Food inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
4.0%
1.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for food (COICOP 01.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.0% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 14.6% in 2023; the lowest is -2.8% in 2015. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 15 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 5 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 140.8 in 2025.
Food inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0% | 140.8 | 3.4% | +0.6 points |
| 2024 | 2.6% | 135.5 | 2.5% | +0.1 points |
| 2023 | 14.6% | 132.0 | 7.3% | +7.3 points |
| 2022 | 11.0% | 115.2 | 9.1% | +1.9 points |
| 2021 | 0.3% | 103.8 | 2.6% | -2.3 points |
| 2020 | 0.5% | 103.4 | 0.9% | -0.4 points |
| 2019 | 1.1% | 102.9 | 1.8% | -0.7 points |
| 2018 | 1.9% | 101.8 | 2.5% | -0.6 points |
| 2017 | 2.5% | 100.0 | 2.7% | -0.2 points |
| 2016 | -2.4% | 97.6 | 0.7% | -3.1 points |
| 2015 | -2.8% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -2.8 points |
| 2014 | -0.2% | 102.8 | 1.5% | -1.7 points |
| 2013 | 4.1% | 103.1 | 2.6% | +1.5 points |
| 2012 | 3.1% | 99.1 | 2.8% | +0.3 points |
| 2011 | 5.0% | 96.0 | 4.5% | +0.5 points |
| 2010 | 3.0% | 91.5 | 3.3% | -0.3 points |
| 2009 | 5.6% | 88.8 | 2.2% | +3.4 points |
| 2008 | 10.1% | 84.1 | 3.6% | +6.5 points |
| 2007 | 4.6% | 76.4 | 2.3% | +2.3 points |
| 2006 | 2.3% | 73.1 | 2.3% | – |
| 2005 | 1.7% | 71.4 | 2.1% | -0.4 points |
| 2004 | 0.9% | 70.2 | 1.3% | -0.4 points |
| 2003 | 1.4% | 69.6 | 1.4% | – |
| 2002 | 0.9% | 68.7 | 1.3% | -0.4 points |
| 2001 | 4.2% | 68.0 | 1.2% | +3.0 points |
| 2000 | -0.4% | 65.3 | 0.8% | -1.2 points |
| 1999 | 0.4% | 65.6 | 1.3% | -0.9 points |
| 1998 | 0.6% | 65.3 | 1.6% | -1.0 points |
| 1997 | -0.5% | 64.9 | 1.8% | -2.3 points |
| 1996 | 3.0% | 65.2 | 2.4% | +0.6 points |
| 1995 | 3.5% | 63.3 | 2.6% | +0.9 points |
| 1994 | 0.9% | 61.2 | 2.0% | -1.1 points |
| 1993 | 1.8% | 60.6 | 2.5% | -0.7 points |
| 1992 | 1.7% | 59.5 | 4.2% | -2.5 points |
| 1991 | 5.1% | 58.6 | 7.5% | -2.4 points |
| 1990 | 8.1% | 55.7 | 7.0% | +1.1 points |
| 1989 | 5.6% | 51.6 | 5.2% | +0.4 points |
ONS series D7GK, index D7C8. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1.1% |
| July 2026 | 1.2% |
| June 2026 | 1.6% |
| May 2026 | 2.1% |
| April 2026 | 2.9% |
| March 2026 | 3.5% |
| February 2026 | 3.2% |
| January 2026 | 3.5% |
| December 2025 | 4.4% |
| November 2025 | 4.0% |
| October 2025 | 4.8% |
| September 2025 | 4.3% |
| August 2025 | 4.8% |
| July 2025 | 4.6% |
| June 2025 | 4.4% |
| May 2025 | 4.2% |
| April 2025 | 3.2% |
| March 2025 | 2.9% |
| February 2025 | 3.1% |
| January 2025 | 3.1% |
| December 2024 | 1.9% |
| November 2024 | 1.9% |
| October 2024 | 1.7% |
| September 2024 | 1.6% |
| August 2024 | 1.3% |
Inside this group
- Bread and cereals inflation: 3.4% in 2025
- Meat inflation: 4.9% in 2025
- Fish inflation: -0.7% in 2025
- Milk, cheese and eggs inflation: 3.0% in 2025
- Oils and fats inflation: 4.1% in 2025
- Fruit inflation: 3.3% in 2025
- Vegetables inflation: 2.2% in 2025
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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