Great Britain inability to pay an unexpected expense 2024

In September 2024, 27 percent of households in Great Britain reported that they could not afford an unexpected expense of 850 British pounds. Various factors have been driving price rises among British households, with the inflation rate reaching a high of 11.1 percent in October 2022.

Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to September 2024

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Sep 29, 24	27%
Sep 1, 24	29%
Jul 28, 24	25%
Jun 30, 24	27%
Jun 2, 24	26%
May 19, 24	24%
May 6, 24	23%
Apr 21, 24	25%
Apr 7, 24	28%
Mar 24, 24	26%
Mar 10, 24	28%
Feb 25, 24	28%
Feb 11, 24	29%
Jan 28, 24	30%
Jan 14, 24	27%
Jan 1, 24	25%
Dec 10, 23	28%
Nov 26, 23	27%
Nov 12, 23	26%
Oct 29, 23	29%
Oct 15, 23	26%
Oct 1, 23	31%
Sep 17, 23	32%
Sep 3, 23	28%
Aug 28, 23	32%
Aug 20, 23	28%
Aug 6, 23	29%
Jul 23, 23	30%
Jul 9, 23	29%
Jun 25, 23	32%
Jun 11, 23	31%
May 29, 23	31%
May 14, 23	29%
May 1, 23	28%
Apr 16, 23	29%
Apr 2, 23	32%
Mar 19, 23	32%
Mar 9, 23	33%
Feb 19, 23	33%
Feb 5, 23	31%
Jan 22, 23	31%
Jan 8, 23	32%
Dec 18, 22	32%
Dec 4, 22	32%
Nov 20, 22	30%
Nov 6, 22	32%
Oct 23, 22	30%
Oct 9, 22	30%
Sep 25, 22*	32%
Sep 11, 22	32%
Aug 29, 22	33%
Aug 14, 22	29%
July 31, 22	30%
July 17, 22	33%
July 3, 22	29%
June 19, 22	28%
June 5, 22	29%
May 22, 22	33%
May 8, 22	30%
April 24, 22	26%
April 10, 22	25%
Mar 27, 22	29%
Mar 13, 22	29%
Feb 27, 22	28%
Feb 13, 22	31%
Jan 30, 22	28%
Jan 16, 22	28%
Jan 3, 22	24%
Dec 12, 21	26%
Nov 18, 21	26%
Nov 14, 21	27%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

November 3, 2021 to September 29, 2024

Number of respondents

2,000 to 2,500 per wave

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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