Phones and phone services inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
5.2%
5.4%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for phones and phone services (COICOP 08.2) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 5.2% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 8.0% in 1991; the lowest is -7.3% in 2001. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 9 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 13 years.
Phones and phone services inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.2% | 3.4% | +1.8 points |
| 2024 | 4.6% | 2.5% | +2.1 points |
| 2023 | 7.0% | 7.3% | -0.3 points |
| 2022 | 2.2% | 9.1% | -6.9 points |
| 2021 | 1.5% | 2.6% | -1.1 points |
| 2020 | 3.8% | 0.9% | +2.9 points |
| 2019 | 3.9% | 1.8% | +2.1 points |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 2.5% | -1.5 points |
| 2017 | 1.8% | 2.7% | -0.9 points |
| 2016 | 2.8% | 0.7% | +2.1 points |
| 2015 | 1.4% | 0.0% | +1.4 points |
| 2014 | 1.1% | 1.5% | -0.4 points |
| 2013 | 2.6% | 2.6% | – |
| 2012 | 3.5% | 2.8% | +0.7 points |
| 2011 | 3.7% | 4.5% | -0.8 points |
| 2010 | 4.8% | 3.3% | +1.5 points |
| 2009 | 0.6% | 2.2% | -1.6 points |
| 2008 | -3.0% | 3.6% | -6.6 points |
| 2007 | -3.9% | 2.3% | -6.2 points |
| 2006 | -0.2% | 2.3% | -2.5 points |
| 2005 | -2.8% | 2.1% | -4.9 points |
| 2004 | -1.0% | 1.3% | -2.3 points |
| 2003 | 0.4% | 1.4% | -1.0 points |
| 2002 | 0.8% | 1.3% | -0.5 points |
| 2001 | -7.3% | 1.2% | -8.5 points |
| 2000 | -4.6% | 0.8% | -5.4 points |
| 1999 | -3.3% | 1.3% | -4.6 points |
| 1998 | -1.8% | 1.6% | -3.4 points |
| 1997 | -3.2% | 1.8% | -5.0 points |
| 1996 | -2.6% | 2.4% | -5.0 points |
| 1995 | -3.7% | 2.6% | -6.3 points |
| 1994 | -6.1% | 2.0% | -8.1 points |
| 1993 | 0.5% | 2.5% | -2.0 points |
| 1992 | 2.3% | 4.2% | -1.9 points |
| 1991 | 8.0% | 7.5% | +0.5 points |
| 1990 | 5.5% | 7.0% | -1.5 points |
| 1989 | 1.0% | 5.2% | -4.2 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 5.4% |
| July 2026 | 5.1% |
| June 2026 | 5.3% |
| May 2026 | 5.2% |
| April 2026 | 4.5% |
| March 2026 | 4.1% |
| February 2026 | 4.3% |
| January 2026 | 4.6% |
| December 2025 | 4.3% |
| November 2025 | 4.8% |
| October 2025 | 4.4% |
| September 2025 | 4.6% |
| August 2025 | 6.0% |
| July 2025 | 6.0% |
| June 2025 | 4.8% |
| May 2025 | 4.4% |
| April 2025 | 5.7% |
| March 2025 | 5.5% |
| February 2025 | 6.9% |
| January 2025 | 5.5% |
| December 2024 | 5.5% |
| November 2024 | 4.3% |
| October 2024 | 3.8% |
| September 2024 | 4.6% |
| August 2024 | 3.5% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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