Blood Donation eg

Blood types

You will find out your blood type after your first blood donation. You can register online to give blood

There are eight main blood types but some are rarer than others. The list below shows the percentage of donors with each blood type:

Data accurate at December 2018. Percentage figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

Find out more about your blood type.

O positive is the most common blood type

O negative donors are often called 'universal donors'

A positive is the second most common blood type

A negative is the universal platelet type

Only 8% of donors are B positive but there is always a need for it

Just 2% of donors are B negative, making one of the rarest blood types

Around 2% of donors have AB positive blood

AB negative is the rarest of the 8 main blood types

What makes a blood type rare?