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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area

Employment rate in Berkshire

1999 – 2023 · 25 data points 6 of 24 · Regions of South East England Updated 21 Oct 2026
Economy & jobs · Berkshire South East England United Kingdom

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2023

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Latest value · 2023 81.5% +0.9 pp since 2022
Regions of South East England · 2023 6 of 24 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2013 +4.7 pp
vs South East England +3.2 pp South East England: 78.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 1999 – 2023 percent · Berkshire · South East England · United Kingdom
+4.7 pp since 2013
Berkshire South East England United Kingdom

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2023

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Berkshire
81.5%
South East England
78.3% · 2024
United Kingdom
75.2% · 2024

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Berkshire · 1999 – 2023
Latest value 81.5% · 2023
First value 78.9% · 1999
Highest 81.5% · 2023
Lowest 75.3% · 2010
Data points 25

By year

All years · 1999 – 2023

YearBerkshireChange South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
2023 81.5% +0.9 pp 79.3% 75.7%
2022 80.6% +2.4 pp 78.1% 75.5%
2021 78.2% −0.6 pp 77.7% 74.7%
2020 78.8% −2.0 pp 78.2% 75.1%
2019 80.8% +1.1 pp 79.5% 75.6%
2018 79.7% −0.6 pp 78.0% 75.0%
2017 80.3% +1.2 pp 78.8% 74.7%
2016 79.1% ±0.0 pp 77.6% 73.8%
2015 79.1% +2.3 pp 76.8% 73.4%
2014 76.8% ±0.0 pp 75.8% 72.3%
2013 76.8% +0.5 pp 75.4% 71.2%
2012break in series 76.3% +0.8 pp 74.7% 70.5%
2011 75.5% +0.2 pp 74.2% 69.8%
2010 75.3% −0.7 pp 74.6% 70.1%
2009 76.0% −2.0 pp 75.1% 70.6%
2008break in series 78.0% +0.4 pp 76.6% 72.1%
2007break in series 77.6% −1.3 pp 76.7% 72.4%
2006 78.9% +0.7 pp 76.8% 72.4%
2005break in series 78.2% +1.9 pp 77.4% 72.5%
2004break in series 76.3% −2.2 pp 77.2% 72.5%
2003 78.5% −1.1 pp 77.4% 72.8%
2002 79.6% −0.2 pp 78.0% 72.6%
2001 79.8% −0.6 pp 78.3% 72.6%
2000 80.4% +1.5 pp 78.4% 72.5%
1999break in series 78.9% 77.9% 72.0%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2023

Ranking · Regions of South East England

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 West Sussex (North East) 84.2%
2 Milton Keynes 81.9%
3 Buckinghamshire 81.6%
4 Kent Thames Gateway 81.2%
5 Medway 81.2%
6 Oxfordshire CC 80.6%
7 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80.6%
8 North Hampshire 80.4%
9 Mid Kent 79.8%
10 West Surrey 79.3%
11 East Surrey 77.9%
12 Surrey, East and West Sussex 77.8%
13 South Hampshire 77.4%
14 Kent 77.2%
15 Central Hampshire 76.6%
16 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 76.4%
17 Brighton and Hove 76.2%
18 Southampton 76.1%
19 West Sussex (South West) 75.0%
20 Portsmouth 74.1%
21 East Sussex CC 73.9%
22 East Kent 73.9%
23 West Kent 72.5%
24 Isle of Wight 65.1%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2022

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.