The UK inflation rate was three percent in January 2026, down from 3.4 percent in the previous month. Between September 2022 and March 2023, the UK experienced seven months of double-digit inflation, which peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022. Due to this long period of high inflation, UK consumer prices have increased by over 20 percent in the last three years. As of the most recent month, prices were rising fastest in the education sector, at 7.6 percent, with prices increasing at the slowest rate in the clothing and footwear sector. The Cost of Living Crisis High inflation is one of the main factors behind the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, which, despite subsiding somewhat in 2024, is still impacting households as of late 2025. In February 2026, for example, 59 percent of UK households reported their cost of living was increasing compared with the previous month, up from 45 percent in July 2024, but still far lower than at the height of the crisis in 2022. Along with soaring food costs, high-energy bills have hit UK households hard, especially lower income ones that spend more of their earnings on housing costs. As a result of these factors, UK households experienced their biggest fall in living standards in decades in 2022/23. Global inflation crisis caused a rapid surge in prices The UK's high inflation and cost of living crisis in 2022 had their origins in the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial waves of the virus, global supply chains struggled to meet the renewed demand for goods and services. Food and energy prices, which were already high, increased further in 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought an end to the era of cheap gas flowing to European markets from Russia. The war also disrupted global food markets, as both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of cereal crops. As a result of these factors, inflation surged across Europe and in other parts of the world but typically declined in 2023 and approached more usual levels by 2024.

Inflation Rate in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 3 percent in February. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Measures of monthly UK inflation data including CPIH, CPI and RPI. These tables complement the consumer price inflation time series dataset.

Comprehensive database of time series covering measures of inflation data for the UK including CPIH, CPI and RPI.

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Core consumer prices in the United Kingdom increased 3.20 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Core Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2026, the average annual inflation rate for the United Kingdom is expected to be 2.3 percent, with the average rate for 2027 predicted to fall to two percent. Inflation in the UK increased at a faster rate than expected in 2025, with the rate revised upwards from earlier predictions at the start of that year. Like many countries, the UK has only recently recovered from a period of elevated inflation, which saw the CPI rate reach 9.1 percent in 2022, and 7.3 percent in 2023. Despite the recent uptick in 2025, the inflation rate is expected to fall within the Bank of England's target rate of two percent between 2027 and 2030. UK inflation crisis Between 2021 and 2023, inflation surged in the UK, reaching a 41-year-high of 11.1 percent in October 2022. Although inflation fell to more usual levels by 2024, prices in the UK had already increased by over 20 percent relative to the start of the crisis. The two main drivers of price increases during this time were food and energy inflation, two of the main spending areas of UK households. Although food and energy prices came down quite sharply in 2023, underlying core inflation, which measures prices rises without food and energy, remained slightly above the headline inflation rate throughout 2024, suggesting some aspects of inflation had become embedded in the UK economy. Inflation rises across in the world in 2022 The UK was not alone in suffering from runaway inflation over the last few years. From late 2021 onwards, various factors converged to encourage a global acceleration of prices, leading to the ongoing inflation crisis. Blocked-up supply chains were one of the main factors as the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by energy and food inflation skyrocketing after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Central bank interest rates were raised globally in response to the problem, possibly putting an end to the era of cheap money that has defined monetary policy since the financial crash of 2008.

This dataset includes the inflation rate for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the United Kingdom from January 1989 to August 2024 as provided by the Office for National Statistics in the UK

The Consumer Price Index in the United Kingdom increased 0.40 percent in February of 2026 over the previous month. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Inflation Rate MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset provides researchers with access to the detailed underlying data used in the production of consumer prices indices. The figures are provided for research purposes only, are not accredited official statistics, and users should exercise caution when drawing conclusions from their use.

From March 2026, the existing price quote data will be updated to exclude individual price quote information for COICOP Divisions 1 and 2. This change reflects that we are no longer able to release individual price quotes where scanner data have been integrated with locally collected data. There will be no changes to the availability of data in the monthly consumption segment indices dataset.

In addition, new regional consumption segment indices, weights, and counts of manually collected indicator marker codes (such as sales and recoveries) are being published. Additional outputs are also planned for release from summer 2026 and further details can be found in the Related links section of this page.

These changes aim to provide data continuity whilst maintaining confidentiality across our microdata release.

This dataset contains all the data tables related to the consumer trends statistical release published in March 2023 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) from Q1 1989 - 2023.

The rate of inflation is the change in prices for goods and services over time. Measures of inflation and prices include consumer price inflation, producer price inflation and the House Price Index.

Throughout these tables, Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (January to March), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (April to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to September), and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (October to December).

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for the United Kingdom (FPCPITOTLZGGBR) from 1960 to 2024 about United Kingdom, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, and price.

Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 3.30 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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Quarterly estimates monitoring the changes in prices charged for services provided to UK-based customers for a range of industries.

This dataset contains detailed consumer price inflation (CPI) values for every month starting January 1988 and until May 2022. The global CPI value is broken down into the main services and products categories, presented in the description and by sub-categories.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Inflation in the United Kingdom (CPIIUKA) from 1210 to 2016 about consumer prices, academic data, United Kingdom, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, and price.

In 2024, the average inflation rate in the United Kingdom stood at 2.53 percent. Between 1980 and 2024, the figure dropped by 14.32 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. The inflation is forecast to decline by 0.53 percentage points from 2024 to 2030, fluctuating as it trends downward.This indicator measures inflation based upon the year-on-year change in the average consumer price index, expressed in percent. The latter expresses a country's average level of prices based on a typical basket of consumer goods and services.