Employment

Published 28 November 2023

Last updated 8 December 2023 - see all updates

Contents

1. Main facts and figures

• 76% of working age people (16 to 64 year olds) in England, Scotland and Wales were employed in 2022

• 77% of white people were employed, compared with 69% of people from all other ethnic groups combined

• 82% of people from the ‘white other’ ethnic group were employed – the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups

• 61% of people from the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group were employed – the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups

• from 2004 to 2022, the biggest increases in employment rates were in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group (from 44% to 61%), and the ‘other’ ethnic group (from 55% to 68%)

• the difference in the employment rate between white people and people from ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities) was biggest among 16 to 24 year olds – 58% of white people and 39% for people from ethnic minorities were employed

• the highest overall employment rates were in the South East, South West, and the East of England (all 78%) – the lowest were in the North East (71%)

Further research:

Persistent ethnic inequalities in the labour market can play a major part in the high poverty rates among minority ethnic minority groups. However, the gap in employment between white people and the Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi ethnic groups has gone down over the past 20 years. The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities shows that the employment rate for the Bangladeshi ethnic group went up by 20.6 percentage points from 2001 to 2019, while the rate for the white people went up by 4 percentage points in the same period. The report cites cultural religious reasons for the differences between men and women in employment rates in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group – 75% for men compared, with 46% for women in 2022. In addition, the differences between the 16 to 24 and 24 to 49 age groups in the Indian ethnic group are likely to be because young Indian people are the most likely to go on to further education.

The report recommends that employers move away from funding unconscious bias training, ensure wider exposure of ethnic minority individuals to their peers, manager and other decision makers, and provide training and routine skill support for all employees in their professional and personal lives.

The Commission also calls on the government to work with a panel of academics and practitioners to develop resources and evidence-based approaches of what works to advance fairness in the workplace.

2. Things you need to know

What the data measures

The data measures the number and percentage of people in England, Scotland and Wales who are employed.

Percentages are worked out using the total working age population (people aged 16 to 64 years).

Someone is classed as employed if they:

• are in paid work, as an employee or self-employed
• have a job that they are temporarily away from, for example on holiday
• are on a government-supported training or employment programme
• are doing unpaid family work, for example working in a family business

Percentages are rounded to whole numbers. Population numbers are rounded to the nearest 100 people, but employment rates have been calculated using unrounded data.

Not included in the data

The data does not include estimates based on fewer than:

• 30 survey respondents for data covering all ethnic groups together
• 100 survey respondents for data broken down by ethnicity

This is to protect people’s confidentiality and because the numbers involved are too small to make reliable generalisations.

The ethnic groups used in the data

The data uses the ethnic categories from the 2011 Census.

Data is aggregated for the black, mixed and ‘other’ ethnic groups, which means estimates are shown for these groups as a whole.

Data is shown separately for white British people and all other white people (the ‘white other’ ethnic group). Separate figures are also shown for 3 different Asian ethnic groups (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi combined, and ‘Asian other’)

People whose ethnicity is not known are included as separate rows in the data.

Methodology

Read the detailed methodology document for this data.

The Annual Population Survey updated its ethnicity questions in 2011. Estimates from before and after 2011 may not be consistent, and data for individual ethnic groups in 2011 is not available.

Local authority names and boundaries change over time. The data for local authorities does not use the most recent local authority boundaries for England, Scotland and Wales.

There are separate employment figures in the ethnicity pay gap data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in November 2023. The rates by ethnicity may be different to those shown on this page, because:

• the ONS data excludes extreme values that differ from most other data points in a dataset (‘outliers’)
• the datasets use different weighting rules

The figures on this page are based on survey data. Find out more about:

• interpreting survey data, including how reliability is affected by the number of people surveyed
• ​how weighting is used​ to make survey data more representative of the whole group being studied

In the data file

See Download the data for:

• ​estimates by region, age group and sex over time for detailed ethnic groups
• estimates by local authorities over time for detailed ethnic groups
• data for each 3-month period for the white group and other ethnic groups combined since 2001
• confidence intervals for each ethnic group – read how we use confidence intervals to demonstrate the reliability of survey estimates
• sample sizes
• estimates rounded to 1 decimal place

