Milk, cheese and eggs inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.0%
-0.2%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for milk, cheese and eggs (COICOP 01.1.4) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.0% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 18.8% in 2023; the lowest is -4.4% in 2015. 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 145.7 in 2025.
Milk, cheese and eggs inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0% | 145.7 | 3.4% | -0.4 points |
| 2024 | 0.0% | 141.5 | 2.5% | -2.5 points |
| 2023 | 18.8% | 141.5 | 7.3% | +11.5 points |
| 2022 | 17.2% | 119.1 | 9.1% | +8.1 points |
| 2021 | 0.9% | 101.6 | 2.6% | -1.7 points |
| 2020 | -0.3% | 100.7 | 0.9% | -1.2 points |
| 2019 | 0.2% | 101.1 | 1.8% | -1.6 points |
| 2018 | 2.4% | 100.9 | 2.5% | -0.1 points |
| 2017 | 2.0% | 98.5 | 2.7% | -0.7 points |
| 2016 | -3.4% | 96.6 | 0.7% | -4.1 points |
| 2015 | -4.4% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -4.4 points |
| 2014 | 0.5% | 104.7 | 1.5% | -1.0 points |
| 2013 | 1.0% | 104.1 | 2.6% | -1.6 points |
| 2012 | 0.9% | 103.1 | 2.8% | -1.9 points |
| 2011 | 2.6% | 102.1 | 4.5% | -1.9 points |
| 2010 | 0.2% | 99.5 | 3.3% | -3.1 points |
| 2009 | 4.2% | 99.3 | 2.2% | +2.0 points |
| 2008 | 15.1% | 95.3 | 3.6% | +11.5 points |
| 2007 | 6.9% | 82.8 | 2.3% | +4.6 points |
| 2006 | 1.4% | 77.5 | 2.3% | -0.9 points |
| 2005 | 2.7% | 76.4 | 2.1% | +0.6 points |
| 2004 | 2.2% | 74.4 | 1.3% | +0.9 points |
| 2003 | 2.1% | 72.8 | 1.4% | +0.7 points |
| 2002 | 1.1% | 71.3 | 1.3% | -0.2 points |
| 2001 | 3.2% | 70.6 | 1.2% | +2.0 points |
| 2000 | -0.6% | 68.4 | 0.8% | -1.4 points |
| 1999 | -1.3% | 68.8 | 1.3% | -2.6 points |
| 1998 | -1.4% | 69.7 | 1.6% | -3.0 points |
| 1997 | -0.2% | 70.7 | 1.8% | -2.0 points |
| 1996 | 3.0% | 70.8 | 2.4% | +0.6 points |
| 1995 | 4.8% | 68.8 | 2.6% | +2.2 points |
| 1994 | 2.0% | 65.6 | 2.0% | – |
| 1993 | 3.9% | 64.4 | 2.5% | +1.4 points |
| 1992 | 4.8% | 62.0 | 4.2% | +0.6 points |
| 1991 | 5.1% | 59.1 | 7.5% | -2.4 points |
| 1990 | 7.5% | 56.3 | 7.0% | +0.5 points |
| 1989 | 6.6% | 52.3 | 5.2% | +1.4 points |
ONS series D7HK, index D7D8. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -0.2% |
| July 2026 | -0.2% |
| June 2026 | -0.2% |
| May 2026 | 0.4% |
| April 2026 | 2.0% |
| March 2026 | 1.3% |
| February 2026 | 2.1% |
| January 2026 | 1.3% |
| December 2025 | 2.5% |
| November 2025 | 2.5% |
| October 2025 | 3.7% |
| September 2025 | 3.6% |
| August 2025 | 4.2% |
| July 2025 | 3.4% |
| June 2025 | 3.9% |
| May 2025 | 3.2% |
| April 2025 | 2.3% |
| March 2025 | 3.0% |
| February 2025 | 1.4% |
| January 2025 | 2.2% |
| December 2024 | 1.5% |
| November 2024 | 1.9% |
| October 2024 | 0.5% |
| September 2024 | 0.1% |
| August 2024 | -1.8% |
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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