Games, toys and hobbies inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
-0.9%
-1.9%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for games, toys and hobbies (COICOP 09.3.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 0.9% lower on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 3.7% in 1991; the lowest is -7.5% in 2003. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 2 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 24 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 108.6 in 2025.
Games, toys and hobbies inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.9% | 108.6 | 3.4% | -4.3 points |
| 2024 | -2.3% | 109.6 | 2.5% | -4.8 points |
| 2023 | 3.0% | 112.1 | 7.3% | -4.3 points |
| 2022 | 2.5% | 108.9 | 9.1% | -6.6 points |
| 2021 | 3.6% | 106.2 | 2.6% | +1.0 points |
| 2020 | 2.1% | 102.6 | 0.9% | +1.2 points |
| 2019 | 0.0% | 100.4 | 1.8% | -1.8 points |
| 2018 | 2.1% | 100.5 | 2.5% | -0.4 points |
| 2017 | -0.7% | 98.4 | 2.7% | -3.4 points |
| 2016 | -1.0% | 99.0 | 0.7% | -1.7 points |
| 2015 | -1.9% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -1.9 points |
| 2014 | -0.6% | 101.9 | 1.5% | -2.1 points |
| 2013 | 0.1% | 102.5 | 2.6% | -2.5 points |
| 2012 | -0.9% | 102.4 | 2.8% | -3.7 points |
| 2011 | -4.2% | 103.3 | 4.5% | -8.7 points |
| 2010 | -0.7% | 107.8 | 3.3% | -4.0 points |
| 2009 | 0.8% | 108.5 | 2.2% | -1.4 points |
| 2008 | -3.0% | 107.7 | 3.6% | -6.6 points |
| 2007 | -2.6% | 111.0 | 2.3% | -4.9 points |
| 2006 | -4.1% | 113.9 | 2.3% | -6.4 points |
| 2005 | -2.9% | 118.8 | 2.1% | -5.0 points |
| 2004 | -4.5% | 122.3 | 1.3% | -5.8 points |
| 2003 | -7.5% | 128.1 | 1.4% | -8.9 points |
| 2002 | -5.2% | 138.6 | 1.3% | -6.5 points |
| 2001 | -2.3% | 146.2 | 1.2% | -3.5 points |
| 2000 | -6.2% | 149.6 | 0.8% | -7.0 points |
| 1999 | -4.1% | 159.5 | 1.3% | -5.4 points |
| 1998 | -1.9% | 166.3 | 1.6% | -3.5 points |
| 1997 | -0.8% | 169.4 | 1.8% | -2.6 points |
| 1996 | 1.1% | 170.7 | 2.4% | -1.3 points |
| 1995 | -0.9% | 168.8 | 2.6% | -3.5 points |
| 1994 | -1.1% | 170.4 | 2.0% | -3.1 points |
| 1993 | -0.7% | 172.2 | 2.5% | -3.2 points |
| 1992 | 1.8% | 173.3 | 4.2% | -2.4 points |
| 1991 | 3.7% | 170.3 | 7.5% | -3.8 points |
| 1990 | 3.2% | 164.2 | 7.0% | -3.8 points |
| 1989 | 2.6% | 159.1 | 5.2% | -2.6 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -1.9% |
| July 2026 | -4.2% |
| June 2026 | 0.2% |
| May 2026 | -1.7% |
| April 2026 | -1.4% |
| March 2026 | 0.5% |
| February 2026 | -5.7% |
| January 2026 | -6.5% |
| December 2025 | -1.4% |
| November 2025 | -1.6% |
| October 2025 | 1.2% |
| September 2025 | 1.0% |
| August 2025 | -0.2% |
| July 2025 | 0.1% |
| June 2025 | -1.6% |
| May 2025 | -3.5% |
| April 2025 | -2.5% |
| March 2025 | -4.2% |
| February 2025 | 0.7% |
| January 2025 | 1.8% |
| December 2024 | -1.1% |
| November 2024 | 1.0% |
| October 2024 | -2.8% |
| September 2024 | -4.9% |
| August 2024 | -3.5% |
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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