Newspapers and magazines inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
11.0%
8.3%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for newspapers and magazines (COICOP 09.5.2) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 11.0% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.9% in 2023; the lowest is 1.1% in 1994. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 33 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 205.3 in 2025.
Newspapers and magazines inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.0% | 205.3 | 3.4% | +7.6 points |
| 2024 | 8.3% | 185.0 | 2.5% | +5.8 points |
| 2023 | 11.9% | 170.8 | 7.3% | +4.6 points |
| 2022 | 10.7% | 152.6 | 9.1% | +1.6 points |
| 2021 | 5.9% | 137.8 | 2.6% | +3.3 points |
| 2020 | 5.5% | 130.2 | 0.9% | +4.6 points |
| 2019 | 6.5% | 123.3 | 1.8% | +4.7 points |
| 2018 | 5.6% | 115.8 | 2.5% | +3.1 points |
| 2017 | 5.0% | 109.7 | 2.7% | +2.3 points |
| 2016 | 4.5% | 104.5 | 0.7% | +3.8 points |
| 2015 | 3.7% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +3.7 points |
| 2014 | 6.6% | 96.4 | 1.5% | +5.1 points |
| 2013 | 6.7% | 90.5 | 2.6% | +4.1 points |
| 2012 | 4.8% | 84.8 | 2.8% | +2.0 points |
| 2011 | 3.4% | 80.9 | 4.5% | -1.1 points |
| 2010 | 2.5% | 78.2 | 3.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2009 | 4.5% | 76.3 | 2.2% | +2.3 points |
| 2008 | 4.9% | 73.0 | 3.6% | +1.3 points |
| 2007 | 3.6% | 69.6 | 2.3% | +1.3 points |
| 2006 | 6.3% | 67.2 | 2.3% | +4.0 points |
| 2005 | 1.5% | 63.2 | 2.1% | -0.6 points |
| 2004 | 4.1% | 62.2 | 1.3% | +2.8 points |
| 2003 | 5.9% | 59.8 | 1.4% | +4.5 points |
| 2002 | 1.8% | 56.5 | 1.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2001 | 4.1% | 55.5 | 1.2% | +2.9 points |
| 2000 | 3.0% | 53.3 | 0.8% | +2.2 points |
| 1999 | 3.8% | 51.8 | 1.3% | +2.5 points |
| 1998 | 2.8% | 49.9 | 1.6% | +1.2 points |
| 1997 | 3.6% | 48.5 | 1.8% | +1.8 points |
| 1996 | 6.8% | 46.8 | 2.4% | +4.4 points |
| 1995 | 4.5% | 43.8 | 2.6% | +1.9 points |
| 1994 | 1.1% | 41.9 | 2.0% | -0.9 points |
| 1993 | 3.6% | 41.5 | 2.5% | +1.1 points |
| 1992 | 6.6% | 40.0 | 4.2% | +2.4 points |
| 1991 | 8.0% | 37.6 | 7.5% | +0.5 points |
| 1990 | 8.4% | 34.8 | 7.0% | +1.4 points |
| 1989 | 7.1% | 32.1 | 5.2% | +1.9 points |
ONS series D7O5, index D7FL. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 8.3% |
| July 2026 | 8.7% |
| June 2026 | 9.0% |
| May 2026 | 8.1% |
| April 2026 | 8.0% |
| March 2026 | 8.3% |
| February 2026 | 8.3% |
| January 2026 | 9.5% |
| December 2025 | 9.8% |
| November 2025 | 8.6% |
| October 2025 | 9.4% |
| September 2025 | 10.4% |
| August 2025 | 10.3% |
| July 2025 | 11.1% |
| June 2025 | 12.0% |
| May 2025 | 12.5% |
| April 2025 | 12.9% |
| March 2025 | 11.6% |
| February 2025 | 12.4% |
| January 2025 | 11.2% |
| December 2024 | 10.6% |
| November 2024 | 11.3% |
| October 2024 | 11.9% |
| September 2024 | 9.2% |
| August 2024 | 8.8% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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