Key Economic Statistics, May 2010

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 21 April 2010.

The key points from the latest ONS release are:

The Labour Force Survey estimates for the 3 months to March 2010 show:

• The employment rate of people of working age in Wales was 68.6 per cent, down from 70.3 per cent in the same period a year earlier.  The UK average was 72.0 per cent.
• The ILO unemployment rate in Wales was 9.3 per cent of the economically active, up from 7.7 per cent in the same period a year earlier.  For the UK as a whole it was 8.0 per cent.
• The rate of economic activity amongst people of working age in Wales was 76.0 per cent, down from 76.4 per cent in the same period a year earlier.  The UK average was 78.5 per cent.

The claimant count rate in April 2010 for Wales was 5.3 per cent of the workforce, down 0.2 percentage points on April 2009 (UK rate 4.7 per cent).

The above data can be found on the economic and labour market summary report on the StatsWales website.

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

16 June 2010