The bar chart illustrates the number of net worth in the UK between 2000 and 2010 according to three different sectors, measured in billions.
Overall, the number of households and the UK total increased significantly, despite experiencing some declines. Meanwhile, the number of government and businesses fluctuated during the period.
Looking closer at the data, the number of households and UK total, the former started at about 4500 billion in 2000 and stayed unchanged from 2000 to 2002 before it rose steadily to just below 7000 billion between 2002 and 2007. Afterwards, it decreased slowly to 6000 billion in 2008 and grew slightly by the final year, reaching 7000 billion in 2010. The latter began at just below 4000 billion in 2000 and grew steadily to 6500 billion from 2000 to 2007. Then, it showed some fluctuated between 2007 and 2010.
Specifically, the number of government stood at just over 0 in 2000 and stayed unchanged in 2007 and dropped slowly to 0 billion by the final year (2010). Businesses, it started at just over -1000 billion in 2000 and showed some fluctuation from 2000 to 2007. Then, it increased to just below 0 and dropped to around -500 billion in 2009 before it grew slowly to -200 billion in 2010.