3. By ethnicity

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage and number of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity

Ethnicity	%	Number of people employed
All	76	30,498,400
Asian	70	2,394,200
Indian	77	998,100
Pakistani, Bangladeshi	61	719,900
Asian other	71	676,200
Black	69	1,073,600
Mixed	69	484,700
White	77	25,908,400
White British	76	23,345,900
White other	82	2,562,500
Other	68	617,500

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity Summary

The data shows that:

• 76% of people aged 16 to 64 in England, Scotland and Wales were employed in 2022

• 82% of people from the ‘white other’ ethnic group were employed – the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups

• 61% of people from the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group were employed – the lowest percentage

4. By ethnicity over time (white and other ethnic groups)

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2004 to 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage and number of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity (white and other ethnic groups) over time

	All		White		Other ethnic groups		Unknown
Year	All %	All Number of people employed	White %	White Number of people employed	Other ethnic groups %	Other ethnic groups Number of people employed	Unknown %	Unknown Number of people employed
2004	73	27,057,900	74	25,022,700	58	2,011,900	66	23,300
2005	73	27,365,300	74	25,180,000	59	2,163,400	65	21,900
2006	73	27,592,800	74	25,245,300	59	2,329,900	61	17,600
2007	73	27,850,200	74	25,347,400	60	2,486,900	56	15,900
2008	72	27,957,200	74	25,329,800	60	2,611,100	62	16,300
2009	71	27,508,700	72	24,846,400	59	2,640,900	62	21,500
2010	70	27,484,600	72	24,703,600	59	2,755,200	66	25,800
2011	70	27,546,800
2012	71	27,759,100	72	24,749,700	59	2,993,800	53	15,700
2013	71	28,069,200	73	24,996,900	59	3,055,700	58	16,600
2014	72	28,585,700	74	25,277,300	61	3,259,400	67	49,000
2015	74	29,208,300	75	25,718,900	63	3,453,800	63	35,600
2016	74	29,506,000	76	25,830,800	64	3,651,900	64	23,400
2017	75	29,946,000	77	26,214,500	65	3,712,500	57	19,000
2018	75	30,116,600	77	26,212,300	65	3,879,600	66	24,800
2019	76	30,427,000	78	26,395,600	66	4,015,700
2020	75	30,247,200	77	26,241,100	67	3,982,000
2021	75	30,024,000	76	25,920,200	67	4,081,700
2022	76	30,498,400	77	25,908,400	69	4,570,100

Data not collected Data withheld because a small sample size makes it unreliable

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity over time (white and other ethnic groups) Summary

The data shows that:

• 77% of white people were employed in 2022, compared with 69% of people from all other ethnic groups combined

• the difference in the employment rates for white people and people from all other ethnic groups combined went down from 16 percentage points in 2004 to 8 percentage points in 2022

• the second quarter of 2022 (April to June) had the highest employment rate (68%) for ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities) – download the data

5. By ethnicity over time

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2004 to 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity over time

