Household Saving Rate in the United Kingdom increased to 10.70 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 10.50 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Households Saving Ratio - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The savings rate of households in the United Kingdom (UK) fell in the first quarter of 2025. That came after a period of rising household savings that peaked in the second quarter of 2020, when they amounted to 27.5 percent of their disposable income.

In 2025, households from the United Kingdom (UK) are expected to save over **** percent of their disposable incomes. This savings rate fluctuated significantly since 2007, with the lowest figures recorded in 2018 at **** percent. In 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and resulting lockdowns, savings rates spiked across the world. In the UK, savings rate reached roughly ** percent that year, more than ***** times higher than in the previous year.

The savings of households in the United Kingdom as a share of their income has been increasing between 2022 and 2024. In the third quarter of 2024, UK households saved, on average, **** percent of their income. That was, nevertheless, much lower than the savings ratio reached as of the second quarter of 2020, when it peaked at **** percent. The highest value recorded throughout the period.

This dataset provides values for PERSONAL SAVINGS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

In 2024, adults living in a household of two to four people in the United Kingdom (UK) were the most likely to own a savings account. 64 percent of adults in two-person households had a short- or long-term savings account, while just 57 percent of adults in a household with 5 people or more had a savings account.

Comparison of first estimates of saving ratio with estimates published a quarter later.

United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio: sa data was reported at 4.400 % in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.900 % for Mar 2018. United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio: sa data is updated quarterly, averaging 9.100 % from Mar 1963 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 222 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.200 % in Jun 1993 and a record low of 3.400 % in Mar 2017. United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.AB051: ESA10: Resources and Uses: Household and Non Profit Institutions Serving Households: Disposable Income.

Over a ******* of households in the United Kingdom (UK) had less than 1,500 British pounds in savings and investments in the financial year of 2023/24. Meanwhile, ** percent of all households had at least 30,000 British pounds saved up. In 2023/24, Northern Ireland was one of the regions in the United Kingdom with the lowest ownership rate of ISAs and other savings accounts.

Key information about UK Gross Savings Rate

• UK Gross Savings Rate was measured at 16.4% in Sep 2024, compared with 16.4% in the previous quarter.
• UK Gross Savings Rate is updated quarterly, with data available from Mar 1955 to Sep 2024, and an average rate of 16.4%.
• The data reached an all-time high of 16.4% in Mar 1973 and a record low of 12.7% in Jun 2009.
• CEIC calculates Gross Domestic Savings Rate from quarterly Gross Domestic Savings and quarterly Nominal GDP. Gross Domestic Savings is calculated as Nominal GDP less Final Consumption Expenditure. Final Consumption Expenditure is calculated as the sum of Household, NPISHs and Government Expenditure. Office for National Statistics provides Final Consumption Expenditure in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.
• In the latest reports, UK GDP expanded 0.2% YoY in Mar 2023.
• UK Nominal GDP reached 786,411.4 USD mn in Mar 2023. Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 6.6% in Dec 2022.
• UK GDP Per Capita reached 45,308.8 USD in Dec 2022.

Impact of Blue Book 2024 changes on the household saving ratio, including real households’ disposable income and households’ gross disposable income.

Annual and quarterly data on the impact of removing "imputed" transactions from real household disposable income and the saving ratio to better represent the economic experience of UK households.

The values of any financial assets held including both formal investments, such as bank or building society current or saving accounts, investment vehicles such as Individual Savings Accounts, endowments, stocks and shares, and informal savings.

In every region of the United Kingdom, at least 87 percent of the households owned current accounts as of the financial year that ended in March 2024. Meanwhile, the ownership rate of Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) was much lower, although it varied significantly within the UK. While 41 percent of households in the South West of England had an ISA, that rate dropped to 17 percent in Northern Ireland.

The value of gross savings in the United Kingdom (UK) fluctuated significantly in the past decade, reaching over 560.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. These figures refer to the total savings in the UK, and therefore it does not just refer to households. In 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak and the measures put in place by government to fight the pandemic, households savings rate in the UK soared.

United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio data was reported at 7.800 % in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.500 % for Mar 2018. United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio data is updated quarterly, averaging 9.200 % from Mar 1963 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 222 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.300 % in Jun 1993 and a record low of 2.400 % in Dec 1968. United Kingdom HN: Households Saving Ratio data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.AB051: ESA10: Resources and Uses: Household and Non Profit Institutions Serving Households: Disposable Income.

Quarterly growth rates for UK households' saving ratio

This article investigates the impact of removing “imputed” components to construct measures of RHDI and the saving ratio to better represent the economic experience of households.