Average price of carrots in the UK since 1968
77p
8p
The ONS published an average UK price for carrots, per kg for 57 years, from 1968 (8p) to 2024 (77p). The highest yearly average is 91p in 2013. The largest rise from one year to the next was +57.1%, in 1975. In 2024 the average was +14.9% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 83p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77p | +14.9% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 67p | +19.6% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 56p | +9.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 51p | -12.1% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 58p | -14.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 68p | +1.5% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 67p | +4.7% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 64p | -1.5% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 65p | -14.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 76p | -8.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 83p | -8.8% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 91p | +5.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 86p | +14.7% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 75p | -3.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 78p | -7.1% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 84p | +10.5% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 76p | +8.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 70p | +7.7% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 65p | +1.6% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 64p | +12.3% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 57p | +3.6% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 55p | – | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 55p | -9.8% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 61p | +35.6% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 45p | -6.2% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 48p | -11.1% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 54p | +14.9% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 47p | -16.1% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 56p | +3.7% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 54p | +3.8% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 52p | +8.3% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 48p | – | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 48p | -21.3% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 61p | +3.4% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 59p | +25.5% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 47p | -6.0% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 50p | +6.4% | |
| 1987 | 47p | +17.5% | |
| 1986 | 40p | -9.1% | |
| 1985 | 44p | +12.8% | |
| 1984 | 39p | +2.6% | |
| 1983 | 38p | +8.6% | |
| 1982 | 35p | +6.1% | |
| 1981 | 33p | +13.8% | |
| 1980 | 29p | +11.5% | |
| 1979 | 26p | +36.8% | |
| 1978 | 19p | -36.7% | |
| 1977 | 30p | +36.4% | |
| 1976 | 22p | – | |
| 1975 | 22p | +57.1% | |
| 1974 | 14p | +27.3% | |
| 1973 | 11p | +22.2% | |
| 1972 | 9p | – | |
| 1971 | 9p | +28.6% | |
| 1970 | 7p | -12.5% | |
| 1969 | 8p | – | |
| 1968 | 8p |
ONS series CZNE. 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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