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Clothing and footwear inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
0.2%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
0.2%
ONS series D7GA

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for clothing and footwear (COICOP 03) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 0.2% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 7.6% in 2022; the lowest is -7.7% in 2009. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 2 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 21 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 119.7 in 2025.

7.6%-7.7% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Clothing and footwear inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20250.2%119.73.4%-3.2 points
20242.6%119.42.5%+0.1 points
20236.8%116.47.3%-0.5 points
20227.6%109.09.1%-1.5 points
20210.3%101.32.6%-2.3 points
2020-1.5%101.00.9%-2.4 points
2019-0.9%102.51.8%-2.7 points
20180.8%103.52.5%-1.7 points
20172.5%102.62.7%-0.2 points
20160.2%100.20.7%-0.5 points
20150.3%100.00.0%+0.3 points
20140.5%99.71.5%-1.0 points
20130.9%99.22.6%-1.7 points
20120.8%98.32.8%-2.0 points
20112.3%97.54.5%-2.2 points
2010-1.0%95.33.3%-4.3 points
2009-7.7%96.32.2%-9.9 points
2008-6.6%104.43.6%-10.2 points
2007-3.7%111.72.3%-6.0 points
2006-4.0%116.02.3%-6.3 points
2005-5.1%120.92.1%-7.2 points
2004-4.8%127.41.3%-6.1 points
2003-3.8%133.81.4%-5.2 points
2002-7.2%139.11.3%-8.5 points
2001-7.5%150.01.2%-8.7 points
2000-7.3%162.10.8%-8.1 points
1999-5.2%174.91.3%-6.5 points
1998-3.9%184.51.6%-5.5 points
1997-2.5%192.01.8%-4.3 points
1996-3.3%196.92.4%-5.7 points
1995-2.0%203.62.6%-4.6 points
1994-1.8%207.72.0%-3.8 points
1993-1.7%211.52.5%-4.2 points
1992-1.3%215.14.2%-5.5 points
19911.7%217.97.5%-5.8 points
19903.7%214.27.0%-3.3 points
19894.4%206.65.2%-0.8 points

ONS series D7GA, index D7BW. About these tables · CSV

Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 20260.2%
July 20260.5%
June 2026-0.5%
May 20260.2%
April 20260.7%
March 2026-0.8%
February 20260.9%
January 20260.0%
December 20250.0%
November 2025-0.6%
October 20250.3%
September 20250.5%
August 20250.2%
July 20250.3%
June 20250.5%
May 2025-0.3%
April 2025-0.4%
March 20251.1%
February 2025-0.6%
January 20251.8%
December 20241.1%
November 20242.0%
October 20241.0%
September 20240.8%
August 20241.6%

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