# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Total assets or liabilities (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Total assets or liabilities (ended 2017) () was 2,218,985 £m in 2017, up 4.7% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1962.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 968,752 £m (2008) to 2,218,985 £m (2017), averaging 1,567,308 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RYIR.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-total-assets-or-liabilities-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 2,218,985 £m |
| 2016 | 2,119,834 £m |
| 2015 | 1,850,276 £m |
| 2014 | 1,784,104 £m |
| 2013 | 1,706,682 £m |
| 2012 | 1,603,292 £m |
| 2011 | 1,444,019 £m |
| 2010 | 1,289,071 £m |
| 2009 | 1,124,262 £m |
| 2008 | 968,752 £m |
| 2007 | 1,131,112 £m |
| 2006 | 1,118,254 £m |
| 2005 | 995,100 £m |
| 2004 | 813,889 £m |
| 2003 | 723,288 £m |
| 2002 | 622,917 £m |
| 2001 | 726,212 £m |
| 2000 | 779,692 £m |
| 1999 | 820,947 £m |
| 1998 | 706,627 £m |
| 1997 | 664,991 £m |
| 1996 | 549,230 £m |
| 1995 | 513,012 £m |
| 1994 | 448,319 £m |

## API

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

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