"Figure 8: Percentage of households receiving more in benefits than paid in taxes, financial year ending 1997 to 2016","" "UK","" "","" "Notes","1. Financial year ending 1997 is the earliest year presented in this chart as changes to the underlying source data caused a break in this series at that point. Caution should therefore be taken in making comparisons with earlier years on this measure." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","All households ","Non-retired households","Retired households" "1996/97","46.7","32.0","88.8" "1997/98","45.8","31.8","86.8" "1998/99","44.4","29.1","86.8" "1999/00","44.6","29.8","87.6" "2000/01","43.8","29.0","86.7" "2001/02","45.3","30.1","89.1" "2002/03","47.1","32.1","89.8" "2003/04","47.6","32.6","89.7" "2004/05","47.8","32.1","90.8" "2005/06","48.8","34.1","88.8" "2006/07","47.3","32.5","88.7" "2007/08","48.1","33.1","90.0" "2008/09","50.4","36.1","90.9" "2009/10","53.2","38.9","92.4" "2010/11","53.5","39.7","90.4" "2011/12","51.9","38.0","89.5" " 2012/13","52.2","38.4","89.6" "2013/14","51.5","37.6","89.6" "2014/15","50.8","36.8","88.7" "2015/16","50.5","37.2","88.0"