In February 2023, there were 21.2 million people in the usually resident civilian population who were aged 15 years or over, of whom:
- 13.8 million were employed.
- 1.8 million were not working but wanted to work (potential workers).
- 1.0 million were available to start work immediately (in the week before the survey interview)
- 5.6 million did not want to work or were permanently not able to work (not potential workers).