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

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.

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

The Consumer Price Index of the United Kingdom was 139.8 in the fourth quarter of 2025, indicating that consumer prices have increased by 39.8 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2015. As of December 2025, the inflation rate for the CPI was 3.4 percent, an uptick from the start of 2025, when prices were rising by three percent. A long period of elevated inflation between 2021 and 2023 peaked in October 2022 and saw prices increase by over 20 percent in just three years. Uptick in inflation in 2025 In early 2025, the UK's main economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, predicted that the annual inflation rate for 2025 would average out at around 3.2 percent. By November, however, the OBR had revised this figure upward, with annual inflation now expected to be 3.5 percent. This uptick in inflation is predicted to have peaked in the third quarter of the year at 3.9 percent, before falling to 2.4 percent by the second quarter of 2026. Although this period of higher inflation is far less severe than in 2022, it will no doubt put further pressure on households already struggling with their cost of living. Cost of living woes continue The share of UK households reporting that their cost of living was increasing has been steadily rising since Summer 2024. At that time, less than half of UK households reported rising costs, down from 91 percent two years earlier. By April 2025, however, 72 percent of households said their costs were rising, the highest figure since 2023. With elevated inflation throughout 2025, the pressure on UK households has unfortunately continued, although a crisis on the scale of 2021-2023 will hopefully be avoided.

In February 2026, the UK inflation rate was three percent, with prices rising fastest in the education sector, which had an inflation rate of 5.1 percent. In this month, prices were rising in all sectors. UK inflation in 2025 After reaching a peak of 11.1 percent in October 2022, the CPI inflation rate in the UK gradually declined over several months, falling to a low of 1.7 percent by August 2024. An uptick in inflation has occurred since that month, however, and by September 2025, inflation was at 3.8 percent, far above the Bank of England's target rate of two percent. Going into 2026, recent forecasts suggest that over the course of the year, inflation will average out at 2.5 percent, with the two percent target not met on an annual basis until at least 2027. Roots of the inflation crisis This long period of high inflation that the UK and much of the world experienced had its roots in the post-pandemic economic recovery of 2021. During that year, as consumer demand returned, global supply chains struggled to return to full capacity, resulting in prices rising. With inflation already elevated going into 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine added even more inflationary pressures to the global economy. European markets which were heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas gradually phased out hydrocarbons from their economies. Food prices were also heavily impacted due to Ukraine's difficulty in exporting its agricultural products.

Consumer Price Index CPI in the United Kingdom increased to 140.10 points in February from 139.50 points in January of 2026. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus 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.

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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.

This spreadsheet contains data tables of historical estimates modelled for the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' Housing costs (CPIH) and CPI over the period 1950 to 1988 (1949 to 1987 for index values) published alongside the Office for National Statistics' article Consumer price inflation, historical estimates, UK 1950 to 1988.

In February 2026, the UK inflation rate for goods was 1.6 percent and 4.3 percent for services. Prices for goods accelerated significantly, sharply between 2021 and 2022, before falling in 2023. By comparison, prices for services grew at a more moderate rate but have not fallen at the same rate. The overall CPI inflation rate for the UK reached a recent high of 11.1 percent in October 2022 and remained in double figures until April 2023, when it fell to 8.7 percent. Sectors driving high inflation In late 2025, education was the sector with the highest inflation rate, with prices increasing by 7.6 percent. During the period of high inflation that eased in 2023, food and energy prices were particular high, with housing and energy inflation far higher than in any other sector, peaking at 26.6 percent towards the end of 2022. High food and energy prices since 2021 have been one of the main causes of the cost of living crisis in the UK, especially for low-income households that spend a higher share of their income on these categories. This is likely one of the factors driving increasing food bank usage in the UK, which saw approximately 3.12 million people use a food bank in 2023/24, compared with 1.9 million just before the COVID-19 pandemic. The global inflation crisis The UK was not alone in suffering rapid price increases since between 2021 and 2023. After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of economic and geopolitical shocks had a dramatic impact on the global economy. A global supply chain crisis failed to meet rising demand in 2021, leading to the beginning of an Inflation Crisis, which was only exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The war directly influenced the prices of food and energy, as both countries were major exporters of important crops. European imports of hydrocarbons from Russia were also steadily reduced throughout 2022 and 2023, resulting in higher energy prices throughout the year.

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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.

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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.