United Kingdom Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
5.39% decade average (2000-2009)

United Kingdom's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 4.59% (2004) to 7.68% (2009), averaging 5.39% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 5.56% −0.42pp 77th
2001 4.70% −0.75pp 67th
2002 5.04% −0.06pp 69th
2003 4.81% −0.39pp 62nd
2004 4.59% −0.41pp 56th
2005 4.88% +0.13pp 67th
2006 5.47% +0.65pp 80th
2007 5.40% −0.03pp 87th
2008 5.75% +0.40pp 94th
2009 7.68% +1.96pp 105th