	All		Asian		Indian		Pakistani, Bangladeshi		Asian other		Black		Mixed		White		White British		White other		Other		Unknown
time	All %	All Number of people employed	Asian %	Asian Number of people employed	Indian %	Indian Number of people employed	Pakistani, Bangladeshi %	Pakistani, Bangladeshi Number of people employed	Asian other %	Asian other Number of people employed	Black %	Black Number of people employed	Mixed %	Mixed Number of people employed	White %	White Number of people employed	White British %	White British Number of people employed	White other %	White other Number of people employed	Other %	Other Number of people employed	Unknown %	Unknown Number of people employed
2004	73	27,057,900	57	1,095,500	68	531,100	44	316,700	58	247,800	60	493,400	62	168,000	74	25,022,700	74	23,746,800	71	1,275,900	55	254,900	66	23,300
2005	73	27,365,300	57	1,153,300	69	546,700	44	327,400	60	279,200	61	533,700	62	170,000	74	25,180,000	74	23,787,200	73	1,392,800	57	306,300	65	21,900
2006	73	27,592,800	58	1,217,000	69	586,200	45	347,300	60	283,500	62	583,400	65	181,500	74	25,245,300	74	23,608,000	74	1,637,300	55	348,000	61	17,600
2007	73	27,850,200	58	1,295,600	69	604,000	45	366,800	61	324,800	63	614,100	63	192,500	74	25,347,400	74	23,632,100	75	1,715,300	58	384,700	56	15,900
2008	72	27,957,200	59	1,396,800	69	631,900	46	396,300	64	368,600	61	623,400	60	194,200	74	25,329,800	74	23,532,100	75	1,797,700	58	396,800	62	16,300
2009	71	27,508,700	59	1,448,500	68	661,500	47	423,200	63	363,800	58	612,600	60	210,600	72	24,846,400	72	23,035,600	74	1,810,800	56	369,200	62	21,500
2010	70	27,484,600	59	1,495,100	70	689,000	46	436,000	59	370,100	60	654,300	61	217,600	72	24,703,600	72	22,876,300	74	1,827,300	56	388,300	66	25,800
2011	70	27,546,800
2012	71	27,759,100	59	1,666,100	69	733,800	48	503,600	60	428,700	60	691,800	60	247,200	72	24,749,700	72	22,997,200	75	1,752,400	56	388,700	53	15,700
2013	71	28,069,200	59	1,683,400	69	735,200	49	530,900	59	417,300	61	705,500	62	270,500	73	24,996,900	73	23,200,500	76	1,796,400	57	396,200	58	16,600
2014	72	28,585,700	62	1,810,600	71	787,200	52	578,000	62	445,300	62	750,300	63	286,700	74	25,277,300	74	23,297,800	77	1,979,500	57	411,800	67	49,000
2015	74	29,208,300	63	1,860,100	71	798,500	53	589,000	64	472,500	65	860,800	65	298,600	75	25,718,900	75	23,546,300	79	2,172,600	59	434,200	63	35,600
2016	74	29,506,000	63	1,973,300	73	825,100	54	637,000	63	511,200	67	887,500	64	324,700	76	25,830,800	75	23,446,900	80	2,383,900	61	466,300	64	23,400
2017	75	29,946,000	64	2,012,400	74	833,000	55	655,900	64	523,600	67	858,100	67	360,900	77	26,214,500	76	23,697,000	81	2,517,500	62	481,100	57	19,000
2018	75	30,116,600	66	2,084,600	76	856,200	57	715,600	64	512,900	67	940,900	67	365,800	77	26,212,300	76	23,733,100	82	2,479,200	61	488,300	66	24,800
2019	76	30,427,000	65	2,140,000	76	898,900	56	712,400	65	528,700	69	996,900	69	366,600	78	26,395,600	77	23,808,800	83	2,586,800	63	512,200
2020	75	30,247,200	68	2,098,800	77	932,800	57	611,300	68	554,700	67	969,000	69	445,700	77	26,241,100	76	23,727,400	82	2,513,700	66	468,600
2021	75	30,024,000	69	2,170,000	78	943,100	58	645,800	69	581,100	67	969,700	64	446,400	76	25,920,200	76	23,430,600	82	2,489,600	67	495,700
2022	76	30,498,400	70	2,394,200	77	998,100	61	719,900	71	676,200	69	1,073,600	69	484,700	77	25,908,400	76	23,345,900	82	2,562,500	68	617,500

Data not collected Data withheld because a small sample size makes it unreliable

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity over time Summary

The data shows that, between 2004 and 2022:

• the employment rate increased in every ethnic group

• the biggest increase was in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group (from 44% in 2004, to 61% in 2022)

• the smallest increases were in the white ethnic group (from 74% to 77%) and the mixed ethnic group (from 62% to 69%)

6. By ethnicity and gender

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage and number of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity and gender

	All		Men		Women
Ethnicity	All %	All Number of people employed	Men %	Men Number of people employed	Women %	Women Number of people employed
All	76	30,498,400	79	15,856,900	72	14,641,500
Asian	70	2,394,200	79	1,331,000	61	1,063,200
Indian	77	998,100	84	556,200	70	441,900
Pakistani, Bangladeshi	61	719,900	75	452,400	46	267,500
Asian other	71	676,200	75	322,500	68	353,800
Black	69	1,073,600	74	471,600	66	602,000
Mixed	69	484,700	67	221,400	71	263,300
White	77	25,908,400	80	13,474,100	74	12,434,300
White British	76	23,345,900	79	12,232,100	74	11,113,800
White other	82	2,562,500	86	1,242,000	79	1,320,500
Other	68	617,500	75	346,900	60	270,600

