Clothing inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
0.6%
0.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for clothing (COICOP 03.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 0.6% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 7.9% in 2022; the lowest is -8.5% in 2009. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 3 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 122.9 in 2025.
Clothing inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6% | 122.9 | 3.4% | -2.8 points |
| 2024 | 3.1% | 122.2 | 2.5% | +0.6 points |
| 2023 | 7.1% | 118.5 | 7.3% | -0.2 points |
| 2022 | 7.9% | 110.7 | 9.1% | -1.2 points |
| 2021 | 0.6% | 102.6 | 2.6% | -2.0 points |
| 2020 | -1.5% | 102.0 | 0.9% | -2.4 points |
| 2019 | -0.4% | 103.6 | 1.8% | -2.2 points |
| 2018 | 0.9% | 104.0 | 2.5% | -1.6 points |
| 2017 | 2.9% | 103.1 | 2.7% | +0.2 points |
| 2016 | 0.2% | 100.2 | 0.7% | -0.5 points |
| 2015 | 0.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +0.5 points |
| 2014 | 0.5% | 99.5 | 1.5% | -1.0 points |
| 2013 | 1.2% | 99.1 | 2.6% | -1.4 points |
| 2012 | 1.0% | 97.9 | 2.8% | -1.8 points |
| 2011 | 3.2% | 96.9 | 4.5% | -1.3 points |
| 2010 | -1.1% | 93.9 | 3.3% | -4.4 points |
| 2009 | -8.5% | 95.0 | 2.2% | -10.7 points |
| 2008 | -7.0% | 103.8 | 3.6% | -10.6 points |
| 2007 | -4.0% | 111.6 | 2.3% | -6.3 points |
| 2006 | -4.0% | 116.3 | 2.3% | -6.3 points |
| 2005 | -5.2% | 121.2 | 2.1% | -7.3 points |
| 2004 | -5.2% | 127.9 | 1.3% | -6.5 points |
| 2003 | -4.1% | 134.8 | 1.4% | -5.5 points |
| 2002 | -7.8% | 140.6 | 1.3% | -9.1 points |
| 2001 | -8.0% | 152.4 | 1.2% | -9.2 points |
| 2000 | -7.8% | 165.8 | 0.8% | -8.6 points |
| 1999 | -5.6% | 179.7 | 1.3% | -6.9 points |
| 1998 | -3.8% | 190.4 | 1.6% | -5.4 points |
| 1997 | -1.9% | 197.8 | 1.8% | -3.7 points |
| 1996 | -3.2% | 201.7 | 2.4% | -5.6 points |
| 1995 | -2.2% | 208.3 | 2.6% | -4.8 points |
| 1994 | -2.0% | 212.9 | 2.0% | -4.0 points |
| 1993 | -2.1% | 217.3 | 2.5% | -4.6 points |
| 1992 | -1.4% | 222.0 | 4.2% | -5.6 points |
| 1991 | 1.1% | 225.0 | 7.5% | -6.4 points |
| 1990 | 3.2% | 222.7 | 7.0% | -3.8 points |
| 1989 | 4.3% | 215.9 | 5.2% | -0.9 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 0.6% |
| July 2026 | 0.9% |
| June 2026 | -0.2% |
| May 2026 | 0.5% |
| April 2026 | 1.1% |
| March 2026 | -0.3% |
| February 2026 | 1.6% |
| January 2026 | 0.3% |
| December 2025 | 0.5% |
| November 2025 | -0.2% |
| October 2025 | 0.8% |
| September 2025 | 1.0% |
| August 2025 | 0.5% |
| July 2025 | 0.7% |
| June 2025 | 0.9% |
| May 2025 | 0.1% |
| April 2025 | 0.0% |
| March 2025 | 1.3% |
| February 2025 | -0.7% |
| January 2025 | 2.1% |
| December 2024 | 1.4% |
| November 2024 | 2.5% |
| October 2024 | 1.4% |
| September 2024 | 1.1% |
| August 2024 | 2.2% |
Inside this group
- Garments inflation: 0.6% 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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