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Jobs figures: NI unemployment rate is the lowest in UK

The unemployment rate for February to April was 2.2%, that’s down 0.1% over the year and the lowest of the UK regions, according to official figures.

The latest figures from HMRC show the proportion of people in work was 71.3% which is the highest rate since the pandemic, but still much lower than the UK rate of 74.3%.

The number of people not in work nor looking for a job (for example students, carers, sick), known as the rate of economic inactivity, was 27%.

That’s down 0.1% over the year.

However the rate in Northern Ireland continues to be significantly higher than the UK average (22.3%).

The most common reason for economic inactivity was “long-term sick” with 126,000 “long-term sick” making up 39.7% of the total economically inactive.


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