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity and gender Summary

The data shows that:

• the employment rate was higher for women (71%) than men (67%) in the mixed ethnic group – in all other ethnic groups, the rate was higher for men than women

• the biggest gap between men and women was in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group, where 75% of men and 46% of women were employed

• the smallest gap was in the mixed ethnic group, where 67% of men and 71% of women were employed

• for both men and women, the highest employment rate was in the ‘white other’ ethnic group – 86% for men and 79% for women

• the lowest employment rate for women was in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group (46%)

• the lowest employment rate for men was in the mixed ethnic group (67%)

7. By ethnicity and age

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage and number of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity and age

	16-24		25-49		50-64		All
Ethnicity	16-24 %	16-24 Number of people employed	25-49 %	25-49 Number of people employed	50-64 %	50-64 Number of people employed	All %	All Number of people employed
All	54	3,567,500	85	17,875,800	71	9,055,100	76	30,498,400
Asian	38	229,500	79	1,746,000	70	418,700	70	2,394,200
Indian	42	76,700	85	747,600	73	173,900	77	998,100
Pakistani, Bangladeshi	35	91,000	71	526,400	60	102,500	61	719,900
Asian other	37	61,800	79	472,100	76	142,400	71	676,200
Black	40	134,700	79	654,900	74	284,000	69	1,073,600
Mixed	49	117,800	82	286,900	74	80,000	69	484,700
White	58	3,034,400	87	14,721,700	71	8,152,300	77	25,908,400
White British	58	2,867,700	87	12,808,900	70	7,669,300	76	23,345,900
White other	50	166,700	89	1,912,800	78	483,000	82	2,562,500
Other	29	46,200	79	457,000	65	114,400	68	617,500

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity and age Summary

The data shows that:

• the employment rate was 54% for all 16 to 24 year olds, 85% for 25 to 49 year olds, and 71% for 50 to 64 year olds

• among 16 to 24 year olds, the employment rate was highest in the white British ethnic group (58%), and lowest in the ‘other’ (29%) and combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi (35%) ethnic groups

• among 25 to 49 year olds, the employment rate was highest in the ‘white other’ ethnic group (89%), and lowest in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi group (71%)

• among 50 to 64 year olds, the employment rate was highest in the ‘white other’ ethnic group (78%), and lowest in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi group (60%)

• the difference in the employment rate between white people and people from ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities) was biggest among 16 to 24 year olds – 58% of white people and 39% of people from ethnic minorities were employed

• there was no difference in the employment rate between white people and people from ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities) among 50 to 64 year olds (71%) – download the data to see these figures in detail

8. By ethnicity over time (16 to 24 year olds only)

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2004 to 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage of 16 to 24 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity over time

