Atlas
The atlas of asset classes
Where your money flows when you invest, and what it has done there over the decades.
Lights by mine production per country, U.S. Geological Survey, 2025
Since 2005, £100 became
Amounts in the currency of the region (GBP). The setting at the top applies to the other calculators.
Prices took 52 % of the purchasing power over the same years.
United KingdomWhat 100 became, logarithmic axis
Without Pro: the last 20 years. Further back and free to choose: with Pro.
Your inflation
Five sliders for your month. From the official sub-indices, the Atlas works out how much prices rose for exactly this basket.
For your basket: 3.3 % a year, official total: 3.3 %.
“Everything else” is derived: the official total without the four groups, at the official weights. Your sliders stay in this browser. Nothing is sent.
Single things
Single things are shown here for Germany only.
United KingdomYear by year, from the series
| Asset | Per year, 2005 to 2025 | Per year, last 10 years | Per year, last 20 years | Largest fall from a year-end high | Years back to the old level | Series | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government bonds | 2.8 % | 2.2 % | 2.8 % | no data | 1993 to 2025 | Source | |
| Gold | 12.6 % | 13.1 % | 12.6 % | -27.9 % (2012 to 2015) | 7 | 1971 to 2025 | Source |
| Homes | 3.1 % | 3.9 % | 3.1 % | -13.0 % (2007 to 2009) | 7 | 1969 to 2025 | Source |
| Interest on savings deposits | 1.2 % | 0.8 % | 1.2 % | no data | 1998 to 2025 | Source | |
| Prices | 3.8 % | 4.5 % | 3.8 % | highest year 2022: 11.6 % | 1870 to 2025 | Source |
- Source: Bank of England Statistical Interactive Database. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Quelle: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Data as of 9 November 2026 · Method and sources
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