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Table 3.1a Percentile points from 1 to 99 for total income before and after tax

This table shows the percentile points of the income distribution, estimated from the Survey of Personal Incomes each year.

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The table only covers individuals who have some liability to Income Tax. The percentile points have been independently calculated on total income before tax and total income after tax.

These statistics are classified as accredited official statistics.

You can find more information about these statistics and collated tables for the latest and previous tax years on the Statistics about personal incomes page.

Supporting documentation on the methodology used to produce these statistics is available in the release for each tax year.

Note: comparisons over time may be affected by changes in methodology. Notably, there was a revision to the grossing factors in the 2018 to 2019 publication, which is discussed in the commentary and supporting documentation for that tax year. Further details, including a summary of significant methodological changes over time, data suitability and coverage, are included in the Background Quality Report.

Updates to this page

Published 1 December 2012
Last updated 12 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Published new tables: ‘Percentile points from 1 to 99 for total income before and after tax: 1992 to 1993 to 2022 to 2023’

  2. The publication has been updated with new information covering tax year 2021 to 2022.

  3. Latest table uploaded: Percentile points from 1 to 99 for total income before and after tax

  4. data for 2019-20 tax year

  5. Data updated to include 2018 to 2019

  6. We have updated and republished the table for the tax year 2017 to 2018 following the identification of an error in the imputation process.

  7. Data updated to include 2017 to 2018

  8. Data updated to include 2016 to 2017

  9. Data updated to include 2015 to 2016

  10. Data updated to include 2014 to 2015

  11. Data updated to include 2013 to 2014

  12. Data updated to include 2012 to 2013

  13. Data updated to include 2011 to 2012

  14. First published.

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