Hospital services inflation: annual rate by year since 2002
3.4%
4.8%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for hospital services (COICOP 06.3) for every year from 2002 to 2025: 24 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.4% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 8.1% in 2002; the lowest is 2.7% in 2020. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 22 of the 24 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 162.2 in 2025.
Hospital services inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4% | 162.2 | 3.4% | – |
| 2024 | 7.8% | 156.8 | 2.5% | +5.3 points |
| 2023 | 7.5% | 145.4 | 7.3% | +0.2 points |
| 2022 | 6.1% | 135.3 | 9.1% | -3.0 points |
| 2021 | 5.8% | 127.6 | 2.6% | +3.2 points |
| 2020 | 2.7% | 120.6 | 0.9% | +1.8 points |
| 2019 | 3.8% | 117.4 | 1.8% | +2.0 points |
| 2018 | 4.2% | 113.1 | 2.5% | +1.7 points |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 108.5 | 2.7% | +1.9 points |
| 2016 | 3.7% | 103.7 | 0.7% | +3.0 points |
| 2015 | 3.0% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +3.0 points |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 97.1 | 1.5% | +2.7 points |
| 2013 | 5.1% | 93.2 | 2.6% | +2.5 points |
| 2012 | 5.4% | 88.7 | 2.8% | +2.6 points |
| 2011 | 5.9% | 84.2 | 4.5% | +1.4 points |
| 2010 | 6.5% | 79.5 | 3.3% | +3.2 points |
| 2009 | 4.8% | 74.7 | 2.2% | +2.6 points |
| 2008 | 5.7% | 71.3 | 3.6% | +2.1 points |
| 2007 | 5.9% | 67.4 | 2.3% | +3.6 points |
| 2006 | 6.4% | 63.7 | 2.3% | +4.1 points |
| 2005 | 5.7% | 59.9 | 2.1% | +3.6 points |
| 2004 | 5.9% | 56.6 | 1.3% | +4.6 points |
| 2003 | 7.1% | 53.5 | 1.4% | +5.7 points |
| 2002 | 8.1% | 49.9 | 1.3% | +6.8 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.8% |
| July 2026 | 4.7% |
| June 2026 | 1.1% |
| May 2026 | 1.2% |
| April 2026 | 1.3% |
| March 2026 | 2.8% |
| February 2026 | 2.8% |
| January 2026 | 2.9% |
| December 2025 | -0.2% |
| November 2025 | 0.0% |
| October 2025 | 0.1% |
| September 2025 | 2.0% |
| August 2025 | 2.0% |
| July 2025 | 1.9% |
| June 2025 | 5.0% |
| May 2025 | 5.0% |
| April 2025 | 5.1% |
| March 2025 | 7.0% |
| February 2025 | 6.8% |
| January 2025 | 6.6% |
| December 2024 | 9.5% |
| November 2024 | 9.4% |
| October 2024 | 9.4% |
| September 2024 | 7.1% |
| August 2024 | 7.1% |
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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