Health inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.8%
3.7%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for health (COICOP 06) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.8% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 10.0% in 1991; the lowest is 1.3% in 1993. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 26 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 139.1 in 2025.
Health inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8% | 139.1 | 3.4% | +0.4 points |
| 2024 | 6.0% | 134.0 | 2.5% | +3.5 points |
| 2023 | 7.7% | 126.4 | 7.3% | +0.4 points |
| 2022 | 2.9% | 117.4 | 9.1% | -6.2 points |
| 2021 | 1.3% | 114.1 | 2.6% | -1.3 points |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 112.6 | 0.9% | +1.3 points |
| 2019 | 2.5% | 110.1 | 1.8% | +0.7 points |
| 2018 | 2.5% | 107.4 | 2.5% | – |
| 2017 | 2.6% | 104.8 | 2.7% | -0.1 points |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 102.1 | 0.7% | +1.4 points |
| 2015 | 1.9% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +1.9 points |
| 2014 | 2.8% | 98.1 | 1.5% | +1.3 points |
| 2013 | 2.5% | 95.5 | 2.6% | -0.1 points |
| 2012 | 2.9% | 93.2 | 2.8% | +0.1 points |
| 2011 | 3.4% | 90.5 | 4.5% | -1.1 points |
| 2010 | 2.9% | 87.6 | 3.3% | -0.4 points |
| 2009 | 2.7% | 85.1 | 2.2% | +0.5 points |
| 2008 | 3.1% | 82.8 | 3.6% | -0.5 points |
| 2007 | 3.4% | 80.4 | 2.3% | +1.1 points |
| 2006 | 2.8% | 77.7 | 2.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2005 | 2.9% | 75.7 | 2.1% | +0.8 points |
| 2004 | 1.8% | 73.6 | 1.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2003 | 3.4% | 72.2 | 1.4% | +2.0 points |
| 2002 | 3.8% | 69.9 | 1.3% | +2.5 points |
| 2001 | 3.8% | 67.3 | 1.2% | +2.6 points |
| 2000 | 2.9% | 64.9 | 0.8% | +2.1 points |
| 1999 | 2.0% | 63.1 | 1.3% | +0.7 points |
| 1998 | 3.5% | 61.9 | 1.6% | +1.9 points |
| 1997 | 2.8% | 59.8 | 1.8% | +1.0 points |
| 1996 | 4.2% | 58.2 | 2.4% | +1.8 points |
| 1995 | 1.3% | 55.8 | 2.6% | -1.3 points |
| 1994 | 1.4% | 55.1 | 2.0% | -0.6 points |
| 1993 | 1.3% | 54.4 | 2.5% | -1.2 points |
| 1992 | 6.8% | 53.7 | 4.2% | +2.6 points |
| 1991 | 10.0% | 50.3 | 7.5% | +2.5 points |
| 1990 | 8.6% | 45.7 | 7.0% | +1.6 points |
| 1989 | 8.0% | 42.1 | 5.2% | +2.8 points |
ONS series D7GD, index D7BZ. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 3.7% |
| July 2026 | 3.7% |
| June 2026 | 2.5% |
| May 2026 | 2.4% |
| April 2026 | 2.4% |
| March 2026 | 3.1% |
| February 2026 | 3.1% |
| January 2026 | 3.1% |
| December 2025 | 2.1% |
| November 2025 | 2.6% |
| October 2025 | 2.7% |
| September 2025 | 3.5% |
| August 2025 | 3.4% |
| July 2025 | 3.5% |
| June 2025 | 4.4% |
| May 2025 | 4.5% |
| April 2025 | 4.3% |
| March 2025 | 5.0% |
| February 2025 | 5.1% |
| January 2025 | 5.0% |
| December 2024 | 5.6% |
| November 2024 | 5.5% |
| October 2024 | 5.6% |
| September 2024 | 5.2% |
| August 2024 | 5.5% |
Inside this group
- Medical products, appliances and equipment inflation: 3.7% in 2025
- Out-patient services inflation: 4.6% in 2025
- Hospital services inflation: 3.4% in 2025
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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