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Coffee, tea and cocoa inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
9.2%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
-0.2%
ONS series D7HQ

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for coffee, tea and cocoa (COICOP 01.2.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 9.2% 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 -4.8% in 2000. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 16 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 12 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 143.6 in 2025.

13.3%-4.8% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Coffee, tea and cocoa inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20259.2%143.63.4%+5.8 points
20243.9%131.62.5%+1.4 points
202313.3%126.67.3%+6.0 points
20228.9%111.79.1%-0.2 points
2021-2.0%102.62.6%-4.6 points
2020-1.5%104.70.9%-2.4 points
2019-0.5%106.31.8%-2.3 points
20181.5%106.92.5%-1.0 points
20175.3%105.32.7%+2.6 points
20160.0%100.00.7%-0.7 points
2015-2.0%100.00.0%-2.0 points
2014-1.4%102.11.5%-2.9 points
20130.9%103.52.6%-1.7 points
20123.2%102.62.8%+0.4 points
20119.4%99.44.5%+4.9 points
20106.1%90.83.3%+2.8 points
20099.7%85.62.2%+7.5 points
20085.4%78.13.6%+1.8 points
20073.7%74.12.3%+1.4 points
20065.0%71.52.3%+2.7 points
20050.1%68.12.1%-2.0 points
2004-3.1%68.01.3%-4.4 points
2003-2.4%70.21.4%-3.8 points
20020.8%71.91.3%-0.5 points
2001-0.1%71.41.2%-1.3 points
2000-4.8%71.50.8%-5.6 points
1999-3.1%75.11.3%-4.4 points
19986.5%77.41.6%+4.9 points
19973.5%72.71.8%+1.7 points
1996-0.2%70.32.4%-2.6 points
19958.6%70.52.6%+6.0 points
19947.5%64.92.0%+5.5 points
1993-0.9%60.42.5%-3.4 points
19921.3%60.94.2%-2.9 points
19915.2%60.17.5%-2.3 points
19903.6%57.27.0%-3.4 points
19895.3%55.25.2%+0.1 points

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Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 2026-0.2%
July 20260.4%
June 20261.9%
May 20263.2%
April 20265.1%
March 20267.6%
February 20265.3%
January 20264.9%
December 20259.6%
November 202511.1%
October 202510.1%
September 20259.9%
August 202511.2%
July 202513.1%
June 20258.4%
May 20259.7%
April 20255.9%
March 20255.1%
February 20256.2%
January 20259.7%
December 20243.0%
November 20242.4%
October 20242.9%
September 20245.8%
August 20243.4%

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