UK number of people on Universal Credit by gender 2023

As of November 2023, there were estimated to be approximately 6.27 million people on Universal Credit in Great Britain, of which 3.6 million were women, and 2.65 million were men.

Number of people on universal credit in Great Britain from May 2023 to November 2023, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female	Unknown / missing
Nov 23	2,652,687	3,625,727	78
Oct 23	2,600,554	3,559,846	74
Sep 23	2,581,352	3,514,788	74
Aug 23	2,568,612	3,474,487	76
Jul 23	2,562,386	3,448,827	71
Jun 23	2,547,954	3,417,180	57
May 23	2,536,345	3,393,987	63
Apr 23	2,523,617	3,373,032	58
Mar 23	2,505,566	3,347,562	54
Feb 23	2,499,797	3,336,477	54
Jan 23	2,483,036	3,316,511	57
Dec 22	2,474,882	3,305,158	60
Nov 22	2,468,466	3,288,259	61
Oct 22	2,462,963	3,268,171	63
Sep 22	2,450,200	3,233,975	49
Aug 22	2,448,301	3,212,603	49
Jul 22	2,437,917	3,182,082	44
Jun 22	2,424,283	3,136,449	42
May 22	2,430,143	3,111,640	52
Apr 22	2,444,986	3,101,111	39
Mar 22	2,452,601	3,080,755	61
Feb 22	2,477,877	3,082,817	36
Jan 22	2,489,934	3,073,364	34
Dec 21	2,524,441	3,081,030	39
Nov 21	2,563,400	3,089,490	60
Oct 21	2,600,259	3,096,980	59
Sep 21	2,639,296	3,099,504	96
Aug 21	2,690,027	3,115,952	62
Jul 21	2,728,458	3,113,986	122
Jun 21	2,769,057	3,119,601	96
May 21	2,809,575	3,129,275	68
Apr 21	2,832,312	3,123,386	1,820
Mar 21	2,849,373	3,121,179	1,532
Feb 21	2,843,377	3,102,138	1,995
Jan 21	2,824,448	3,073,890	1,512
Dec 20	2,820,940	3,055,054	1,479
Nov 20	2,783,336	3,004,581	1,400
Oct 20	2,740,472	2,934,174	1,344
Sep 20	2,736,381	2,901,986	1,322
Aug 20	2,714,494	2,855,435	1,309
Jul 20	2,701,138	2,809,478	1,248
Jun 20	2,674,945	2,754,708	1,292
May 20	2,590,677	2,668,054	1,206
Apr 20	1,985,101	2,224,264	1,010
Mar 20	1,315,507	1,696,443	789
Feb 20	1,271,037	1,643,717	759
Jan 20	1,203,468	1,568,898	718
Dec 19	1,185,536	1,544,323	713
Nov 19	1,153,543	1,501,007	673
Oct 19	1,110,970	1,435,353	651
Sep 19	1,077,299	1,376,722	625
Aug 19	1,040,799	1,308,973	601
Jul 19	1,001,780	1,246,717	565
Jun 19	965,166	1,185,300	550
May 19	917,492	1,108,210	545
Apr 19	884,943	1,055,453	505
Mar 19	832,080	983,732	469
Feb 19	786,803	919,332	477
Jan 19	752,551	865,084	411
Dec 18	714,730	820,046	368
Nov 18	648,061	740,817	314
Oct 18	603,717	682,139	269
Sep 18	566,039	626,300	232
Aug 18	526,957	566,364	192
Jul 18	499,278	520,114	164
Jun 18	479,109	482,724	157
May 18	457,168	445,312	138
Apr 18	439,328	417,110	119
Mar 18	417,256	384,274	100
Feb 18	402,991	360,034	89
Jan 18	385,044	332,575	75
Dec 17	375,733	316,390	73
Nov 17	357,574	292,650	64
Oct 17	346,767	276,862	62
Sep 17	339,129	262,851	49
Aug 17	328,506	246,351	44
Jul 17	318,645	232,485	32
Jun 17	308,489	219,087	30
May 17	302,465	211,047	28
Apr 17	299,603	205,189	23
Mar 17	288,531	193,101	23
Feb 17	276,553	182,221	18
Jan 17	265,674	172,112	14
Dec 16	259,655	165,328	9
Nov 16	253,010	158,162	9
Oct 16	246,025	150,555	6
Sep 16	231,470	136,821	5
Aug 16	221,074	126,897	0
Jul 16	208,177	115,810	0
Jun 16	190,208	102,295	0
May 16	177,987	94,348	0
Apr 16	166,418	87,541	0
Mar 16	150,367	78,858	0
Feb 16	135,090	71,374	0
Jan 16	118,494	63,339	0
Dec 15	107,587	58,081	0
Nov 15	95,527	51,752	0
Oct 15	86,352	47,174	0
Sep 15	77,267	41,550	0
Aug 15	69,620	36,495	0
Jul 15	57,242	28,815	0
Jun 15	47,493	22,614	0
May 15	42,263	19,658	0
Apr 15	34,577	15,633	0
Mar 15	30,230	13,239	0
Feb 15	26,459	11,311	0
Jan 15	19,929	8,530	0
Dec 14	17,093	7,541	0
Nov 14	14,385	6,589	0
Oct 14	11,285	5,324	0
Sep 14	9,094	4,225	0
Aug 14	7,251	3,351	0
Jul 14	4,989	2,227	0
Jun 14	4,596	1,955	0
May 14	4,234	1,806	0
Apr 14	3,947	1,692	0
Mar 14	3,832	1,619	0
Feb 14	3,531	1,493	0
Jan 14	2,796	1,214	0
Dec 13	2,477	1,096	0
Nov 13	2,189	1,014	0
Oct 13	1,668	801	0
Sep 13	1,155	598	0
Aug 13	524	289	0
Jul 13	199	97	0
Jun 13	101	41	0
May 13	18	7	0

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Release date

December 2023

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United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

May 2013 to November 2023

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This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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