# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Market value of pension funds (net assets) (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Market value of pension funds (net assets) (ended 2017) () was 1,808,038 £m in 2017, up 5.5% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1962.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 871,767 £m (2008) to 1,808,038 £m (2017), averaging 1,319,740 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVA.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1962-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (56 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-market-value-of-pension-funds-net-assets-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 1,808,038 £m |
| 2016 | 1,714,330 £m |
| 2015 | 1,476,719 £m |
| 2014 | 1,449,238 £m |
| 2013 | 1,430,647 £m |
| 2012 | 1,360,492 £m |
| 2011 | 1,230,836 £m |
| 2010 | 1,144,102 £m |
| 2009 | 1,006,014 £m |
| 2008 | 871,767 £m |
| 2007 | 1,024,958 £m |
| 2006 | 1,016,879 £m |
| 2005 | 920,177 £m |
| 2004 | 763,308 £m |
| 2003 | 694,090 £m |
| 2002 | 611,238 £m |
| 2001 | 713,933 £m |
| 2000 | 765,887 £m |
| 1999 | 812,228 £m |
| 1998 | 699,191 £m |
| 1997 | 656,874 £m |
| 1996 | 543,879 £m |
| 1995 | 508,581 £m |
| 1994 | 443,467 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVA.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVA.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```