Beer inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.9%
0.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for beer (COICOP 02.1.3) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.0% in 2023; the lowest is -4.0% in 2015. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 14 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 10 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 132.9 in 2025.
Beer inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9% | 132.9 | 3.4% | +0.5 points |
| 2024 | 4.3% | 127.9 | 2.5% | +1.8 points |
| 2023 | 11.0% | 122.6 | 7.3% | +3.7 points |
| 2022 | 3.1% | 110.5 | 9.1% | -6.0 points |
| 2021 | 0.1% | 107.2 | 2.6% | -2.5 points |
| 2020 | 0.6% | 107.1 | 0.9% | -0.3 points |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 106.5 | 1.8% | – |
| 2018 | 1.9% | 104.7 | 2.5% | -0.6 points |
| 2017 | 4.7% | 102.8 | 2.7% | +2.0 points |
| 2016 | -1.9% | 98.1 | 0.7% | -2.6 points |
| 2015 | -4.0% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -4.0 points |
| 2014 | -0.8% | 104.2 | 1.5% | -2.3 points |
| 2013 | 0.7% | 105.1 | 2.6% | -1.9 points |
| 2012 | 3.1% | 104.3 | 2.8% | +0.3 points |
| 2011 | 5.5% | 101.2 | 4.5% | +1.0 points |
| 2010 | 0.6% | 95.9 | 3.3% | -2.7 points |
| 2009 | 3.8% | 95.3 | 2.2% | +1.6 points |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 91.9 | 3.6% | -3.2 points |
| 2007 | 0.4% | 91.5 | 2.3% | -1.9 points |
| 2006 | -0.6% | 91.1 | 2.3% | -2.9 points |
| 2005 | -3.7% | 91.7 | 2.1% | -5.8 points |
| 2004 | -3.0% | 95.2 | 1.3% | -4.3 points |
| 2003 | -2.5% | 98.1 | 1.4% | -3.9 points |
| 2002 | -0.7% | 100.6 | 1.3% | -2.0 points |
| 2001 | -0.1% | 101.3 | 1.2% | -1.3 points |
| 2000 | 0.6% | 101.4 | 0.8% | -0.2 points |
| 1999 | 1.9% | 100.8 | 1.3% | +0.6 points |
| 1998 | 2.9% | 99.0 | 1.6% | +1.3 points |
| 1997 | 3.1% | 96.2 | 1.8% | +1.3 points |
| 1996 | 3.2% | 93.3 | 2.4% | +0.8 points |
| 1995 | 2.3% | 90.4 | 2.6% | -0.3 points |
| 1994 | -1.6% | 88.4 | 2.0% | -3.6 points |
| 1993 | 3.1% | 89.8 | 2.5% | +0.6 points |
| 1992 | 4.7% | 87.2 | 4.2% | +0.5 points |
| 1991 | 10.5% | 83.2 | 7.5% | +3.0 points |
| 1990 | 6.4% | 75.3 | 7.0% | -0.6 points |
| 1989 | 4.1% | 70.8 | 5.2% | -1.1 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 0.5% |
| July 2026 | -2.8% |
| June 2026 | -2.2% |
| May 2026 | -0.2% |
| April 2026 | 0.2% |
| March 2026 | 1.4% |
| February 2026 | 1.6% |
| January 2026 | 5.3% |
| December 2025 | 4.3% |
| November 2025 | 4.1% |
| October 2025 | 5.5% |
| September 2025 | 5.5% |
| August 2025 | 4.8% |
| July 2025 | 4.8% |
| June 2025 | 6.3% |
| May 2025 | 3.2% |
| April 2025 | 3.7% |
| March 2025 | 2.0% |
| February 2025 | 2.2% |
| January 2025 | 0.2% |
| December 2024 | 0.7% |
| November 2024 | 0.3% |
| October 2024 | 1.5% |
| September 2024 | 0.1% |
| August 2024 | 1.1% |
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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