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Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2020

Date published: 11 May 2021

Statistics: Work, pay and benefits,  Labour Force Survey

This report provides the key labour market results from the Labour Force Survey for the year ending 31 December 2020.

19 August 2021: Following the Labour Force Survey reweighting, the headline estimates of unemployment, employment and economic inactivity for 2020 have been revised. A short paper and tables have been added below providing an overview of the impact of the reweighting on annual data for 2020, alongside an updated version of the headline tables attached to the summary report. The paper also provides links to further articles explaining the changes.

23 November 2021: Following the reweighting, the annual tables were published on the 23 November and are available on the Labour Force Survey Annual Tables 2020 page.

Documents

  • Labour Force Survey Annual Summary 2020 Adobe PDF (172 KB)
  • LFS Annual Summary Headline Tables 2020 - reweighted Microsoft Excel (45 KB)
  • LFS Annual Summary Headline Tables 2020 - reweighted OpenDocument spreadsheet (26 KB)
  • Impact of LFS reweighting on annual data: August 2021 Adobe PDF (239 KB)
  • Impact of LFS reweighting tables (annual data): August 2021 Microsoft Excel (47 KB)
  • Impact of LFS reweighting tables (annual data): August 2021 OpenDocument spreadsheet (19 KB)
  • LFS Annual Summary Headline Tables 2020 - original Microsoft Excel (65 KB)
  • LFS Annual Summary Headline Tables 2020 - original OpenDocument spreadsheet (46 KB)

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Last updated: 03 March 2025

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