Alcoholic drinks inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.5%
-0.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for alcoholic drinks (COICOP 02.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.5% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.2% in 1991; the lowest is -3.2% in 2016. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 12 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 5 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 123.2 in 2025.
Alcoholic drinks inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5% | 123.2 | 3.4% | +0.1 points |
| 2024 | 4.4% | 119.0 | 2.5% | +1.9 points |
| 2023 | 7.8% | 114.0 | 7.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2022 | 2.5% | 105.8 | 9.1% | -6.6 points |
| 2021 | 1.2% | 103.3 | 2.6% | -1.4 points |
| 2020 | 1.1% | 102.0 | 0.9% | +0.2 points |
| 2019 | 1.0% | 101.0 | 1.8% | -0.8 points |
| 2018 | 0.9% | 100.0 | 2.5% | -1.6 points |
| 2017 | 2.4% | 99.1 | 2.7% | -0.3 points |
| 2016 | -3.2% | 96.8 | 0.7% | -3.9 points |
| 2015 | -2.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -2.5 points |
| 2014 | 0.3% | 102.6 | 1.5% | -1.2 points |
| 2013 | 3.5% | 102.2 | 2.6% | +0.9 points |
| 2012 | 2.8% | 98.8 | 2.8% | – |
| 2011 | 5.8% | 96.1 | 4.5% | +1.3 points |
| 2010 | 3.2% | 90.8 | 3.3% | -0.1 points |
| 2009 | 4.5% | 88.0 | 2.2% | +2.3 points |
| 2008 | 3.2% | 84.2 | 3.6% | -0.4 points |
| 2007 | 1.0% | 81.6 | 2.3% | -1.3 points |
| 2006 | 0.4% | 80.9 | 2.3% | -1.9 points |
| 2005 | -0.8% | 80.6 | 2.1% | -2.9 points |
| 2004 | -0.4% | 81.2 | 1.3% | -1.7 points |
| 2003 | -0.7% | 81.6 | 1.4% | -2.1 points |
| 2002 | 0.1% | 82.1 | 1.3% | -1.2 points |
| 2001 | 0.4% | 82.0 | 1.2% | -0.8 points |
| 2000 | 0.0% | 81.7 | 0.8% | -0.8 points |
| 1999 | 1.0% | 81.7 | 1.3% | -0.3 points |
| 1998 | 2.1% | 80.9 | 1.6% | +0.5 points |
| 1997 | 0.7% | 79.2 | 1.8% | -1.1 points |
| 1996 | 2.2% | 78.7 | 2.4% | -0.2 points |
| 1995 | 2.2% | 76.9 | 2.6% | -0.4 points |
| 1994 | 0.2% | 75.3 | 2.0% | -1.8 points |
| 1993 | 2.7% | 75.1 | 2.5% | +0.2 points |
| 1992 | 5.3% | 73.1 | 4.2% | +1.1 points |
| 1991 | 11.2% | 69.4 | 7.5% | +3.7 points |
| 1990 | 8.1% | 62.4 | 7.0% | +1.1 points |
| 1989 | 3.9% | 57.8 | 5.2% | -1.3 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -0.6% |
| July 2026 | -0.8% |
| June 2026 | -1.6% |
| May 2026 | -0.9% |
| April 2026 | -0.4% |
| March 2026 | 0.4% |
| February 2026 | 0.9% |
| January 2026 | 3.1% |
| December 2025 | 3.9% |
| November 2025 | 3.8% |
| October 2025 | 4.2% |
| September 2025 | 4.0% |
| August 2025 | 4.3% |
| July 2025 | 3.6% |
| June 2025 | 5.0% |
| May 2025 | 3.3% |
| April 2025 | 3.7% |
| March 2025 | 2.5% |
| February 2025 | 2.5% |
| January 2025 | 1.0% |
| December 2024 | 1.8% |
| November 2024 | 1.2% |
| October 2024 | 1.5% |
| September 2024 | 0.6% |
| August 2024 | 2.1% |
Inside this group
- Spirits inflation: 3.9% in 2025
- Wine inflation: 3.0% in 2025
- Beer inflation: 3.9% 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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