Meat inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
4.9%
0.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for meat (COICOP 01.1.2) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 12.8% in 2023; the lowest is -4.1% in 2016. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 15 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 7 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 133.3 in 2025.
Meat inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9% | 133.3 | 3.4% | +1.5 points |
| 2024 | 1.9% | 127.1 | 2.5% | -0.6 points |
| 2023 | 12.8% | 124.8 | 7.3% | +5.5 points |
| 2022 | 11.1% | 110.6 | 9.1% | +2.0 points |
| 2021 | -0.5% | 99.6 | 2.6% | -3.1 points |
| 2020 | 1.7% | 100.1 | 0.9% | +0.8 points |
| 2019 | -0.2% | 98.4 | 1.8% | -2.0 points |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 98.5 | 2.5% | -1.5 points |
| 2017 | 1.8% | 97.6 | 2.7% | -0.9 points |
| 2016 | -4.1% | 95.9 | 0.7% | -4.8 points |
| 2015 | -3.1% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -3.1 points |
| 2014 | 0.6% | 103.2 | 1.5% | -0.9 points |
| 2013 | 3.9% | 102.6 | 2.6% | +1.3 points |
| 2012 | 3.7% | 98.8 | 2.8% | +0.9 points |
| 2011 | 5.4% | 95.2 | 4.5% | +0.9 points |
| 2010 | 0.9% | 90.3 | 3.3% | -2.4 points |
| 2009 | 6.6% | 89.5 | 2.2% | +4.4 points |
| 2008 | 10.5% | 84.0 | 3.6% | +6.9 points |
| 2007 | 2.0% | 76.0 | 2.3% | -0.3 points |
| 2006 | 1.9% | 74.5 | 2.3% | -0.4 points |
| 2005 | 0.7% | 73.1 | 2.1% | -1.4 points |
| 2004 | 1.7% | 72.6 | 1.3% | +0.4 points |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 71.4 | 1.4% | -1.3 points |
| 2002 | 0.4% | 71.3 | 1.3% | -0.9 points |
| 2001 | 4.3% | 71.1 | 1.2% | +3.1 points |
| 2000 | 0.4% | 68.2 | 0.8% | -0.4 points |
| 1999 | -0.2% | 67.9 | 1.3% | -1.5 points |
| 1998 | -3.4% | 68.0 | 1.6% | -5.0 points |
| 1997 | 0.3% | 70.4 | 1.8% | -1.5 points |
| 1996 | 6.6% | 70.2 | 2.4% | +4.2 points |
| 1995 | 1.0% | 65.8 | 2.6% | -1.6 points |
| 1994 | -1.5% | 65.1 | 2.0% | -3.5 points |
| 1993 | 2.7% | 66.1 | 2.5% | +0.2 points |
| 1992 | 1.2% | 64.4 | 4.2% | -3.0 points |
| 1991 | 0.5% | 63.6 | 7.5% | -7.0 points |
| 1990 | 8.8% | 63.3 | 7.0% | +1.8 points |
| 1989 | 6.9% | 58.2 | 5.2% | +1.7 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 0.1% |
| July 2026 | 0.7% |
| June 2026 | 2.0% |
| May 2026 | 2.3% |
| April 2026 | 3.6% |
| March 2026 | 5.8% |
| February 2026 | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 5.2% |
| December 2025 | 6.9% |
| November 2025 | 6.5% |
| October 2025 | 6.6% |
| September 2025 | 6.2% |
| August 2025 | 6.2% |
| July 2025 | 6.1% |
| June 2025 | 5.7% |
| May 2025 | 4.8% |
| April 2025 | 3.6% |
| March 2025 | 2.1% |
| February 2025 | 1.9% |
| January 2025 | 2.3% |
| December 2024 | 0.0% |
| November 2024 | 0.1% |
| October 2024 | 1.0% |
| September 2024 | 0.8% |
| August 2024 | 1.0% |
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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