Books inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
0.3%
1.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for books (COICOP 09.5.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 0.3% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 13.3% in 2023; the lowest is -4.1% in 2012. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 27 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 4 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 148.4 in 2025.
Books inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3% | 148.4 | 3.4% | -3.1 points |
| 2024 | 8.2% | 148.0 | 2.5% | +5.7 points |
| 2023 | 13.3% | 136.8 | 7.3% | +6.0 points |
| 2022 | 5.4% | 120.7 | 9.1% | -3.7 points |
| 2021 | -0.2% | 114.6 | 2.6% | -2.8 points |
| 2020 | -3.2% | 114.8 | 0.9% | -4.1 points |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 118.6 | 1.8% | +1.1 points |
| 2018 | 6.0% | 115.3 | 2.5% | +3.5 points |
| 2017 | 6.5% | 108.7 | 2.7% | +3.8 points |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 102.1 | 0.7% | +1.4 points |
| 2015 | 1.4% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +1.4 points |
| 2014 | 7.4% | 98.6 | 1.5% | +5.9 points |
| 2013 | 2.7% | 91.8 | 2.6% | +0.1 points |
| 2012 | -4.1% | 89.4 | 2.8% | -6.9 points |
| 2011 | 1.9% | 93.2 | 4.5% | -2.6 points |
| 2010 | 3.9% | 91.5 | 3.3% | +0.6 points |
| 2009 | -0.9% | 88.1 | 2.2% | -3.1 points |
| 2008 | 6.7% | 88.9 | 3.6% | +3.1 points |
| 2007 | 2.7% | 83.3 | 2.3% | +0.4 points |
| 2006 | 2.5% | 81.1 | 2.3% | +0.2 points |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 79.1 | 2.1% | -1.2 points |
| 2004 | 1.8% | 78.4 | 1.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2003 | 2.5% | 77.0 | 1.4% | +1.1 points |
| 2002 | 2.5% | 75.1 | 1.3% | +1.2 points |
| 2001 | 2.2% | 73.3 | 1.2% | +1.0 points |
| 2000 | 2.4% | 71.7 | 0.8% | +1.6 points |
| 1999 | 1.9% | 70.0 | 1.3% | +0.6 points |
| 1998 | 4.0% | 68.7 | 1.6% | +2.4 points |
| 1997 | 3.4% | 66.1 | 1.8% | +1.6 points |
| 1996 | 3.0% | 63.9 | 2.4% | +0.6 points |
| 1995 | 2.1% | 62.1 | 2.6% | -0.5 points |
| 1994 | 1.1% | 60.8 | 2.0% | -0.9 points |
| 1993 | 3.6% | 60.1 | 2.5% | +1.1 points |
| 1992 | 6.6% | 58.0 | 4.2% | +2.4 points |
| 1991 | 8.0% | 54.4 | 7.5% | +0.5 points |
| 1990 | 8.4% | 50.4 | 7.0% | +1.4 points |
| 1989 | 7.1% | 46.5 | 5.2% | +1.9 points |
ONS series D7O4, index D7FK. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1.1% |
| July 2026 | -2.7% |
| June 2026 | -0.7% |
| May 2026 | 0.4% |
| April 2026 | -2.3% |
| March 2026 | 0.4% |
| February 2026 | 1.6% |
| January 2026 | 2.3% |
| December 2025 | 0.8% |
| November 2025 | -2.7% |
| October 2025 | -4.8% |
| September 2025 | -1.9% |
| August 2025 | 4.0% |
| July 2025 | 1.4% |
| June 2025 | 1.3% |
| May 2025 | 0.7% |
| April 2025 | -1.7% |
| March 2025 | 0.1% |
| February 2025 | 2.0% |
| January 2025 | 4.5% |
| December 2024 | 4.6% |
| November 2024 | 5.6% |
| October 2024 | 3.2% |
| September 2024 | 4.1% |
| August 2024 | 3.9% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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