United Kingdom — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for United Kingdom, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.88%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +286.9% since 1960
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 3.79%, 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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.88%
First (1960)
1.00%
Change
+286.9%
Highest
24.21%
in 1975
Lowest
0.37%
in 2015
Average
5.07%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.10%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.88% |
| 2024 | 3.27% |
| 2023 | 6.79% |
| 2022 | 7.92% |
| 2021 | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 2.29% |
| 2017 | 2.56% |
| 2016 | 1.01% |
| 2015 | 0.37% |
| 2014 | 1.45% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.