{"metric":"unemployment_rate","title":"Unemployment rate","topic":"work","unit":"percent","measure_type":"percentage","geography":"K02000001","comparison_method":"same_quarter_previous_year","latest":{"period_start":"2026-04-01","period_end":"2026-06-30","period_label":"2026 Q2","value":4.9,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-08-17"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2025 Q2","value":4.7,"vintage":"2026-08-17"},"source":{"publisher":"ONS","publication":"Labour market overview, UK (LMS time series)","landing_url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/latest","sheet":"LMS","table":"MGSX","row":"Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %","column":"2026 Q2","raw_value":"4.9","file_url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/latest","file_sha256":"9995a0293e3629add1cf76516e37f3e60f0be365343415867ab5fa687950e0fc","release_date":"2026-08-17","release_label":"Labour market overview, UK: August 2026"},"definition":"The percentage of the economically active population aged 16 and over who were out of work, had looked for work in the last four weeks and were available to start, seasonally adjusted.\n","does_not_measure":"People who are out of work but not looking for it: they are economically inactive, not unemployed.\n","links":{"page":"/work/unemployment-rate","series":"/api/metrics/unemployment_rate/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/unemployment_rate/vintages"}}