Personal effects inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.6%
4.8%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for personal effects (COICOP 12.3) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.6% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 6.2% in 2022; the lowest is -1.5% in 1995. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 10 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 12 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 120.2 in 2025.
Personal effects inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6% | 120.2 | 3.4% | +0.2 points |
| 2024 | 1.4% | 116.0 | 2.5% | -1.1 points |
| 2023 | 3.0% | 114.4 | 7.3% | -4.3 points |
| 2022 | 6.2% | 111.1 | 9.1% | -2.9 points |
| 2021 | 0.9% | 104.6 | 2.6% | -1.7 points |
| 2020 | -0.4% | 103.6 | 0.9% | -1.3 points |
| 2019 | 0.4% | 104.1 | 1.8% | -1.4 points |
| 2018 | 0.8% | 103.6 | 2.5% | -1.7 points |
| 2017 | 3.2% | 102.9 | 2.7% | +0.5 points |
| 2016 | -0.3% | 99.7 | 0.7% | -1.0 points |
| 2015 | -0.3% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -0.3 points |
| 2014 | 0.1% | 100.3 | 1.5% | -1.4 points |
| 2013 | 2.6% | 100.2 | 2.6% | – |
| 2012 | 5.4% | 97.7 | 2.8% | +2.6 points |
| 2011 | 5.2% | 92.7 | 4.5% | +0.7 points |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 88.2 | 3.3% | +0.7 points |
| 2009 | 4.0% | 84.7 | 2.2% | +1.8 points |
| 2008 | 4.2% | 81.4 | 3.6% | +0.6 points |
| 2007 | 3.0% | 78.2 | 2.3% | +0.7 points |
| 2006 | 2.4% | 75.9 | 2.3% | +0.1 points |
| 2005 | -0.8% | 74.1 | 2.1% | -2.9 points |
| 2004 | -0.3% | 74.7 | 1.3% | -1.6 points |
| 2003 | 1.5% | 75.0 | 1.4% | +0.1 points |
| 2002 | -0.7% | 73.8 | 1.3% | -2.0 points |
| 2001 | -1.0% | 74.4 | 1.2% | -2.2 points |
| 2000 | -0.7% | 75.1 | 0.8% | -1.5 points |
| 1999 | -0.1% | 75.7 | 1.3% | -1.4 points |
| 1998 | -0.5% | 75.8 | 1.6% | -2.1 points |
| 1997 | -1.0% | 76.2 | 1.8% | -2.8 points |
| 1996 | 2.3% | 76.9 | 2.4% | -0.1 points |
| 1995 | -1.5% | 75.2 | 2.6% | -4.1 points |
| 1994 | 1.3% | 76.3 | 2.0% | -0.7 points |
| 1993 | 1.8% | 75.3 | 2.5% | -0.7 points |
| 1992 | 1.1% | 74.0 | 4.2% | -3.1 points |
| 1991 | 2.3% | 73.2 | 7.5% | -5.2 points |
| 1990 | 2.1% | 71.6 | 7.0% | -4.9 points |
| 1989 | 2.1% | 70.1 | 5.2% | -3.1 points |
ONS series D7O8, index D7FO. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.8% |
| July 2026 | 5.7% |
| June 2026 | 5.5% |
| May 2026 | 6.6% |
| April 2026 | 7.2% |
| March 2026 | 7.2% |
| February 2026 | 6.1% |
| January 2026 | 5.2% |
| December 2025 | 5.1% |
| November 2025 | 4.1% |
| October 2025 | 4.6% |
| September 2025 | 4.3% |
| August 2025 | 4.3% |
| July 2025 | 4.1% |
| June 2025 | 4.0% |
| May 2025 | 3.1% |
| April 2025 | 2.7% |
| March 2025 | 2.6% |
| February 2025 | 2.8% |
| January 2025 | 1.8% |
| December 2024 | 2.3% |
| November 2024 | 2.7% |
| October 2024 | 1.9% |
| September 2024 | 0.9% |
| August 2024 | 0.9% |
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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