Out-patient services inflation: annual rate by year since 2001
4.6%
4.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for out-patient services (COICOP 06.2) for every year from 2001 to 2025: 25 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.6% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 5.3% in 2005; the lowest is 0.2% in 2004. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 14 of the 25 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 138.2 in 2025.
Out-patient services inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6% | 138.2 | 3.4% | +1.2 points |
| 2024 | 4.3% | 132.1 | 2.5% | +1.8 points |
| 2023 | 4.8% | 126.7 | 7.3% | -2.5 points |
| 2022 | 3.8% | 120.9 | 9.1% | -5.3 points |
| 2021 | 2.9% | 116.5 | 2.6% | +0.3 points |
| 2020 | 2.8% | 113.2 | 0.9% | +1.9 points |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 110.1 | 1.8% | +1.1 points |
| 2018 | 2.5% | 107.1 | 2.5% | – |
| 2017 | 2.3% | 104.4 | 2.7% | -0.4 points |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 102.1 | 0.7% | +1.4 points |
| 2015 | 1.4% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +1.4 points |
| 2014 | 1.7% | 98.7 | 1.5% | +0.2 points |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 97.0 | 2.6% | -0.5 points |
| 2012 | 1.8% | 95.1 | 2.8% | -1.0 points |
| 2011 | 2.4% | 93.4 | 4.5% | -2.1 points |
| 2010 | 1.6% | 91.2 | 3.3% | -1.7 points |
| 2009 | 2.2% | 89.7 | 2.2% | – |
| 2008 | 3.1% | 87.8 | 3.6% | -0.5 points |
| 2007 | 3.7% | 85.1 | 2.3% | +1.4 points |
| 2006 | 4.5% | 82.1 | 2.3% | +2.2 points |
| 2005 | 5.3% | 78.5 | 2.1% | +3.2 points |
| 2004 | 0.2% | 74.6 | 1.3% | -1.1 points |
| 2003 | 3.8% | 74.4 | 1.4% | +2.4 points |
| 2002 | 2.9% | 71.7 | 1.3% | +1.6 points |
| 2001 | 4.4% | 69.7 | 1.2% | +3.2 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.5% |
| July 2026 | 4.4% |
| June 2026 | 4.3% |
| May 2026 | 4.4% |
| April 2026 | 4.4% |
| March 2026 | 4.2% |
| February 2026 | 4.5% |
| January 2026 | 4.6% |
| December 2025 | 4.9% |
| November 2025 | 5.0% |
| October 2025 | 4.7% |
| September 2025 | 4.6% |
| August 2025 | 4.5% |
| July 2025 | 4.3% |
| June 2025 | 4.4% |
| May 2025 | 4.4% |
| April 2025 | 4.3% |
| March 2025 | 4.9% |
| February 2025 | 4.5% |
| January 2025 | 4.3% |
| December 2024 | 4.0% |
| November 2024 | 3.9% |
| October 2024 | 4.2% |
| September 2024 | 4.2% |
| August 2024 | 4.1% |
Inside this group
- Dental services inflation: 6.0% in 2025
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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