Medical products, appliances and equipment inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.7%
2.2%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for medical products, appliances and equipment (COICOP 06.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.7% 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 -0.6% in 2004. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 17 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 3 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 131.1 in 2025.
Medical products, appliances and equipment inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7% | 131.1 | 3.4% | +0.3 points |
| 2024 | 5.5% | 126.5 | 2.5% | +3.0 points |
| 2023 | 9.2% | 119.8 | 7.3% | +1.9 points |
| 2022 | 2.0% | 109.8 | 9.1% | -7.1 points |
| 2021 | -0.3% | 107.6 | 2.6% | -2.9 points |
| 2020 | 1.7% | 107.9 | 0.9% | +0.8 points |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 106.1 | 1.8% | – |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 104.3 | 2.5% | -1.0 points |
| 2017 | 1.5% | 102.8 | 2.7% | -1.2 points |
| 2016 | 1.2% | 101.2 | 0.7% | +0.5 points |
| 2015 | 1.5% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +1.5 points |
| 2014 | 2.3% | 98.6 | 1.5% | +0.8 points |
| 2013 | 0.3% | 96.4 | 2.6% | -2.3 points |
| 2012 | 1.4% | 96.0 | 2.8% | -1.4 points |
| 2011 | 1.7% | 94.7 | 4.5% | -2.8 points |
| 2010 | 0.6% | 93.1 | 3.3% | -2.7 points |
| 2009 | 1.2% | 92.6 | 2.2% | -1.0 points |
| 2008 | 0.8% | 91.5 | 3.6% | -2.8 points |
| 2007 | 1.1% | 90.7 | 2.3% | -1.2 points |
| 2006 | -0.5% | 89.7 | 2.3% | -2.8 points |
| 2005 | 0.0% | 90.2 | 2.1% | -2.1 points |
| 2004 | -0.6% | 90.2 | 1.3% | -1.9 points |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 90.7 | 1.4% | -1.3 points |
| 2002 | 0.5% | 90.6 | 1.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2001 | 2.0% | 90.2 | 1.2% | +0.8 points |
| 2000 | 2.5% | 88.4 | 0.8% | +1.7 points |
| 1999 | 2.0% | 86.2 | 1.3% | +0.7 points |
| 1998 | 3.5% | 84.6 | 1.6% | +1.9 points |
| 1997 | 2.8% | 81.7 | 1.8% | +1.0 points |
| 1996 | 4.2% | 79.5 | 2.4% | +1.8 points |
| 1995 | 1.3% | 76.3 | 2.6% | -1.3 points |
| 1994 | 1.4% | 75.3 | 2.0% | -0.6 points |
| 1993 | 1.3% | 74.3 | 2.5% | -1.2 points |
| 1992 | 6.8% | 73.4 | 4.2% | +2.6 points |
| 1991 | 10.0% | 68.7 | 7.5% | +2.5 points |
| 1990 | 8.6% | 62.4 | 7.0% | +1.6 points |
| 1989 | 8.0% | 57.5 | 5.2% | +2.8 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2.2% |
| July 2026 | 2.2% |
| June 2026 | 2.2% |
| May 2026 | 1.9% |
| April 2026 | 1.9% |
| March 2026 | 2.5% |
| February 2026 | 2.4% |
| January 2026 | 2.2% |
| December 2025 | 2.0% |
| November 2025 | 3.0% |
| October 2025 | 3.4% |
| September 2025 | 3.9% |
| August 2025 | 3.9% |
| July 2025 | 4.2% |
| June 2025 | 3.9% |
| May 2025 | 4.0% |
| April 2025 | 3.7% |
| March 2025 | 3.5% |
| February 2025 | 4.1% |
| January 2025 | 4.2% |
| December 2024 | 3.8% |
| November 2024 | 3.8% |
| October 2024 | 3.7% |
| September 2024 | 4.2% |
| August 2024 | 4.9% |
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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