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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in South East England

1995 – 2024 · 30 data points 1 of 12 · Regions of United Kingdom Updated 21 Oct 2026
Economy & jobs · South East England United Kingdom

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1995 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 78.3% −1.0 pp since 2023
Regions of United Kingdom · 2024 1 of 12 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +2.5 pp
vs United Kingdom +3.1 pp United Kingdom: 75.2% · 2024
Employment rate, 1995 – 2024 percent · South East England · United Kingdom
+2.5 pp since 2014
South East England United Kingdom

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1995 – 2024

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

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance South East England · 1995 – 2024
Latest value 78.3% · 2024
First value 74.8% · 1995
Highest 79.5% · 2019
Lowest 74.2% · 2011
Data points 30

By year

All years · 1995 – 2024

YearSouth East EnglandChange United Kingdom
2024 78.3% −1.0 pp 75.2%
2023 79.3% +1.2 pp 75.7%
2022 78.1% +0.4 pp 75.5%
2021 77.7% −0.5 pp 74.7%
2020 78.2% −1.3 pp 75.1%
2019 79.5% +1.5 pp 75.6%
2018 78.0% −0.8 pp 75.0%
2017 78.8% +1.2 pp 74.7%
2016 77.6% +0.8 pp 73.8%
2015 76.8% +1.0 pp 73.4%
2014 75.8% +0.4 pp 72.3%
2013 75.4% +0.7 pp 71.2%
2012 74.7% +0.5 pp 70.5%
2011 74.2% −0.4 pp 69.8%
2010 74.6% −0.5 pp 70.1%
2009 75.1% −1.5 pp 70.6%
2008 76.6% −0.1 pp 72.1%
2007 76.7% −0.1 pp 72.4%
2006 76.8% −0.6 pp 72.4%
2005 77.4% +0.2 pp 72.5%
2004 77.2% −0.2 pp 72.5%
2003 77.4% −0.6 pp 72.8%
2002 78.0% −0.3 pp 72.6%
2001 78.3% −0.1 pp 72.6%
2000 78.4% +0.5 pp 72.5%
1999 77.9% +0.4 pp 72.0%
1998 77.5% +1.0 pp 71.5%
1997 76.5% +0.7 pp 71.0%
1996 75.8% +1.0 pp 70.0%
1995 74.8% 69.6%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1995 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United Kingdom

2021 · 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
5 East Midlands 74.1%
1 East of England 77.9%
4 Greater London 74.9%
12 North East England 70.2%
11 North West England 72.9%
13 Northern Ireland 70.2%
9 Outer London - West and North West 73.2%
8 Scotland 73.2%
2 South East England 77.7%
3 South West England 77.4%
10 Wales 73.0%
7 West Midlands 73.6%
6 Yorkshire and The Humber 73.8%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

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.