Electricity inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
1.2%
2.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for electricity (COICOP 04.5.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 1.2% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 49.1% in 2022; the lowest is -15.2% in 2024. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 21 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 11 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 192.8 in 2025.
Electricity inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2% | 192.8 | 3.4% | -2.2 points |
| 2024 | -15.2% | 190.5 | 2.5% | -17.7 points |
| 2023 | 13.7% | 224.6 | 7.3% | +6.4 points |
| 2022 | 49.1% | 197.5 | 9.1% | +40.0 points |
| 2021 | 6.6% | 132.5 | 2.6% | +4.0 points |
| 2020 | 0.1% | 124.3 | 0.9% | -0.8 points |
| 2019 | 7.3% | 124.1 | 1.8% | +5.5 points |
| 2018 | 8.6% | 115.7 | 2.5% | +6.1 points |
| 2017 | 6.7% | 106.5 | 2.7% | +4.0 points |
| 2016 | -0.2% | 99.8 | 0.7% | -0.9 points |
| 2015 | -0.3% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -0.3 points |
| 2014 | 5.5% | 100.3 | 1.5% | +4.0 points |
| 2013 | 7.4% | 95.1 | 2.6% | +4.8 points |
| 2012 | 5.7% | 88.5 | 2.8% | +2.9 points |
| 2011 | 7.3% | 83.8 | 4.5% | +2.8 points |
| 2010 | -2.5% | 78.1 | 3.3% | -5.8 points |
| 2009 | 4.6% | 80.1 | 2.2% | +2.4 points |
| 2008 | 15.6% | 76.6 | 3.6% | +12.0 points |
| 2007 | 8.0% | 66.3 | 2.3% | +5.7 points |
| 2006 | 21.7% | 61.4 | 2.3% | +19.4 points |
| 2005 | 10.6% | 50.4 | 2.1% | +8.5 points |
| 2004 | 6.0% | 45.6 | 1.3% | +4.7 points |
| 2003 | 1.0% | 43.0 | 1.4% | -0.4 points |
| 2002 | 0.5% | 42.6 | 1.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2001 | -0.9% | 42.4 | 1.2% | -2.1 points |
| 2000 | -2.1% | 42.8 | 0.8% | -2.9 points |
| 1999 | -1.2% | 43.7 | 1.3% | -2.5 points |
| 1998 | -4.6% | 44.2 | 1.6% | -6.2 points |
| 1997 | -4.8% | 46.3 | 1.8% | -6.6 points |
| 1996 | -0.4% | 48.7 | 2.4% | -2.8 points |
| 1995 | 1.3% | 48.9 | 2.6% | -1.3 points |
| 1994 | 3.3% | 48.2 | 2.0% | +1.3 points |
| 1993 | -0.3% | 46.7 | 2.5% | -2.8 points |
| 1992 | 5.2% | 46.8 | 4.2% | +1.0 points |
| 1991 | 10.0% | 44.5 | 7.5% | +2.5 points |
| 1990 | 8.1% | 40.4 | 7.0% | +1.1 points |
| 1989 | 7.3% | 37.4 | 5.2% | +2.1 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2.5% |
| July 2026 | 2.1% |
| June 2026 | -5.2% |
| May 2026 | -5.6% |
| April 2026 | -6.0% |
| March 2026 | 5.6% |
| February 2026 | 5.3% |
| January 2026 | 5.3% |
| December 2025 | 2.7% |
| November 2025 | 2.8% |
| October 2025 | 2.7% |
| September 2025 | 8.0% |
| August 2025 | 8.0% |
| July 2025 | 8.0% |
| June 2025 | 4.5% |
| May 2025 | 4.6% |
| April 2025 | 4.6% |
| March 2025 | -8.8% |
| February 2025 | -8.8% |
| January 2025 | -8.7% |
| December 2024 | -6.2% |
| November 2024 | -6.3% |
| October 2024 | -6.3% |
| September 2024 | -19.5% |
| August 2024 | -19.5% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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