Education inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
7.5%
5.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for education (COICOP 10) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 7.5% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 17.2% in 2013; the lowest is 2.5% in 2020. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 35 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 147.4 in 2025.
Education inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.5% | 147.4 | 3.4% | +4.1 points |
| 2024 | 4.6% | 137.1 | 2.5% | +2.1 points |
| 2023 | 3.6% | 131.0 | 7.3% | -3.7 points |
| 2022 | 4.1% | 126.5 | 9.1% | -5.0 points |
| 2021 | 2.8% | 121.5 | 2.6% | +0.2 points |
| 2020 | 2.5% | 118.2 | 0.9% | +1.6 points |
| 2019 | 3.0% | 115.2 | 1.8% | +1.2 points |
| 2018 | 2.9% | 111.8 | 2.5% | +0.4 points |
| 2017 | 3.8% | 108.7 | 2.7% | +1.1 points |
| 2016 | 4.7% | 104.7 | 0.7% | +4.0 points |
| 2015 | 8.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +8.5 points |
| 2014 | 10.2% | 92.2 | 1.5% | +8.7 points |
| 2013 | 17.2% | 83.6 | 2.6% | +14.6 points |
| 2012 | 8.7% | 71.4 | 2.8% | +5.9 points |
| 2011 | 5.2% | 65.7 | 4.5% | +0.7 points |
| 2010 | 5.3% | 62.4 | 3.3% | +2.0 points |
| 2009 | 7.6% | 59.3 | 2.2% | +5.4 points |
| 2008 | 11.7% | 55.1 | 3.6% | +8.1 points |
| 2007 | 13.7% | 49.3 | 2.3% | +11.4 points |
| 2006 | 7.3% | 43.4 | 2.3% | +5.0 points |
| 2005 | 4.9% | 40.4 | 2.1% | +2.8 points |
| 2004 | 4.8% | 38.5 | 1.3% | +3.5 points |
| 2003 | 7.5% | 36.8 | 1.4% | +6.1 points |
| 2002 | 5.7% | 34.2 | 1.3% | +4.4 points |
| 2001 | 6.0% | 32.4 | 1.2% | +4.8 points |
| 2000 | 5.8% | 30.5 | 0.8% | +5.0 points |
| 1999 | 5.7% | 28.8 | 1.3% | +4.4 points |
| 1998 | 5.7% | 27.3 | 1.6% | +4.1 points |
| 1997 | 5.1% | 25.8 | 1.8% | +3.3 points |
| 1996 | 4.2% | 24.6 | 2.4% | +1.8 points |
| 1995 | 5.1% | 23.6 | 2.6% | +2.5 points |
| 1994 | 8.2% | 22.4 | 2.0% | +6.2 points |
| 1993 | 10.1% | 20.7 | 2.5% | +7.6 points |
| 1992 | 13.3% | 18.8 | 4.2% | +9.1 points |
| 1991 | 12.7% | 16.6 | 7.5% | +5.2 points |
| 1990 | 9.4% | 14.8 | 7.0% | +2.4 points |
| 1989 | 7.0% | 13.5 | 5.2% | +1.8 points |
ONS series D7GH, index D7C5. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 5.1% |
| July 2026 | 5.1% |
| June 2026 | 5.1% |
| May 2026 | 5.1% |
| April 2026 | 5.1% |
| March 2026 | 5.1% |
| February 2026 | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 5.1% |
| December 2025 | 7.6% |
| November 2025 | 7.6% |
| October 2025 | 7.6% |
| September 2025 | 7.2% |
| August 2025 | 7.5% |
| July 2025 | 7.5% |
| June 2025 | 7.5% |
| May 2025 | 7.5% |
| April 2025 | 7.5% |
| March 2025 | 7.5% |
| February 2025 | 7.5% |
| January 2025 | 7.5% |
| December 2024 | 5.0% |
| November 2024 | 5.0% |
| October 2024 | 5.0% |
| September 2024 | 4.4% |
| August 2024 | 4.5% |
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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