B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Recent
91%
91% -- passport ownership rate for UK adults (2025)
91% of UK adults hold a passport.
- Ownership drops significantly among younger adults, lower-income households, and recent immigrants.
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
91%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Cabinet Office
Primary
Tier B
https://oneid.uk/news-and-events/age-verification-methods-compared ↗
Source Article
Age Verification Methods Compared: Face Scans, Document Checks, and Bank Verification
There are five main approaches to verifying a person's age online: facial age estimation, document upload, credit bureau database checks, mobile network operator checks, and bank-verified identity.
Each method meets the same regulatory objective, confirming whether a user is above a required age thr…
Original Research
Cabinet Office
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Cabinet Office research
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
UK adults: 91% passport ownership rate. Source: Cabinet Office (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-passport
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-passport" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>91%</strong> -- passport ownership rate for UK adults<br><small>Source: Cabinet Office (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-passport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.