	2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
Ethnicity	2004 %	2004 Number of people employed	2005 %	2005 Number of people employed	2006 %	2006 Number of people employed	2007 %	2007 Number of people employed	2008 %	2008 Number of people employed	2009 %	2009 Number of people employed	2010 %	2010 Number of people employed	2011 %	2011 Number of people employed	2012 %	2012 Number of people employed	2013 %	2013 Number of people employed	2014 %	2014 Number of people employed	2015 %	2015 Number of people employed	2016 %	2016 Number of people employed	2017 %	2017 Number of people employed	2018 %	2018 Number of people employed	2019 %	2019 Number of people employed	2020 %	2020 Number of people employed	2021 %	2021 Number of people employed	2022 %	2022 Number of people employed
All	60	3,934,400	59	3,944,900	58	3,937,800	57	3,974,300	56	3,929,200	53	3,689,900	50	3,558,700	49	3,535,500	50	3,537,700	50	3,532,600	51	3,589,700	54	3,788,300	54	3,734,200	54	3,726,200	54	3,656,100	54	3,630,900	52	3,477,200	52	3,394,600	54	3,567,500
Asian	37	178,600	36	181,100	39	190,400	35	174,500	37	192,200	33	170,500	30	169,400			31	184,700	28	164,900	30	175,400	33	191,900	31	186,700	34	217,200	37	231,700	34	222,600	33	184,900	37	217,400	38	229,500
Indian	44	73,000	42	67,400	47	75,800	45	73,400	42	74,300	37	60,900	38	65,100			41	73,600	33	54,600	34	58,200	35	59,800	35	54,900	43	74,100	43	67,200	38	65,400	37	60,200	37	57,600	42	76,700
Pakistani, Bangladeshi	33	70,500	35	80,200	36	82,700	30	66,600	34	75,900	32	75,700	30	72,600			30	74,700	28	72,800	32	79,700	35	91,200	32	84,300	32	92,600	37	116,600	34	108,300	29	70,400	37	102,400	35	91,000
Asian other	34	35,000	32	33,600	32	31,900	31	34,600	33	42,000	28	33,800	22	31,600			23	36,400	24	37,500	24	37,600	27	40,900	27	47,600	29	50,500	29	47,900	31	48,900	36	54,400	37	57,400	37	61,800
Black	36	63,300	35	64,200	38	75,200	38	74,400	31	68,300	28	61,800	27	62,100			27	62,400	27	67,600	31	82,200	32	92,100	37	104,100	34	86,400	33	96,200	37	108,000	32	87,100	31	89,000	40	134,700
Mixed	49	54,200	46	50,500	49	52,300	49	54,300	44	56,400	41	54,700	36	44,300			41	63,700	43	71,900	43	75,300	42	71,400	39	66,800	47	87,300	46	84,600	46	75,500	45	92,600	36	89,000	49	117,800
White	63	3,603,200	62	3,609,200	61	3,576,100	61	3,619,200	60	3,555,000	56	3,361,100	54	3,243,000			53	3,193,600	54	3,195,300	55	3,217,100	58	3,386,400	58	3,331,700	58	3,294,300	58	3,195,100	58	3,180,900	56	3,072,300	55	2,959,900	58	3,034,400
White British	63	3,453,900	62	3,423,300	61	3,336,200	61	3,386,100	59	3,303,600	56	3,138,700	54	3,045,800			53	3,045,500	54	3,041,400	55	3,050,000	58	3,196,900	58	3,121,500	59	3,065,300	58	2,998,500	58	2,956,700	56	2,919,900	56	2,826,700	58	2,867,700
White other	56	149,300	62	185,900	65	239,900	61	233,100	63	251,400	57	222,400	55	197,200			48	148,100	51	153,900	49	167,100	55	189,400	56	210,100	55	229,100	53	196,600	59	224,200	49	152,300	44	133,200	50	166,700
Other	36	31,900	36	37,300	34	42,100	37	49,200	37	54,800	30	38,700	29	36,400			26	31,800	25	29,900	26	34,200	34	41,000	32	41,900	30	38,800	31	46,100	30	43,300	36	39,200	34	36,600	29	46,200

Data not collected

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity over time (16 to 24 year olds only) Summary

16 to 24 year olds were less likely to be employed than older people. This is partly because people in this age group were more likely to be students and therefore classed as economically inactive.

The data shows that, between 2004 and 2022:

• the employment rate for 16 to 24 year olds went down from 60% to 54%

• the biggest decreases were in the white ‘other’ ethnic group (from 56% to 50%), and the ‘other’ ethnic group (from 36% to 29%) – however, the numbers of people surveyed are too small to make reliable generalisations

9. By ethnicity and area

• Location: England, Wales and Scotland
• Time period: 2022
• Source: Annual Population Survey

