{"metric":"obr_forecast_employment","title":"Employment forecasts","topic":"public-finances","unit":"people","measure_type":"count","geography":"K02000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","latest":{"period_start":"2024-01-01","period_end":"2024-12-31","period_label":"2024","value":33615500,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-03-26"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2023","value":33351000,"vintage":"2026-03-26"},"source":{"publisher":"OBR","publication":"Historical official forecasts database","landing_url":"https://obr.uk/data/","sheet":"Empl","table":"Empl","row":"Outturn data*","column":"2024","raw_value":"33.6155","file_url":"https://obr.uk/data/","file_sha256":"e00b17cb7ec8dfddc4bfd4d212c1e93362147fff81d74a10480e599b26e634db","release_date":"2026-03-26","release_label":"Historical official forecasts database, March 2026"},"definition":"Employment averaged over each calendar year: the outturn as the OBR last knew it, with every official forecast for the same year. The OBR publishes millions; the figure is stored as people.\n","does_not_measure":"The employment rate, hours worked, or employees only.\n","links":{"page":"/public-finances/obr-forecast-employment","series":"/api/metrics/obr_forecast_employment/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/obr_forecast_employment/vintages"}}