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The top 1% alone hold 21%. The other nine in ten households share 43% — less than the top tenth holds by itself. It has been this way, or worse, for two centuries.
Source: World Inequality Database · net personal wealth, UK, 2024 · accessed 14 May 2026 · CC-BY 4.0
Source: World Inequality Database (wid.world) (opens in new tab), accessed 2026-05-14
| Year | Top 1% share | Top 10% share |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 68.0% | 94.6% |
| 1850 | 68.7% | 95.0% |
| 1880 | 72.0% | 97.0% |
| 1895 | 72.1% | 98.1% |
| 1896 | 72.9% | 98.1% |
| 1897 | 72.0% | 96.2% |
| 1898 | 72.4% | 97.7% |
| 1899 | 70.9% | 94.8% |
| 1900 | 71.6% | 96.4% |
| 1901 | 70.9% | 92.6% |
| 1902 | 71.8% | 96.5% |
| 1903 | 71.0% | 95.9% |
| 1904 | 71.8% | 97.0% |
| 1905 | 72.5% | 96.4% |
| 1906 | 70.4% | 93.5% |
| 1907 | 69.9% | 92.2% |
| 1908 | 69.6% | 96.0% |
| 1909 | 70.3% | 92.2% |
| 1910 | 68.5% | 94.5% |
| 1911 | 68.9% | 97.1% |
| 1912 | 69.4% | 96.8% |
| 1913 | 67.6% | 97.2% |
| 1914 | 69.8% | 98.8% |
| 1919 | 62.4% | 91.8% |
| 1920 | 59.3% | 94.1% |
| 1921 | 60.8% | 92.0% |
| 1922 | 61.9% | 92.5% |
| 1923 | 59.6% | 91.3% |
| 1924 | 59.7% | 91.8% |
| 1925 | 59.2% | 90.7% |
| 1926 | 58.0% | 92.1% |
| 1927 | 59.8% | 92.4% |
| 1928 | 57.7% | 91.8% |
| 1929 | 58.0% | 92.7% |
| 1930 | 57.6% | 90.5% |
| 1931 | 55.6% | 92.4% |
| 1932 | 55.5% | 90.9% |
| 1933 | 56.5% | 90.8% |
| 1934 | 55.9% | 92.3% |
| 1935 | 56.1% | 92.0% |
| 1936 | 57.0% | 92.8% |
| 1937 | 55.8% | 92.1% |
| 1938 | 55.4% | 90.3% |
| 1939 | 53.6% | 90.8% |
| 1940 | 53.5% | 90.5% |
| 1941 | 52.5% | 89.6% |
| 1946 | 49.7% | 91.6% |
| 1947 | 48.3% | 90.8% |
| 1948 | 47.7% | 91.0% |
| 1949 | 46.8% | 89.8% |
| 1950 | 45.1% | 86.5% |
| 1951 | 44.2% | 85.1% |
| 1952 | 41.3% | 84.6% |
| 1953 | 42.4% | 85.1% |
| 1954 | 45.0% | 85.0% |
| 1955 | 41.0% | 83.0% |
| 1956 | 41.3% | 81.7% |
| 1957 | 39.1% | 79.2% |
| 1958 | 38.0% | 79.1% |
| 1959 | 39.3% | 79.1% |
| 1960 | 38.6% | 78.3% |
| 1961 | 37.6% | 77.1% |
| 1962 | 36.3% | 75.0% |
| 1963 | 36.6% | 76.3% |
| 1964 | 36.2% | 76.9% |
| 1965 | 35.0% | 76.6% |
| 1966 | 33.0% | 74.4% |
| 1967 | 33.8% | 74.9% |
| 1968 | 34.2% | 75.3% |
| 1969 | 31.2% | 72.5% |
| 1970 | 30.7% | 72.1% |
| 1971 | 30.5% | 71.4% |
| 1972 | 31.0% | 72.9% |
| 1973 | 28.3% | 69.3% |
| 1974 | 26.8% | 68.4% |
| 1975 | 25.4% | 66.1% |
| 1976 | 26.0% | 68.2% |
| 1977 | 23.8% | 65.0% |
| 1978 | 24.3% | 66.2% |
| 1979 | 20.8% | 60.4% |
| 1980 | 21.1% | 58.3% |
| 1981 | 20.4% | 60.2% |
| 1982 | 19.9% | 57.7% |
| 1983 | 20.1% | 57.1% |
| 1984 | 17.8% | 52.9% |
| 1985 | 18.6% | 55.2% |
| 1986 | 18.8% | 55.0% |
| 1987 | 19.2% | 56.7% |
| 1988 | 18.0% | 54.6% |
| 1989 | 19.2% | 54.7% |
| 1990 | 18.7% | 51.6% |
| 1991 | 18.3% | 51.6% |
| 1992 | 19.6% | 54.0% |
| 1993 | 20.3% | 55.4% |
| 1994 | 20.2% | 55.7% |
| 1995 | 18.6% | 52.6% |
| 1996 | 19.0% | 54.0% |
| 1997 | 20.8% | 56.5% |
| 1998 | 21.2% | 56.7% |
| 1999 | 20.4% | 54.9% |
| 2000 | 20.4% | 55.8% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | 55.1% |
| 2002 | 20.0% | 55.5% |
| 2003 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| 2004 | 19.3% | 54.0% |
| 2005 | 20.2% | 54.1% |
| 2006 | 20.5% | 54.4% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | 54.4% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | 53.8% |
| 2009 | 20.1% | 54.4% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | 54.6% |
| 2011 | 20.3% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 20.7% | 55.7% |
| 2013 | 22.6% | 56.8% |
| 2014 | 22.6% | 57.8% |
| 2015 | 21.4% | 56.6% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | 57.1% |
| 2017 | 21.2% | 57.6% |
| 2018 | 21.3% | 57.1% |
| 2019 | 21.1% | 57.0% |
| 2020 | 20.9% | 56.8% |
| 2021 | 21.1% | 57.0% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | 57.1% |
| 2023 | 21.3% | 57.1% |
| 2024 | 21.3% | 57.1% |
Top 1%/10% wealth shares in GB
House price to earnings ratio by region
Capital gains by size of gain
Total net wealth by decile
UK productivity vs. real pay, indexed to 100 at 1997
Gross disposable household income per head by region
UK tax revenue composition: work taxes vs wealth taxes
Bank Rate and CPI annual inflation
Child poverty rates by UK region (after housing costs)
Median household wealth by generation at equivalent ages