United Kingdom — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for United Kingdom, 1960–2025.
Inflation for United Kingdom was 3.88% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.21% in 1975. The lowest was 0.37% in 2015 (about 10.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.10% per year.
United Kingdom ranks 66 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so United Kingdom sits above it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 84% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 955%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 20 of 49 economies; Georgia (3.87%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 244% in 1961. That is 28% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1961; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 33 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 45th of 63 in 1960 → 25th of 92 in 1970 → 36th of 106 in 1980 → 66th of 131 in 1990 → 131st of 163 in 2000 → 115th of 186 in 2010 → 113th of 178 in 2020 → 57th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.88% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 3.27% | -3.5 pp |
| 2023 | 6.79% | -1.1 pp |
| 2022 | 7.92% | +5.4 pp |
| 2021 | 2.52% | +1.5 pp |
| 2020 | 0.99% | -0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 1.74% | -0.6 pp |
| 2018 | 2.29% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 2.56% | +1.5 pp |
| 2016 | 1.01% | +0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 0.37% | -1.1 pp |
| 2014 | 1.45% | -0.8 pp |
| 2013 | 2.29% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 2.57% | -1.3 pp |
| 2011 | 3.86% | +1.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.49% | +0.5 pp |
| 2009 | 1.96% | -1.6 pp |
| 2008 | 3.52% | +1.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.39% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 2.46% | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 2.09% | +0.7 pp |
| 2004 | 1.39% | +0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 1.38% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 1.52% | -0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 1.53% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 1.18% | -0.6 pp |
| 1999 | 1.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 1.82% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 2.2% | -0.7 pp |
| 1996 | 2.85% | +0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 2.7% | +0.5 pp |
| 1994 | 2.22% | -0.3 pp |
| 1993 | 2.56% | -2.0 pp |
| 1992 | 4.59% | -2.9 pp |
| 1991 | 7.46% | -0.6 pp |
| 1990 | 8.06% | +2.3 pp |
| 1989 | 5.76% | +1.6 pp |
| 1988 | 4.16% | +0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 4.15% | +0.7 pp |
| 1986 | 3.43% | -2.6 pp |
| 1985 | 6.07% | +1.1 pp |
| 1984 | 4.96% | +0.4 pp |
| 1983 | 4.61% | -4.0 pp |
| 1982 | 8.6% | -3.3 pp |
| 1981 | 11.88% | -6.1 pp |
| 1980 | 17.97% | +4.5 pp |
| 1979 | 13.42% | +5.2 pp |
| 1978 | 8.26% | -7.6 pp |
| 1977 | 15.84% | -0.7 pp |
| 1976 | 16.56% | -7.6 pp |
| 1975 | 24.21% | +8.2 pp |
| 1974 | 16.04% | +6.8 pp |
| 1973 | 9.2% | +2.1 pp |
| 1972 | 7.07% | -2.4 pp |
| 1971 | 9.44% | +3.1 pp |
| 1970 | 6.37% | +0.9 pp |
| 1969 | 5.45% | +0.7 pp |
| 1968 | 4.7% | +2.2 pp |
| 1967 | 2.48% | -1.4 pp |
| 1966 | 3.91% | -0.9 pp |
| 1965 | 4.77% | +1.5 pp |
| 1964 | 3.28% | +1.3 pp |
| 1963 | 2.02% | -2.2 pp |
| 1962 | 4.2% | +0.7 pp |
| 1961 | 3.45% | +2.4 pp |
| 1960 | 1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United Kingdom’s Inflation in 1961?
3.45% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is United Kingdom’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +286.9% in total — about 2.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.88%; 2024: 3.27%; 2023: 6.79%; 2022: 7.92%; 2021: 2.52%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.