aug 12	3,729
Jul 12	3,726
Jun 12	3,715
May 12	3,665
Apr 12	3,640
Mar 12	3,649
Feb 12	3,640
Jan 12	3,615
Dec 11	3,630
Nov 11	3,631
Oct 11	3,622
Sep 11	3,624
Aug 11	3,655
Jul 11	3,677
Jun 11	3,722
May 11	3,726
Apr 11	3,717
Mar 11	3,709
Feb 11	3,727
Jan 11	3,724
Dec 10	3,703
Nov 10	3,677
Oct 10	3,744
Sep 10	3,786
Aug 10	3,768
Jul 10	3,772
Jun 10	3,737
May 10	3,733
Apr 10	3,713
Mar 10	3,690
Feb 10	3,686
Jan 10	3,687
Dec 09	3,711
Nov 09	3,711
Oct 09	3,695
Sep 09	3,726
Aug 09	3,762
Jul 09	3,757
Jun 09	3,811
May 09	3,826
Apr 09	3,860
Mar 09	3,914
Feb 09	3,972
Jan 09	4,030
Dec 08	4,032
Nov 08	4,053
Oct 08	4,064
Sep 08	4,097
Aug 08	4,091
Jul 08	4,123
Jun 08	4,133
May 08	4,176
Apr 08	4,160
Mar 08	4,174
Feb 08	4,187
Jan 08	4,189
Dec 07	4,178
Nov 07	4,172
Oct 07	4,158
Sep 07	4,131
Aug 07	4,116
Jul 07	4,113
Jun 07	4,105
May 07	4,115
Apr 07	4,127
Mar 07	4,136
Feb 07	4,136
Jan 07	4,146
Dec 06	4,165
Nov 06	4,148
Oct 06	4,147
Sep 06	4,147
Aug 06	4,165
Jul 06	4,124
Jun 06	4,124
May 06	4,119
Apr 06	4,133
Mar 06	4,120
Feb 06	4,109
Jan 06	4,067
Dec 05	4,051
Nov 05	4,075
Oct 05	4,093
Sep 05	4,126
Aug 05	4,136
Jul 05	4,156
Jun 05	4,142
May 05	4,129
Apr 05	4,143
Mar 05	4,162
Feb 05	4,176
Jan 05	4,171
Dec 04	4,168
Nov 04	4,159
Oct 04	4,160
Sep 04	4,153
Aug 04	4,153
Jul 04	4,149
Jun 04	4,149
May 04	4,183
Apr 04	4,156
Mar 04	4,166
Feb 04	4,154
Jan 04	4,140
Dec 03	4,119
Nov 03	4,125
Oct 03	4,097
Sep 03	4,073
Aug 03	4,053
Jul 03	4,055
Jun 03	4,043
May 03	4,058
Apr 03	4,050
Mar 03	4,047
Feb 03	4,059
Jan 03	4,072
Dec 02	4,083
Nov 02	4,065
Oct 02	4,072
Sep 02	4,041
Aug 02	4,043
Jul 02	4,030
Jun 02	4,046
May 02	4,053
Apr 02	4,050
Mar 02	4,019
Feb 02	4,023
Jan 02	4,024
Dec 01	4,028
Nov 01	4,027
Oct 01	4,012
Sep 01	3,993
Aug 01	3,998
Jul 01	3,993
Jun 01	3,996
May 01	3,972
Apr 01	3,955
Mar 01	3,942
Feb 01	3,928
Jan 01	3,947
Dec 00	3,903
Nov 00	3,910
Oct 00	3,924
Sep 00	3,945
Aug 00	3,941
Jul 00	3,931
Jun 00	3,921
May 00	3,940
Apr 00	3,934
Mar 00	3,931
Feb 00	3,933
Jan 00	3,938

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Release date

February 2025

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2000 to December 2024

Age group

16-24 years

Supplementary notes

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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