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.

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.

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.

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.

The average interest rate of instant access deposits in the United Kingdom (UK) has started declining since the second half of 2024. That was after the interest rates of those products soared in 2022 and 2023, peaking at **** percent in January 2024. In contrast, the interest rate of instant access deposits dropped to **** percent in April 2021. As of June 2025, the interest rate amounted to **** percent.

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.

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.

The value of gross savings in the United Kingdom (UK) fluctuated significantly in the past decade, reaching over ***** 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.

Provides information on the distributions of savings in Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) by income, age, gender and region Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Individual Savings Accounts

Provides information on savings in adult and junior Individual Savings Accounts - the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs and market values of ISAs. Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Individual Savings Accounts Main Tables 9.4

This statistic presents the average amount saved by Great Britain's adult population monthly, expressed as a percentage of average income during summer and autumn 2014, by age group. During that time the highest share of their income was saved by people over 65 in summer 2014 (making monthly savings over 9 percent of their average income). The lowest share of their income was saved by people aged 45 to 54 in summer 2014(saving 6.37 percent of their average income).