Average price of gammon bacon in the UK since 1967
£8.98
66p
The ONS published an average UK price for gammon bacon, per kg for 58 years, from 1967 (66p) to 2024 (£8.98). The highest yearly average is £8.98 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +39.1%, in 1973. In 2024 the average was +4.2% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £7.84.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £8.98 | +4.2% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £8.62 | +13.9% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £7.57 | -0.3% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £7.59 | +5.6% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £7.19 | +1.1% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £7.11 | +7.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £6.64 | +1.7% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £6.53 | -0.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £6.59 | -10.8% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £7.39 | -5.7% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £7.84 | -1.9% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £7.99 | +11.9% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £7.14 | +2.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £6.99 | +3.4% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £6.76 | -3.6% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £7.01 | +4.8% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £6.69 | +3.1% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £6.49 | +4.0% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £6.24 | +6.7% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £5.85 | -0.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £5.86 | +1.9% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £5.75 | +0.9% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £5.70 | -0.9% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £5.75 | +5.7% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £5.44 | +0.9% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £5.39 | -4.4% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £5.64 | -2.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £5.80 | +25.0% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £4.64 | -7.2% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £5.00 | -1.8% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £5.09 | -3.6% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £5.28 | -0.4% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £5.30 | +2.9% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £5.15 | +9.1% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £4.72 | +6.1% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £4.45 | +7.5% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £4.14 | +4.0% | |
| 1987 | £3.98 | +3.4% | |
| 1986 | £3.85 | +1.9% | |
| 1985 | £3.78 | +5.3% | |
| 1984 | £3.59 | +5.3% | |
| 1983 | £3.41 | +2.1% | |
| 1982 | £3.34 | +12.5% | |
| 1981 | £2.97 | +5.3% | |
| 1980 | £2.82 | +11.0% | |
| 1979 | £2.54 | +13.4% | |
| 1978 | £2.24 | +11.4% | |
| 1977 | £2.01 | +4.7% | |
| 1976 | £1.92 | +15.0% | |
| 1975 | £1.67 | +19.3% | |
| 1974 | £1.40 | +15.7% | |
| 1973 | £1.21 | +39.1% | |
| 1972 | 87p | +10.1% | |
| 1971 | 79p | – | |
| 1970 | 79p | +5.3% | |
| 1969 | 75p | +7.1% | |
| 1968 | 70p | +6.1% | |
| 1967 | 66p |
ONS series CZOU. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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