Year, month | Employment million |
Unemployment million |
Labour force total million |
Unemployment- rate1 % |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1: Unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force total. | |||||
2025 | Apr | 41.64 | 1.66 | 43.30 | 3.8 |
Mar | 42.13 | 1.63 | 43.76 | 3.7 | |
Feb | 41.99 | 1.60 | 43.59 | 3.7 | |
Jan | 43.17 | 1.66 | 44.83 | 3.7 | |
2024 | Dec | 42.95 | 1.41 | 44.36 | 3.2 |
Nov | 42.81 | 1.47 | 44.28 | 3.3 | |
Oct | 42.99 | 1.44 | 44.43 | 3.2 | |
Sep | 42.89 | 1.41 | 44.30 | 3.2 | |
Aug | 42.28 | 1.64 | 43.92 | 3.7 | |
Jul | 42.39 | 1.59 | 43.98 | 3.6 | |
Jun | 42.32 | 1.50 | 43.82 | 3.4 | |
May | 42.23 | 1.56 | 43.79 | 3.6 | |
Apr | 42.42 | 1.40 | 43.82 | 3.2 | |
Mar | 42.05 | 1.51 | 43.56 | 3.5 | |
Feb | 42.07 | 1.55 | 43.62 | 3.6 | |
Jan | 42.35 | 1.38 | 43.73 | 3.2 | |
2023 | Dec | 42.53 | 1.31 | 43.84 | 3.0 |
Nov | 42.48 | 1.35 | 43.83 | 3.1 | |
Oct | 42.51 | 1.39 | 43.90 | 3.2 | |
Sep | 42.44 | 1.32 | 43.76 | 3.0 | |
Aug | 42.35 | 1.42 | 43.77 | 3.3 | |
Jul | 42.17 | 1.32 | 43.49 | 3.0 | |
Jun | 42.13 | 1.33 | 43.46 | 3.1 | |
May | 42.40 | 1.25 | 43.65 | 2.9 | |
Apr | 42.20 | 1.36 | 43.56 | 3.1 | |
Mar | 41.79 | 1.31 | 43.10 | 3.0 | |
Feb | 42.21 | 1.37 | 43.58 | 3.2 | |
Jan | 42.07 | 1.37 | 43.44 | 3.1 | |
2022 | Dec | 42.12 | 1.27 | 43.39 | 2.9 |
Nov | 42.33 | 1.30 | 43.63 | 3.0 | |
Oct | 42.17 | 1.34 | 43.51 | 3.1 | |
Sep | 42.02 | 1.35 | 43.37 | 3.1 | |
Aug | 42.04 | 1.38 | 43.42 | 3.2 | |
Jul | 41.67 | 1.46 | 43.13 | 3.4 | |
Jun | 41.67 | 1.35 | 43.02 | 3.1 | |
May | 41.79 | 1.25 | 43.04 | 2.9 | |
Apr | 41.63 | 1.43 | 43.06 | 3.3 | |
Mar | 41.25 | 1.30 | 42.55 | 3.1 | |
Feb | 41.11 | 1.32 | 42.43 | 3.1 | |
Jan | 41.02 | 1.50 | 42.52 | 3.5 | |
2021 | Dec | 41.13 | 1.37 | 42.50 | 3.2 |
Nov | 41.15 | 1.44 | 42.59 | 3.4 | |
Oct | 41.50 | 1.34 | 42.84 | 3.1 | |
Sep | 41.14 | 1.43 | 42.57 | 3.4 | |
Aug | 41.08 | 1.42 | 42.50 | 3.3 | |
Jul | 40.99 | 1.43 | 42.42 | 3.4 | |
Jun | 40.72 | 1.48 | 42.20 | 3.5 | |
May | 40.36 | 1.55 | 41.91 | 3.7 | |
Apr | 40.16 | 1.61 | 41.77 | 3.9 | |
Mar | 40.12 | 1.65 | 41.77 | 4.0 | |
Feb | 39.70 | 1.76 | 41.46 | 4.2 | |
Jan | 40.15 | 1.73 | 41.88 | 4.1 | |
2020 | Dec | 40.27 | 1.46 | 41.73 | 3.5 |
Nov | 40.28 | 1.62 | 41.90 | 3.9 | |
Oct | 40.49 | 1.42 | 41.91 | 3.4 | |
Sep | 40.59 | 1.58 | 42.17 | 3.8 | |
Aug | 40.13 | 1.62 | 41.75 | 3.9 | |
Jul | 39.94 | 1.65 | 41.59 | 4.0 | |
Jun | 40.16 | 1.60 | 41.76 | 3.8 | |
May | 39.95 | 1.49 | 41.44 | 3.6 | |
Apr | 40.03 | 1.41 | 41.44 | 3.4 | |
Mar | 40.25 | 1.52 | 41.77 | 3.6 | |
Feb | 40.41 | 1.46 | 41.87 | 3.5 | |
Jan | 40.36 | 1.30 | 41.66 | 3.1 |
As at 28 May 2025