Personal care inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
1.5%
3.1%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for personal care (COICOP 12.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 1.5% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 8.6% in 1991; the lowest is -1.3% in 2000. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 16 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 124.4 in 2025.
Personal care inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5% | 124.4 | 3.4% | -1.9 points |
| 2024 | 2.8% | 122.6 | 2.5% | +0.3 points |
| 2023 | 8.1% | 119.3 | 7.3% | +0.8 points |
| 2022 | 5.3% | 110.4 | 9.1% | -3.8 points |
| 2021 | 1.6% | 104.9 | 2.6% | -1.0 points |
| 2020 | 2.6% | 103.2 | 0.9% | +1.7 points |
| 2019 | 1.5% | 100.6 | 1.8% | -0.3 points |
| 2018 | -0.3% | 99.1 | 2.5% | -2.8 points |
| 2017 | 0.0% | 99.4 | 2.7% | -2.7 points |
| 2016 | -0.6% | 99.4 | 0.7% | -1.3 points |
| 2015 | -0.6% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -0.6 points |
| 2014 | -0.3% | 100.6 | 1.5% | -1.8 points |
| 2013 | 0.2% | 100.9 | 2.6% | -2.4 points |
| 2012 | 1.0% | 100.8 | 2.8% | -1.8 points |
| 2011 | 2.9% | 99.8 | 4.5% | -1.6 points |
| 2010 | 2.5% | 97.0 | 3.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2009 | 2.4% | 94.6 | 2.2% | +0.2 points |
| 2008 | 2.2% | 92.4 | 3.6% | -1.4 points |
| 2007 | 2.5% | 90.4 | 2.3% | +0.2 points |
| 2006 | 2.0% | 88.2 | 2.3% | -0.3 points |
| 2005 | 0.6% | 86.4 | 2.1% | -1.5 points |
| 2004 | -0.5% | 85.9 | 1.3% | -1.8 points |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 86.3 | 1.4% | -1.3 points |
| 2002 | -0.2% | 86.2 | 1.3% | -1.5 points |
| 2001 | 1.4% | 86.4 | 1.2% | +0.2 points |
| 2000 | -1.3% | 85.2 | 0.8% | -2.1 points |
| 1999 | 2.5% | 86.4 | 1.3% | +1.2 points |
| 1998 | 4.7% | 84.2 | 1.6% | +3.1 points |
| 1997 | 3.8% | 80.5 | 1.8% | +2.0 points |
| 1996 | 3.5% | 77.6 | 2.4% | +1.1 points |
| 1995 | 4.8% | 75.0 | 2.6% | +2.2 points |
| 1994 | 1.8% | 71.5 | 2.0% | -0.2 points |
| 1993 | 3.5% | 70.3 | 2.5% | +1.0 points |
| 1992 | 5.3% | 67.9 | 4.2% | +1.1 points |
| 1991 | 8.6% | 64.5 | 7.5% | +1.1 points |
| 1990 | 8.0% | 59.4 | 7.0% | +1.0 points |
| 1989 | 6.9% | 55.1 | 5.2% | +1.7 points |
ONS series D7HC, index D7CY. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 3.1% |
| July 2026 | 2.0% |
| June 2026 | 2.7% |
| May 2026 | 1.7% |
| April 2026 | 1.9% |
| March 2026 | 1.4% |
| February 2026 | 2.2% |
| January 2026 | 1.3% |
| December 2025 | 1.2% |
| November 2025 | 1.2% |
| October 2025 | 1.4% |
| September 2025 | 1.0% |
| August 2025 | 1.3% |
| July 2025 | 1.8% |
| June 2025 | 1.5% |
| May 2025 | 1.9% |
| April 2025 | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | 1.9% |
| February 2025 | 1.6% |
| January 2025 | 1.3% |
| December 2024 | 2.8% |
| November 2024 | 1.5% |
| October 2024 | 1.3% |
| September 2024 | 2.9% |
| August 2024 | 2.5% |
Inside this group
- Hairdressing and personal grooming inflation: 4.4% 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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