FTSE 100 dividend forecast slips – should you buy UK equities?

Analysts have tempered their dividend expectations slightly and now expect the FTSE 100 to pay out £78.5 billion in 2024 as a whole, according to AJ Bell’s dividend dashboard. At the start of this year, they were forecasting £79.7 billion.

While this figure isn’t too far short of 2018’s all-time high of £85.2 billion, it also means the FTSE 100 will have delivered almost no dividend growth this year compared to 2023.