Liquid fuels (heating oil) inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
-9.6%
64.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for liquid fuels (heating oil) (COICOP 04.5.3) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 9.6% lower on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 86.5% in 2022; the lowest is -30.1% in 2020. 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 18 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 149.2 in 2025.
Liquid fuels (heating oil) inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -9.6% | 149.2 | 3.4% | -13.0 points |
| 2024 | -10.8% | 165.0 | 2.5% | -13.3 points |
| 2023 | -20.2% | 185.0 | 7.3% | -27.5 points |
| 2022 | 86.5% | 231.7 | 9.1% | +77.4 points |
| 2021 | 31.8% | 124.3 | 2.6% | +29.2 points |
| 2020 | -30.1% | 94.3 | 0.9% | -31.0 points |
| 2019 | -2.6% | 134.9 | 1.8% | -4.4 points |
| 2018 | 25.3% | 138.5 | 2.5% | +22.8 points |
| 2017 | 24.0% | 110.6 | 2.7% | +21.3 points |
| 2016 | -10.8% | 89.2 | 0.7% | -11.5 points |
| 2015 | -29.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -29.5 points |
| 2014 | -11.3% | 141.9 | 1.5% | -12.8 points |
| 2013 | 0.3% | 160.0 | 2.6% | -2.3 points |
| 2012 | 3.0% | 159.5 | 2.8% | +0.2 points |
| 2011 | 26.6% | 154.9 | 4.5% | +22.1 points |
| 2010 | 29.9% | 122.3 | 3.3% | +26.6 points |
| 2009 | -29.6% | 94.1 | 2.2% | -31.8 points |
| 2008 | 49.3% | 133.7 | 3.6% | +45.7 points |
| 2007 | -0.4% | 89.5 | 2.3% | -2.7 points |
| 2006 | 13.6% | 89.9 | 2.3% | +11.3 points |
| 2005 | 35.8% | 79.1 | 2.1% | +33.7 points |
| 2004 | 18.0% | 58.2 | 1.3% | +16.7 points |
| 2003 | 10.9% | 49.3 | 1.4% | +9.5 points |
| 2002 | -9.7% | 44.5 | 1.3% | -11.0 points |
| 2001 | -6.1% | 49.3 | 1.2% | -7.3 points |
| 2000 | 53.0% | 52.5 | 0.8% | +52.2 points |
| 1999 | 13.5% | 34.3 | 1.3% | +12.2 points |
| 1998 | -22.5% | 30.3 | 1.6% | -24.1 points |
| 1997 | -8.4% | 39.1 | 1.8% | -10.2 points |
| 1996 | 16.7% | 42.6 | 2.4% | +14.3 points |
| 1995 | -0.8% | 36.5 | 2.6% | -3.4 points |
| 1994 | -1.5% | 36.9 | 2.0% | -3.5 points |
| 1993 | 6.5% | 37.4 | 2.5% | +4.0 points |
| 1992 | -13.3% | 35.1 | 4.2% | -17.5 points |
| 1991 | -5.6% | 40.5 | 7.5% | -13.1 points |
| 1990 | 32.6% | 42.9 | 7.0% | +25.6 points |
| 1989 | 8.1% | 32.4 | 5.2% | +2.9 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 64.6% |
| July 2026 | 42.8% |
| June 2026 | 59.4% |
| May 2026 | 95.6% |
| April 2026 | 129.6% |
| March 2026 | 95.3% |
| February 2026 | -5.2% |
| January 2026 | -7.0% |
| December 2025 | 3.3% |
| November 2025 | 5.5% |
| October 2025 | -5.0% |
| September 2025 | -5.7% |
| August 2025 | -8.2% |
| July 2025 | -13.1% |
| June 2025 | -16.5% |
| May 2025 | -19.5% |
| April 2025 | -20.8% |
| March 2025 | -12.9% |
| February 2025 | -11.5% |
| January 2025 | -6.8% |
| December 2024 | -16.6% |
| November 2024 | -22.1% |
| October 2024 | -24.3% |
| September 2024 | -25.5% |
| August 2024 | -16.3% |
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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