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Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over

Statistics on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 18 September 2018
• Last updated: 30 September 2025
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  1. 30 September 2025

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2025'.

  2. 26 September 2024

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2024'.

  3. 7 September 2023

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2023'.

  4. 16 August 2023

     Added a note explaining that the next release of annual statistics will include new information about the labour market for older workers. The next release will be published on 7 September 2023.

  5. 8 September 2022

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2022'.

  6. 9 September 2021

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2021'.

  7. 10 September 2020

     Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2020'.

  8. 12 September 2019

     Added latest release of the statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2019'.

  9. 11 October 2018

     Added latest release of these statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: October 2018'.

  10. 18 September 2018

      First published.

These publications show the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.

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Latest release

• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2025
  • 30 September 2025
  • Official Statistics

Previous releases

• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2024
  • 26 September 2024
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2023
  • 24 October 2023
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2022
  • 8 September 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2021
  • 9 September 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2020
  • 19 November 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2019
  • 12 September 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: October 2018
  • 11 October 2018
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2017
  • 7 September 2017
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984 (experimental)
  • 4 January 2017
  • Official Statistics