The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom rose to 4.4% in December 2024, Anadolu Agency reported citing recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This marks an increase from the previous rate of 4.3% reported on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of December, the number of unemployed individuals reached 1.56 million. In contrast, the employment rate showed a slight improvement, reaching 74.9%, while the economic inactivity rate stood at 21.5%. The total number of employed persons in the UK was recorded at 33.85 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ONS highlighted that after a prolonged decline in the unemployment rate since late 2013, the figures began to rise during the pandemic. Following a decrease that brought the rate below pre-coronavirus levels in mid-2022, the unemployment rate has been on an upward trend. It was reported at 3.6% in mid-2022, increased to 3.9% in December 2023, and reached 4.1% at the start of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom rose to 4.4% in December 2024, Anadolu Agency reported citing recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This marks an increase from the previous rate of 4.3% reported on a quarterly basis. As of December, the number of unemployed individuals reached 1.56 million. In contrast, the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":119136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2933],"tags":[12694],"class_list":["post-119122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-united-kingdom","tag-rise-in-unemployment-rate"],"yoast_head":"\n