The latest estimates from the Family Resources Survey indicate that 14.6 million people in the UK had a disability in the 2020/21 financial year. This represents 22% of the total population.
The proportion of the population reporting a disability has risen by four percentage points over this period, up from 18%. Most of this increase has been observed over the past decade, with disability prevalence up by three percentage points from 19% in 2010/11 to 22% in 2020/21.
