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Hairdressing and personal grooming inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
4.4%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
4.1%
ONS series D7JC

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for hairdressing and personal grooming (COICOP 12.1.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.4% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 10.2% in 1991; the lowest is 1.3% in 2013. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 27 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 144.0 in 2025.

10.2%0% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Hairdressing and personal grooming inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20254.4%144.03.4%+1.0 points
20244.1%137.92.5%+1.6 points
20235.4%132.57.3%-1.9 points
20225.5%125.69.1%-3.6 points
20215.4%119.12.6%+2.8 points
20203.7%113.00.9%+2.8 points
20192.3%109.01.8%+0.5 points
20182.2%106.52.5%-0.3 points
20172.1%104.22.7%-0.6 points
20162.1%102.10.7%+1.4 points
20151.8%100.00.0%+1.8 points
20141.5%98.21.5%–
20131.3%96.82.6%-1.3 points
20121.5%95.62.8%-1.3 points
20113.5%94.24.5%-1.0 points
20102.7%91.03.3%-0.6 points
20091.5%88.62.2%-0.7 points
20083.7%87.33.6%+0.1 points
20073.7%84.22.3%+1.4 points
20063.6%81.22.3%+1.3 points
20054.7%78.42.1%+2.6 points
20044.7%74.91.3%+3.4 points
20035.0%71.51.4%+3.6 points
20025.1%68.11.3%+3.8 points
20014.5%64.81.2%+3.3 points
20005.2%62.00.8%+4.4 points
19996.0%58.91.3%+4.7 points
19986.2%55.61.6%+4.6 points
19975.1%52.31.8%+3.3 points
19964.4%49.82.4%+2.0 points
19954.6%47.72.6%+2.0 points
19945.0%45.62.0%+3.0 points
19935.3%43.52.5%+2.8 points
19926.4%41.34.2%+2.2 points
199110.2%38.87.5%+2.7 points
19908.4%35.27.0%+1.4 points
19897.4%32.55.2%+2.2 points

ONS series D7JC, index D7EY. About these tables · CSV

Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 20264.1%
July 20264.1%
June 20264.0%
May 20264.0%
April 20264.1%
March 20263.8%
February 20264.2%
January 20264.4%
December 20254.2%
November 20254.2%
October 20254.3%
September 20254.3%
August 20254.3%
July 20254.4%
June 20254.7%
May 20254.5%
April 20254.6%
March 20254.5%
February 20254.5%
January 20254.4%
December 20244.3%
November 20244.3%
October 20244.3%
September 20244.3%
August 20244.3%

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