Gas inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
2.9%
8.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for gas (COICOP 04.5.2) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 2.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 90.1% in 2022; the lowest is -25.0% in 2024. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 18 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 13 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 150.5 in 2025.
Gas inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% | 150.5 | 3.4% | -0.5 points |
| 2024 | -25.0% | 146.2 | 2.5% | -27.5 points |
| 2023 | 18.4% | 195.0 | 7.3% | +11.1 points |
| 2022 | 90.1% | 164.7 | 9.1% | +81.0 points |
| 2021 | 0.2% | 86.7 | 2.6% | -2.4 points |
| 2020 | -10.0% | 86.5 | 0.9% | -10.9 points |
| 2019 | -0.4% | 96.1 | 1.8% | -2.2 points |
| 2018 | 3.8% | 96.6 | 2.5% | +1.3 points |
| 2017 | -1.1% | 93.0 | 2.7% | -3.8 points |
| 2016 | -5.9% | 94.1 | 0.7% | -6.6 points |
| 2015 | -4.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -4.5 points |
| 2014 | 4.8% | 104.7 | 1.5% | +3.3 points |
| 2013 | 7.7% | 100.0 | 2.6% | +5.1 points |
| 2012 | 10.4% | 92.9 | 2.8% | +7.6 points |
| 2011 | 10.9% | 84.1 | 4.5% | +6.4 points |
| 2010 | -5.5% | 75.8 | 3.3% | -8.8 points |
| 2009 | 13.4% | 80.3 | 2.2% | +11.2 points |
| 2008 | 19.4% | 70.8 | 3.6% | +15.8 points |
| 2007 | 7.6% | 59.3 | 2.3% | +5.3 points |
| 2006 | 31.3% | 55.0 | 2.3% | +29.0 points |
| 2005 | 14.3% | 41.9 | 2.1% | +12.2 points |
| 2004 | 7.1% | 36.7 | 1.3% | +5.8 points |
| 2003 | 1.9% | 34.3 | 1.4% | +0.5 points |
| 2002 | 6.2% | 33.6 | 1.3% | +4.9 points |
| 2001 | 3.0% | 31.6 | 1.2% | +1.8 points |
| 2000 | -2.1% | 30.7 | 0.8% | -2.9 points |
| 1999 | -0.1% | 31.4 | 1.3% | -1.4 points |
| 1998 | -3.2% | 31.4 | 1.6% | -4.8 points |
| 1997 | -0.9% | 32.5 | 1.8% | -2.7 points |
| 1996 | 0.2% | 32.8 | 2.4% | -2.2 points |
| 1995 | 3.3% | 32.7 | 2.6% | +0.7 points |
| 1994 | 6.0% | 31.7 | 2.0% | +4.0 points |
| 1993 | -3.8% | 29.9 | 2.5% | -6.3 points |
| 1992 | -0.3% | 31.0 | 4.2% | -4.5 points |
| 1991 | 7.1% | 31.1 | 7.5% | -0.4 points |
| 1990 | 6.8% | 29.1 | 7.0% | -0.2 points |
| 1989 | 4.3% | 27.2 | 5.2% | -0.9 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 8.6% |
| July 2026 | 8.0% |
| June 2026 | -12.6% |
| May 2026 | -13.1% |
| April 2026 | -13.5% |
| March 2026 | -2.8% |
| February 2026 | -3.1% |
| January 2026 | -2.7% |
| December 2025 | 2.1% |
| November 2025 | 2.1% |
| October 2025 | 2.1% |
| September 2025 | 13.0% |
| August 2025 | 13.0% |
| July 2025 | 13.0% |
| June 2025 | 12.3% |
| May 2025 | 12.3% |
| April 2025 | 12.2% |
| March 2025 | -12.0% |
| February 2025 | -12.1% |
| January 2025 | -12.1% |
| December 2024 | -7.3% |
| November 2024 | -7.3% |
| October 2024 | -7.3% |
| September 2024 | -22.8% |
| August 2024 | -22.8% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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