Unemployment count (model based)

The number of people out of work and looking for work.

Published by	ONS
Series	Model-based estimates of unemployment
How often	Quarterly rolling 12-month windows
Basis	survey
Covers	March 31, 2020 to March 31, 2026 (25 periods)
Geographies	lad
Areas held	350, of which 2 withheld (0.6%)
Licence	OGL-UK-3.0

Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.

2 of 350 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: These figures are missing.

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model-based estimates of unemployment

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Measure	What it counts
Unemployment rate (model based)	people out of work and looking for work, as a share of everyone working or looking