"Figure 6: Over half of individuals received more in benefits than paid in taxes","" "Proportion of individuals receiving more in benefits than paying in taxes, 1977 to financial year ending 2021, UK.","" "","" "Notes","1. Incomes are equivalised using the modified Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) equivalisation scale. 2. Incomes are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner-occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) excluding Council Tax. 3. Estimates up to and including financial year ending (FYE) 2017 are sourced from the Living Costs and Food (LCF) survey. Estimates from FYE 2018 onwards are based on the Household Finances Survey, which the LCF is part of. 4. 2020/21 represents the financial year ending (FYE) 2021, (April to March), and similarly for all other years expressed in this format. Estimates prior to FYE 1995 are measured on a calendar year basis." "Unit","%" "","" "Year","All individuals","Non-retired individuals ","Retired individuals " "1977","37","29.5","92.4" "1978","38.3","30.7","93.5" "1979","39.2","31.3","93.8" "1980","37.7","29.9","93" "1981","40.3","32.6","92.1" "1982","40.3","32.5","93.2" "1983","41.7","33.8","90.8" "1984","41.6","33.8","89.9" "1985","41.3","33.1","89.1" "1986","42.1","34","89" "1987","41.9","33.7","86.6" "1988","39.4","30.8","86.8" "1989","39.5","30.9","85.6" "1990","39.3","30.6","85.9" "1991","40.9","32","85.6" "1992","44.8","36.7","86.4" "1993","46.9","39","86.6" "1994/95","45.4","37.1","87.5" "1995/96","44.9","37.1","85.4" "1996/97","43.1","34.6","86.8" "1997/98","41.6","33.4","84.4" "1998/99","41","32","85.8" "1999/00","41","32.3","85.1" "2000/01","40.3","31.7","84.6" "2001/02","42.7","34.1","86.4" "2002/03","44.1","35.5","87" "2003/04","44.8","36.3","87" "2004/05","45.2","36.4","88.2" "2005/06","46.5","38.4","84.9" "2006/07","45.2","36.9","86.1" "2007/08","45.7","37.4","87.1" "2008/09","48.8","41","88.5" "2009/10","52.5","44.7","90.2" "2010/11","52.5","45","88.2" "2011/12","50.4","42.8","87" "2012/13","51.2","43.5","87.6" "2013/14","49.9","42.3","87.8" "2014/15","49.1","41.4","86" "2015/16","49.7","42.3","85.8" "2016/17","49.2","41.5","84.5" "2017/18","49.3","41","87.6" "2018/19","50.5","42.6","86.6" "2019/20","47.5","39.1","87.7" "2020/21","54.2","47.2","87.6"