Alcohol and tobacco inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
5.5%
2.7%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for alcohol and tobacco (COICOP 02) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 5.5% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 13.1% in 1991; the lowest is 1.4% in 2016. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 35 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 155.7 in 2025.
Alcohol and tobacco inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5% | 155.7 | 3.4% | +2.1 points |
| 2024 | 7.8% | 147.6 | 2.5% | +5.3 points |
| 2023 | 9.1% | 136.9 | 7.3% | +1.8 points |
| 2022 | 4.6% | 125.5 | 9.1% | -4.5 points |
| 2021 | 2.7% | 119.9 | 2.6% | +0.1 points |
| 2020 | 2.1% | 116.8 | 0.9% | +1.2 points |
| 2019 | 3.5% | 114.4 | 1.8% | +1.7 points |
| 2018 | 4.4% | 110.6 | 2.5% | +1.9 points |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 105.9 | 2.7% | +1.7 points |
| 2016 | 1.4% | 101.4 | 0.7% | +0.7 points |
| 2015 | 2.1% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +2.1 points |
| 2014 | 4.5% | 97.9 | 1.5% | +3.0 points |
| 2013 | 6.2% | 93.7 | 2.6% | +3.6 points |
| 2012 | 6.0% | 88.2 | 2.8% | +3.2 points |
| 2011 | 8.7% | 83.2 | 4.5% | +4.2 points |
| 2010 | 5.5% | 76.5 | 3.3% | +2.2 points |
| 2009 | 4.4% | 72.5 | 2.2% | +2.2 points |
| 2008 | 3.9% | 69.5 | 3.6% | +0.3 points |
| 2007 | 3.5% | 66.9 | 2.3% | +1.2 points |
| 2006 | 2.7% | 64.6 | 2.3% | +0.4 points |
| 2005 | 2.2% | 62.9 | 2.1% | +0.1 points |
| 2004 | 2.0% | 61.5 | 1.3% | +0.7 points |
| 2003 | 1.9% | 60.3 | 1.4% | +0.5 points |
| 2002 | 1.8% | 59.2 | 1.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2001 | 3.3% | 58.1 | 1.2% | +2.1 points |
| 2000 | 4.7% | 56.3 | 0.8% | +3.9 points |
| 1999 | 6.4% | 53.8 | 1.3% | +5.1 points |
| 1998 | 5.4% | 50.5 | 1.6% | +3.8 points |
| 1997 | 4.0% | 47.9 | 1.8% | +2.2 points |
| 1996 | 4.6% | 46.1 | 2.4% | +2.2 points |
| 1995 | 4.8% | 44.0 | 2.6% | +2.2 points |
| 1994 | 4.4% | 42.0 | 2.0% | +2.4 points |
| 1993 | 6.0% | 40.3 | 2.5% | +3.5 points |
| 1992 | 8.7% | 38.0 | 4.2% | +4.5 points |
| 1991 | 13.1% | 35.0 | 7.5% | +5.6 points |
| 1990 | 7.3% | 30.9 | 7.0% | +0.3 points |
| 1989 | 3.4% | 28.8 | 5.2% | -1.8 points |
ONS series D7G9, index D7BV. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2.7% |
| July 2026 | 2.5% |
| June 2026 | 2.1% |
| May 2026 | 2.4% |
| April 2026 | 2.8% |
| March 2026 | 3.3% |
| February 2026 | 3.6% |
| January 2026 | 4.6% |
| December 2025 | 5.2% |
| November 2025 | 4.0% |
| October 2025 | 5.9% |
| September 2025 | 5.8% |
| August 2025 | 5.9% |
| July 2025 | 5.7% |
| June 2025 | 6.4% |
| May 2025 | 5.4% |
| April 2025 | 5.7% |
| March 2025 | 5.3% |
| February 2025 | 5.7% |
| January 2025 | 4.9% |
| December 2024 | 5.3% |
| November 2024 | 6.9% |
| October 2024 | 5.3% |
| September 2024 | 4.9% |
| August 2024 | 5.8% |
Inside this group
- Alcoholic drinks inflation: 3.5% in 2025
- Tobacco inflation: 7.7% in 2025
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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