# GlobalAPI UK Unemployment Rate

> GlobalAPI UK Unemployment Rate is a paid API for AI agents from globalapi.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns live UK unemployment rate and related economic indicators via pay-per-call x402 micropayment

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalapi.dev/uk/unemployment
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalapi-uk-unemployment-rate-84f84c5e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_V-2PurH7cM79aoqmhjOwQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability globalapi-uk-unemployment-rate-84f84c5e
```

Example prompt: What's the current UK unemployment rate? Pull the latest figure from GlobalAPI's live economic data feed.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need live, machine-ready UK unemployment data on a pay-per-call basis without signing up for a subscription or managing API keys. Ideal for agents, automated workflows, or one-off lookups where a recurring subscription would be wasteful. Prefer this over ONS direct scraping or subscription-based data providers when cost-per-call economics matter.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient USDC — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or malformed query parameters — returns 400 Bad Request
- Data temporarily unavailable from upstream source — returns 503 or similar
- Rate or quota issue on provider side — returns 429 Too Many Requests

## How this service works

GlobalAPI x402 provides machine-ready access to live economic indicators, company registries, and sanctions screening. $0.002–$0.10 USDC per call. No subscriptions. No API keys.

## Output

Returns the current UK unemployment rate as a structured data object, likely including the rate percentage, reference period (e.g. quarter or month), and metadata such as source and timestamp. Delivered as machine-readable JSON after a $0.005 USDC x402 micropayment.

## Example request

```json
{
 "properties": "unemployment_rate,employment_rate,economic_indicators"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalapi-uk-unemployment-rate-84f84c5e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from globalapi.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/globalapi.dev/llms.txt)