Economic Dashboard
?Unemployment rate (%)
?Unemployment levels (000s)
?Employment rate (%)
?Employment levels (000s)
?GDP gap
(% fall since recession)
(% fall since recession)
?Employment rate gap
(% fall since recession)
(% fall since recession)
?Part-time workers (000s)
?Involuntary part-time workers (000s)
?Temporary workers (000s)
?Involuntary temporary workers (000s)
?Self-employed (000s)
?"Want work" rate (%)
?Economically inactive people (000s)
?Economic inactivity rate (%)
?Youth unemployment level (000s)
?Long-term unemployment level (000s)
?Vacancy ratio
(claimants per job)
(claimants per job)
?Average weekly earnings (£)
?RPI inflation (index)
?CPI inflation (index)
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Unemployment rate
The proportion of economically active adults who are unemployed
Economic indicators for 02/2013
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% |  | Unemployment levels | 2,518,000 | |
| Employment rate | 71.4% |  | Employment levels | 29,708,000 |  |
| GDP gap | -2.7% | | Employment rate gap | -1.6% | |
| Part-time workers | 8,028,000 | | Involuntary part-time workers | 1,408,000 | |
| Temporary workers | 1,617,000 | | Involuntary temporary workers | 651,000 | |
| Self-employed | 4,176,000 | | "Want work" rate | 14% | |
| Economically inactive people | 9,003,000 | | Economic inactivity rate | 22.4% | |
| Youth unemployment level | 958,000,000 | | Long-term unemployment level | 902,000 | |
| Vacancy ratio | 5 | | Average weekly earnings | £463 | |
| RPI inflation | 247 | | CPI inflation | 125.6 | |
