Change in civil service staff numbers by ethnicity, 2010–24

A line chart from the Institute for Government showing the change in civil service staff numbers by ethnicity category, 2010-24. All minority ethnic categories have increased proportionally in this period, with staff belonging to the 'Mixed' category increasing by 127%. The number of white civil servants is roughly the same in 2024 as in 2010.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of ONS, 'Annual Civil Service Employment Survey', 2010–18 and Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service Statistics', 2018–24.Notes: Unknown includes both 'not declared' and 'not reported'. Until 2021, 'Chinese' was listed as a separate ethnic category. To allow comparison over time, the headcount for the 'Asian' ethnic category combines the figures for both the 'Asian' and 'Chinese' categories between 2010–21.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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