Class 2 National Insurance: every value since 1999
The flat weekly Class 2 National Insurance contribution for self-employed people. Since April 2024 it no longer has to be paid by people with profits above the Small Profits Threshold, but can be paid voluntarily.
HM Revenue and Customs gives 28 values for this rate, from £6.55 in 1999 to 2000 to £3.65 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 27 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 8, went up in 18 and went down in 1. The largest rise from one value to the next was +9.5%, in 2023 to 2024 (from £3.15 to £3.45). The largest fall was -69.5%, in 2000 to 2001, from £6.55 to £2.00. Across the whole series the cash value changed by -44.3%. The value in 2025 to 2026 was +1.4% on the one before; ONS CPI inflation for calendar year 2025 was 3.4%. Ten years before the latest value, in 2016 to 2017, it was £2.80. National Insurance contributions receipts were £200.8 billion in 2025 to 2026, according to HMRC.
Weekly flat rate
| Tax year | Weekly flat rate (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £3.65 | +4.3% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £3.50 | +1.4% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £3.45 | – | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £3.45 | +9.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £3.15 | +3.3% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £3.05 | – | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £3.05 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £3.00 | +1.7% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £2.95 | +3.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £2.85 | +1.8% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £2.80 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £2.80 | +1.8% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £2.75 | +1.9% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £2.70 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| 2012 to 2013 | £2.65 | +6.0% | 2.8% |
| 2011 to 2012 | £2.50 | +4.2% | 4.5% |
| 2010 to 2011 | £2.40 | – | 3.3% |
| 2009 to 2010 | £2.40 | +4.3% | 2.2% |
| 2008 to 2009 | £2.30 | +4.5% | 3.6% |
| 2007 to 2008 | £2.20 | +4.8% | 2.3% |
| 2006 to 2007 | £2.10 | – | 2.3% |
| 2005 to 2006 | £2.10 | +2.4% | 2.1% |
| 2004 to 2005 | £2.05 | +2.5% | 1.3% |
| 2003 to 2004 | £2.00 | – | 1.4% |
| 2002 to 2003 | £2.00 | – | 1.3% |
| 2001 to 2002 | £2.00 | – | 1.2% |
| 2000 to 2001 | £2.00 | -69.5% | 0.8% |
| 1999 to 2000 | £6.55 | 1.3% |
Source: HMRC Table A.4.
CPI: ONS series D7G7, for the calendar year the period starts in. About these tables · CSV
Related pages
- Class 4 National Insurance
- Class 3 voluntary National Insurance
- National Insurance contributions receipts
- Inflation calculator
Sources and receipts
- Table A.4 Main features of National Insurance contributions, HM Revenue and Customs.
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0928355419d32ea47fd79cc7e2774e59b3559f7cbcd0a954d4d7abc573ce744d - Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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