Key Economic Statistics, June 2011

The release includes latest information from a range of sources and covers a variety of time periods. This release updates the statistics previously released on 18 May 2011.

The Labour Force Survey estimates for the 3 months to April 2011 show:

• The employment rate for those aged from 16 - 64 in Wales was 68.6 per cent, up 1.5 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.  The UK average was 70.6 per cent, up 0.4 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.
• The unemployment rate in Wales was 7.9 per cent of the economically active, down 0.8 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.  For the UK as a whole it was 7.7 per cent, down 0.3 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.
• The economic inactivity rate for those aged from 16 - 64 in Wales was 25.3 per cent, down 1.0 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.  The UK average was 23.3 per cent, down 0.2 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.
• The claimant count rate in May 2011 for Wales was 5.1 per cent of the workforce, unchanged on May 2010 (UK rate 4.6 per cent, also unchanged over the year).

Further information

StatsWales website

Office for National Statistics website: Labour Market Statistics Regional Monthly Data

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

13 July 2011