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Bread and cereals inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
3.4%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
1.3%
ONS series D7HH

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for bread and cereals (COICOP 01.1.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.4% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 14.8% in 2023; the lowest is -2.8% in 2015. 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 7 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 141.1 in 2025.

14.8%-2.8% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Bread and cereals inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20253.4%141.13.4%–
20241.9%136.42.5%-0.6 points
202314.8%133.97.3%+7.5 points
202210.4%116.79.1%+1.3 points
20210.9%105.72.6%-1.7 points
20201.4%104.80.9%+0.5 points
20191.3%103.41.8%-0.5 points
20181.1%102.12.5%-1.4 points
20172.6%101.02.7%-0.1 points
2016-1.6%98.40.7%-2.3 points
2015-2.8%100.00.0%-2.8 points
2014-0.6%102.91.5%-2.1 points
20133.9%103.52.6%+1.3 points
20122.2%99.62.8%-0.6 points
20116.4%97.54.5%+1.9 points
20102.1%91.63.3%-1.2 points
20094.7%89.72.2%+2.5 points
200811.6%85.63.6%+8.0 points
20074.3%76.72.3%+2.0 points
20061.9%73.62.3%-0.4 points
20051.3%72.22.1%-0.8 points
20041.8%71.31.3%+0.5 points
20031.1%70.01.4%-0.3 points
20020.9%69.31.3%-0.4 points
20011.0%68.71.2%-0.2 points
2000-0.2%68.00.8%-1.0 points
19990.0%68.11.3%-1.3 points
1998-0.1%68.11.6%-1.7 points
1997-0.3%68.21.8%-2.1 points
19962.2%68.42.4%-0.2 points
19950.7%67.02.6%-1.9 points
1994-0.1%66.52.0%-2.1 points
19933.2%66.62.5%+0.7 points
19923.8%64.64.2%-0.4 points
19917.1%62.27.5%-0.4 points
19907.2%58.17.0%+0.2 points
19896.1%54.25.2%+0.9 points

ONS series D7HH, index D7D5. About these tables · CSV

Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 20261.3%
July 20261.0%
June 20260.6%
May 20260.8%
April 20260.9%
March 20260.6%
February 20261.6%
January 20261.5%
December 20254.0%
November 20252.0%
October 20254.3%
September 20253.1%
August 20253.9%
July 20254.5%
June 20254.4%
May 20253.5%
April 20253.3%
March 20253.0%
February 20252.8%
January 20252.3%
December 20240.5%
November 20241.4%
October 2024-0.4%
September 2024-0.6%
August 2024-0.2%

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