Cultural services inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
4.4%
4.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for cultural services (COICOP 09.4.2) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.4% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 10.5% in 1991; the lowest is 0.7% in 2000. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 29 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 141.2 in 2025.
Cultural services inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4% | 141.2 | 3.4% | +1.0 points |
| 2024 | 6.8% | 135.2 | 2.5% | +4.3 points |
| 2023 | 3.7% | 126.6 | 7.3% | -3.6 points |
| 2022 | 5.3% | 122.1 | 9.1% | -3.8 points |
| 2021 | 1.7% | 116.0 | 2.6% | -0.9 points |
| 2020 | 1.9% | 114.1 | 0.9% | +1.0 points |
| 2019 | 2.4% | 112.0 | 1.8% | +0.6 points |
| 2018 | 3.7% | 109.3 | 2.5% | +1.2 points |
| 2017 | 1.2% | 105.4 | 2.7% | -1.5 points |
| 2016 | 4.1% | 104.1 | 0.7% | +3.4 points |
| 2015 | 2.7% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +2.7 points |
| 2014 | 3.1% | 97.4 | 1.5% | +1.6 points |
| 2013 | 3.5% | 94.5 | 2.6% | +0.9 points |
| 2012 | 2.9% | 91.3 | 2.8% | +0.1 points |
| 2011 | 4.9% | 88.7 | 4.5% | +0.4 points |
| 2010 | 4.2% | 84.6 | 3.3% | +0.9 points |
| 2009 | 4.1% | 81.2 | 2.2% | +1.9 points |
| 2008 | 2.0% | 78.0 | 3.6% | -1.6 points |
| 2007 | 3.9% | 76.5 | 2.3% | +1.6 points |
| 2006 | 4.4% | 73.6 | 2.3% | +2.1 points |
| 2005 | 3.4% | 70.5 | 2.1% | +1.3 points |
| 2004 | 2.3% | 68.2 | 1.3% | +1.0 points |
| 2003 | 3.5% | 66.7 | 1.4% | +2.1 points |
| 2002 | 7.9% | 64.5 | 1.3% | +6.6 points |
| 2001 | 0.7% | 59.8 | 1.2% | -0.5 points |
| 2000 | 0.7% | 59.3 | 0.8% | -0.1 points |
| 1999 | 2.3% | 58.9 | 1.3% | +1.0 points |
| 1998 | 2.6% | 57.6 | 1.6% | +1.0 points |
| 1997 | 2.1% | 56.1 | 1.8% | +0.3 points |
| 1996 | 1.6% | 54.9 | 2.4% | -0.8 points |
| 1995 | 2.8% | 54.1 | 2.6% | +0.2 points |
| 1994 | 3.8% | 52.6 | 2.0% | +1.8 points |
| 1993 | 3.4% | 50.7 | 2.5% | +0.9 points |
| 1992 | 5.9% | 49.0 | 4.2% | +1.7 points |
| 1991 | 10.5% | 46.3 | 7.5% | +3.0 points |
| 1990 | 7.7% | 41.9 | 7.0% | +0.7 points |
| 1989 | 6.0% | 38.9 | 5.2% | +0.8 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.1% |
| July 2026 | 3.6% |
| June 2026 | 4.1% |
| May 2026 | 4.9% |
| April 2026 | 4.3% |
| March 2026 | 5.9% |
| February 2026 | 5.9% |
| January 2026 | 7.0% |
| December 2025 | 4.5% |
| November 2025 | 3.7% |
| October 2025 | 4.9% |
| September 2025 | 3.2% |
| August 2025 | 5.7% |
| July 2025 | 5.2% |
| June 2025 | 3.1% |
| May 2025 | 2.8% |
| April 2025 | 3.8% |
| March 2025 | 5.2% |
| February 2025 | 4.7% |
| January 2025 | 6.2% |
| December 2024 | 6.1% |
| November 2024 | 7.9% |
| October 2024 | 5.5% |
| September 2024 | 8.0% |
| August 2024 | 7.8% |
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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