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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area

Unemployment rate in Berkshire

1999 – 2023 · 25 data points 12 of 22 · 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 2.9% +0.2 pp since 2022
Regions of South East England · 2023 12 of 22 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2013 −1.9 pp
vs South East England ±0.0 pp South East England: 2.9% · 2023
Unemployment rate, 1999 – 2023 percent · Berkshire · South East England · United Kingdom · World
−1.9 pp since 2013
Berkshire South East England United Kingdom World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2023

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Berkshire
2.9%
South East England
2.9%
United Kingdom
3.9%
World
4.8% · 2025

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Berkshire · 1999 – 2023
Latest value 2.9% · 2023
First value 2.6% · 1999
Highest 5.8% · 2010
Lowest 2.2% · 2000
Data points 25

By year

All years · 1999 – 2023

YearBerkshireChange South East EnglandUnited KingdomWorld
2023 2.9% +0.2 pp 2.9% 3.9% 4.8%
2022 2.7% −1.0 pp 3.1% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.7% +0.1 pp 3.8% 4.5% 6.0%
2020 3.6% +0.9 pp 4.0% 4.6% 6.6%
2019 2.7% −0.1 pp 3.0% 3.8% 5.6%
2018 2.8% −0.4 pp 3.4% 4.1% 5.8%
2017 3.2% −0.1 pp 3.2% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.3% −0.5 pp 4.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.8% −0.6 pp 4.2% 5.4% 6.0%
2014 4.4% −0.4 pp 4.8% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.8% −1.0 pp 5.7% 7.6% 6.1%
2012break in series 5.8% +0.6 pp 6.0% 8.0% 6.2%
2011 5.2% −0.6 pp 6.1% 8.1% 6.1%
2010 5.8% +0.4 pp 6.2% 7.9% 6.3%
2009 5.4% +1.4 pp 5.8% 7.6% 6.4%
2008break in series 4.0% +0.1 pp 4.4% 5.7% 5.8%
2007break in series 3.9% ±0.0 pp 4.4% 5.3% 5.8%
2006 3.9% +0.5 pp 4.5% 5.4% 6.0%
2005break in series 3.4% −0.4 pp 3.9% 4.8% 6.2%
2004break in series 3.8% ±0.0 pp 3.7% 4.8% 6.3%
2003 3.8% ±0.0 pp 3.9% 5.0% 6.5%
2002 3.8% +0.9 pp 3.8% 5.2% 6.4%
2001 2.9% +0.7 pp 3.3% 5.1% 6.2%
2000 2.2% −0.4 pp 3.3% 5.5% 6.1%
1999break in series 2.6% 3.9% 6.0% 6.3%

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2023

Ranking · Regions of South East England

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Southampton 5.5%
2 Milton Keynes 4.8%
3 East Kent 4.1%
4 Portsmouth 4.0%
5 West Kent 4.0%
6 South Hampshire 3.8%
7 Kent Thames Gateway 3.7%
8 Kent 3.7%
9 Buckinghamshire 3.6%
10 Isle of Wight 3.4%
11 West Sussex (South West) 3.4%
12 Brighton and Hove 3.4%
13 Mid Kent 3.3%
14 Medway 3.3%
15 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3.3%
16 East Sussex CC 3.0%
17 West Sussex (North East) 2.7%
18 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 2.7%
19 Surrey, East and West Sussex 2.7%
20 Central Hampshire 2.2%
21 West Surrey 2.1%
22 East Surrey 2.1%
23 North Hampshire 2.0%
24 Oxfordshire CC 1.0%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2019

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.