FOI reference: FOI-2025-3228
You asked
Please can you provide a breakdown of aggregate total wealth by percentiles and components (e.g. net property wealth, pension (private wealth etc.) for the 2020-2022 wealth data?
I am effectively looking for a 2020-2022 data set version of the data set that was issued for FOI-2023-1052 that used the 2013-2018 data set.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We have released adhoc analysis regarding this, named Distribution of aggregate household wealth and wealth components, by percentiles: Wealth in Great Britain, April 2020 to March 2022, which should be sufficient to cover the data you requested. This provides estimates of total household wealth and components of household wealth by percentile. Estimates use Round 8 of the Wealth and Assets Survey covering Great Britain, with our latest data covering the period April 2020 to March 2022.
Please be aware that there has been a change in pension methodology for the Wealth and Assets Survey between the latest Round 8 release and the previous round, which was the basis for the previous percentiles output, FOI-2023-1052, that you referenced in your request. This means that percentile values for pensions wealth and total wealth are not comparable with the previous analysis. More information regarding the methodology change can be found in our Estimating defined benefit pension wealth in Great Britain: December 2024 article.
If you have any further queries about the analysis or the Wealth and Assets Survey, please contact us at wealth.and.assets.survey@ons.gov.uk.