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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 July 2025

UK Unemployment Rate 17 July 2025: 4.7% for May 2025, above the 4.6% forecast and up from 4.6% in April 2025. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Jul 2025 at 06:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
4.7%
May 2025
Forecast
4.6%
The market consensus
Previous
4.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A higher unemployment rate than forecast can weigh on sterling as markets see a looser labour market and greater scope for BoE cuts.

UK Unemployment Rate 17 July 2025: 4.7% for May 2025 against a 4.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Jul 2025May4.7%4.6%4.6%
10 Jun 2025Apr4.6%4.6%4.5%
13 May 2025Mar4.5%4.5%4.4%
15 Apr 2025Feb4.4%4.4%4.4%
20 Mar 2025Jan4.4%4.4%4.4%
18 Feb 2025Dec4.4%4.5%4.4%
21 Jan 2025Nov4.4%4.3%4.3%
17 Dec 2024Oct4.3%4.3%4.3%
12 Nov 2024Sep4.3%4.1%4%
15 Oct 2024Aug4%4.1%4.1%
10 Sep 2024Jul4.1%4.1%4.2%
13 Aug 2024Jun4.2%4.5%4.4%
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