Official Statistics

Workplace pension participation and savings trends: 2009 to 2021

These annual statistics include detailed breakdowns of measures for increasing the number of savers, and increasing the amount of savings.

Documents

Tables: Workplace pension participation and saving trends: 2009 to 2021 (XLS)

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Tables: Workplace pension participation and saving trends: 2009 to 2021 (ODS)

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Details

This is the latest release of statistics on Workplace pension participation and savings trends between 2009 and 2021. This is the ninth edition in the series and provides additional information on the trends after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) period on pension saving and contributions.

After years of growth in participation during the roll-out of automatic enrolment, participation rates have stabilised. Trends in stopping saving and contributions have remained relatively stable after the COVID-19 period.

Full details of the data sources, their key assumptions, limitations and definitions of the statistics are available in the background information and methodology note, published alongside the release.

Read previous statistics on workplace pension participation and saving trends.

Updates to this page

Published 28 June 2022

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