Average price of white bread, unwrapped in the UK since 1914
£1.67
1.2p
The ONS published an average UK price for white bread, unwrapped, per 800g loaf for 111 years, from 1914 (1.2p) to 2024 (£1.67). The highest yearly average is £1.67 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +41.9%, in 1956. In 2024 the average was +6.5% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.35.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 800g loaf) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.67 | +6.5% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.57 | +17.8% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.33 | +13.2% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.18 | +0.4% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.17 | -0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.18 | +2.9% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.15 | -0.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.16 | +2.8% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.12 | -5.3% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.19 | -12.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.35 | -1.9% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.38 | +8.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.27 | +5.6% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.20 | +8.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.10 | +0.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.10 | +0.6% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.09 | +18.4% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 92.2p | +2.8% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 89.7p | +5.9% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 84.7p | -6.8% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 90.9p | +8.3% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 83.9p | +13.4% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 74p | +3.9% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 71.2p | +1.4% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 70.2p | +2.0% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 68.8p | -2.8% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 70.8p | +0.3% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 70.6p | -1.4% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 71.6p | -4.3% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 74.8p | +1.1% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 74p | -1.6% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 75.2p | +3.3% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 72.8p | +4.7% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 69.5p | +6.6% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 65.2p | +5.8% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 61.6p | +4.9% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 58.7p | +6.0% | |
| 1987 | 55.4p | +3.0% | |
| 1986 | 53.8p | +11.9% | |
| 1985 | 48.1p | +4.8% | |
| 1984 | 45.9p | +4.8% | |
| 1983 | 43.8p | +3.8% | |
| 1982 | 42.2p | +6.0% | |
| 1981 | 39.8p | +9.0% | |
| 1980 | 36.5p | +16.2% | |
| 1979 | 31.4p | +12.5% | |
| 1978 | 27.9p | +19.7% | |
| 1977 | 23.3p | +25.3% | |
| 1976 | 18.6p | +16.3% | |
| 1975 | 16p | +15.1% | |
| 1974 | 13.9p | +29.9% | |
| 1973 | 10.7p | +7.0% | |
| 1972 | 10p | +9.9% | |
| 1971 | 9.1p | +3.4% | |
| 1970 | 8.8p | +10.0% | |
| 1969 | 8p | +5.3% | |
| 1968 | 7.6p | +8.6% | |
| 1967 | 7p | +7.7% | |
| 1966 | 6.5p | +4.8% | |
| 1965 | 6.2p | +6.9% | |
| 1964 | 5.8p | +3.6% | |
| 1963 | 5.6p | +3.7% | |
| 1962 | 5.4p | +1.9% | |
| 1961 | 5.3p | +10.4% | |
| 1960 | 4.8p | +4.3% | |
| 1959 | 4.6p | +2.2% | |
| 1958 | 4.5p | -2.2% | |
| 1957 | 4.6p | +4.5% | |
| 1956 | 4.4p | +41.9% | |
| 1955 | 3.1p | – | |
| 1954 | 3.1p | – | |
| 1953 | 3.1p | – | |
| 1952 | 3.1p | +24.0% | |
| 1951 | 2.5p | +8.7% | |
| 1950 | 2.3p | – | |
| 1949 | 2.3p | +21.1% | |
| 1948 | 1.9p | – | |
| 1947 | 1.9p | +11.8% | |
| 1946 | 1.7p | – | |
| 1945 | 1.7p | – | |
| 1944 | 1.7p | – | |
| 1943 | 1.7p | +13.3% | |
| 1942 | 1.5p | – | |
| 1941 | 1.5p | -6.3% | |
| 1940 | 1.6p | +6.7% | |
| 1939 | 1.5p | -11.8% | |
| 1938 | 1.7p | – | |
| 1937 | 1.7p | +13.3% | |
| 1936 | 1.5p | +7.1% | |
| 1935 | 1.4p | – | |
| 1934 | 1.4p | – | |
| 1933 | 1.4p | +7.7% | |
| 1932 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1931 | 1.3p | -18.8% | |
| 1930 | 1.6p | – | |
| 1929 | 1.6p | -5.9% | |
| 1928 | 1.7p | -5.6% | |
| 1927 | 1.8p | – | |
| 1926 | 1.8p | -5.3% | |
| 1925 | 1.9p | +11.8% | |
| 1924 | 1.7p | +6.2% | |
| 1923 | 1.6p | -11.1% | |
| 1922 | 1.8p | -25.0% | |
| 1921 | 2.4p | +9.1% | |
| 1920 | 2.2p | +29.4% | |
| 1919 | 1.7p | +6.2% | |
| 1918 | 1.6p | -15.8% | |
| 1917 | 1.9p | +18.7% | |
| 1916 | 1.6p | – | |
| 1915 | 1.6p | +33.3% | |
| 1914 | 1.2p |
ONS series CZOG. About average prices · CSV
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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