Percentage of individuals in absolute low income in the UK 1994-2023

Published by D. Clark, Sep 16, 2024

The percentage of people defined as having low incomes in the United Kingdom has declined from 40.6 percent in 1994/95 to 17.9 percent in 2022/23, after housing costs are considered, and from 36.7 percent to 14.2 percent in the same time period before housing costs are considered.

Percentage of individuals in absolute low income in United Kingdom from 1994/95 to 2022/23

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Release date

March 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 1994 to March 31, 2023

Supplementary notes

Absolute low income is defined as living in households with income below 60% of the median in 2010/11 and adjusted for inflation.

Data prior to 2002/03 is for Great Britain only
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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