Percentage of 16 to 64 year olds who were employed, by ethnicity and area

	All		East Midlands		East of England		London		North East		North West		Scotland		South East		South West		Wales		West Midlands		Yorkshire and The Humber
Ethnicity	All %	All Number of people employed	East Midlands %	East Midlands Number of people employed	East of England %	East of England Number of people employed	London %	London Number of people employed	North East %	North East Number of people employed	North West %	North West Number of people employed	Scotland %	Scotland Number of people employed	South East %	South East Number of people employed	South West %	South West Number of people employed	Wales %	Wales Number of people employed	West Midlands %	West Midlands Number of people employed	Yorkshire and The Humber %	Yorkshire and The Humber Number of people employed
All	76	30,498,400	75	2,221,300	78	2,974,400	76	4,691,200	71	1,148,600	74	3,303,200	74	2,559,900	78	4,376,600	78	2,622,300	73	1,401,000	74	2,680,100	75	2,519,700
Asian	70	2,394,200	68	160,500	72	169,100	71	854,600	65	30,600	64	211,300	68	91,000	78	312,200	71	72,100	74	32,000	67	315,500	63	145,300
Indian	77	998,100	72	106,500	83	73,300	79	356,700			74	70,000			80	138,700	81	29,300			76	143,500
Pakistani, Bangladeshi	61	719,900	62	25,000	59	44,300	63	249,800			55	91,000			75	59,900					58	117,900	61	79,000
Asian other	71	676,200	60	29,000	74	51,500	72	248,200			72	50,400	71	38,300	78	113,600	65	32,700			70	54,100
Black	69	1,073,600	73	64,800	78	93,300	70	524,100			64	72,600			68	81,300					64	113,500	67	52,200
Mixed	69	484,700			76	58,500	71	145,100			60	39,600			75	59,100	81	37,500			56	37,400	63	40,200
White	77	25,908,400	76	1,936,900	79	2,613,200	80	2,885,900	71	1,084,700	75	2,942,300	75	2,395,100	79	3,848,800	79	2,473,000	74	1,336,300	77	2,148,200	76	2,243,900
White British	76	23,345,900	75	1,764,100	78	2,343,800	80	1,994,700	71	1,051,800	75	2,797,000	74	2,186,400	78	3,474,600	78	2,318,400	74	1,291,500	76	2,003,800	76	2,119,900
White other	82	2,562,500	85	172,800	83	269,500	81	891,300	77	32,900	82	145,300	85	208,700	84	374,200	84	154,700	78	44,800	82	144,400	80	124,000
Other	68	617,500					70	273,500			53	37,000			77	72,300					63	63,400

Data withheld because a small sample size makes it unreliable

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Summary of Employment By ethnicity and area Summary

The data shows that:

• the lowest overall employment rate was in the North East (71%)

• the highest overall employment rates were in the South East, South West, and the East of England (all 78%)

• the highest employment rates out of all ethnic groups and regions was for people in the white ‘other’ ethnic group in the East Midlands and Scotland (both 85%)

• the lowest rate was for people in the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group in North West (55%)

10. Data sources

Source

Annual Population Survey

Type of data

Survey data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Office for National Statistics

Note on corrections or updates

Higher-level figures may differ from those published by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics that use the Labour Force Survey.

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

The Annual Population Survey (APS) is the largest ongoing household survey in the UK and covers a range of topics, including:

• personal characteristics
• labour market status
• work characteristics
• education
• health

The purpose of the APS is to provide information on important social and socio-economic variables at local levels, such as labour market estimates.

The published statistics also allow the government to monitor estimates on a range of issues between censuses.

11. Download the data

Employment by region_2022 - Spreadsheet (csv) 4 MB

This file contains the following variables: Measure, Ethnicity, Ethnicity_type, Time, Time_type, geography, geography_type, Age, age_type, sex, value, value_type, confidence_interval, Numerator, Denominator, Sample_size

Employment by local authorities - Spreadsheet (csv) 3 MB

This file contains the following variables: Measure, Ethnicity, Ethnicity_type, Time, Time_type, geography, geography_type, Age, age_type, sex, value, value_type, confidence_interval, Numerator, Denominator, Sample_size

Publication release date: 28 November 2023

Updated: 8 December 2023

full page history

1. 8 December 2023 The label for the charts and table in "By ethnicity over time (white and other ethnic groups)" has been corrected from 'other than white' to 'Other ethnic groups'
2. 28 November 2023 Updated with the latest available data.

From: Office for National Statistics

Previous editions:

1. 3 November 2022
2. 29 January 2021
3. 7 September 2020
4. 14 May 2019
5. 26 January 2018

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