Average price of cheddar cheese in the UK since 1914
£8.38
8p
The ONS published an average UK price for cheddar cheese, per kg for 111 years, from 1914 (8p) to 2024 (£8.38). The highest yearly average is £9.19 in 2023. The largest rise from one year to the next was +84.6%, in 1952. In 2024 the average was -8.8% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £8.02.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £8.38 | -8.8% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £9.19 | +29.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £7.09 | +12.9% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £6.28 | -8.7% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £6.89 | -2.9% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £7.09 | -2.6% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £7.28 | +1.3% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £7.18 | -0.1% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £7.19 | -6.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £7.67 | -4.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £8.02 | +3.1% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £7.78 | -1.4% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £7.89 | +1.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £7.80 | +0.1% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £7.79 | +3.9% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £7.50 | +7.8% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £6.96 | +20.4% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £5.78 | +2.1% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £5.66 | +2.9% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £5.50 | -3.1% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £5.67 | +3.5% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £5.48 | +4.6% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £5.24 | +2.7% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £5.10 | +1.0% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £5.05 | +4.2% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £4.84 | -3.2% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £5.00 | -5.3% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £5.28 | +9.0% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £4.84 | +6.0% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £4.57 | +8.1% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £4.23 | +2.8% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £4.11 | +7.4% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £3.83 | +11.1% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £3.45 | +4.6% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £3.30 | +1.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £3.23 | +7.7% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £3.00 | +9.0% | |
| 1987 | £2.75 | +0.1% | |
| 1986 | £2.75 | +0.5% | |
| 1985 | £2.74 | +6.0% | |
| 1984 | £2.58 | +1.4% | |
| 1983 | £2.55 | +1.5% | |
| 1982 | £2.51 | +8.3% | |
| 1981 | £2.32 | +10.7% | |
| 1980 | £2.09 | +14.7% | |
| 1979 | £1.82 | +17.9% | |
| 1978 | £1.55 | +11.5% | |
| 1977 | £1.39 | +25.4% | |
| 1976 | £1.11 | +16.0% | |
| 1975 | 95.4p | +16.9% | |
| 1974 | 81.6p | +14.9% | |
| 1973 | 71p | +2.9% | |
| 1972 | 69p | +34.2% | |
| 1971 | 51.4p | +25.4% | |
| 1970 | 41p | +5.1% | |
| 1969 | 39p | – | |
| 1968 | 39p | +2.6% | |
| 1967 | 38p | – | |
| 1966 | 38p | +2.7% | |
| 1965 | 37p | +2.8% | |
| 1964 | 36p | +9.1% | |
| 1963 | 33p | +3.1% | |
| 1962 | 32p | +3.2% | |
| 1961 | 31p | – | |
| 1960 | 31p | -16.2% | |
| 1959 | 37p | +37.0% | |
| 1958 | 27p | +17.4% | |
| 1957 | 23p | -34.3% | |
| 1956 | 35p | +25.0% | |
| 1955 | 28p | +21.7% | |
| 1954 | 23p | -4.2% | |
| 1953 | 24p | – | |
| 1952 | 24p | +84.6% | |
| 1951 | 13p | – | |
| 1950 | 13p | – | |
| 1949 | 13p | +44.4% | |
| 1948 | 9p | -18.2% | |
| 1947 | 11p | -8.3% | |
| 1946 | 12p | – | |
| 1945 | 12p | – | |
| 1944 | 12p | – | |
| 1943 | 12p | – | |
| 1942 | 12p | – | |
| 1941 | 12p | – | |
| 1940 | 12p | +20.0% | |
| 1939 | 10p | – | |
| 1938 | 10p | +11.1% | |
| 1937 | 9p | +12.5% | |
| 1936 | 8p | – | |
| 1935 | 8p | – | |
| 1934 | 8p | -11.1% | |
| 1933 | 9p | -10.0% | |
| 1932 | 10p | – | |
| 1931 | 10p | -16.7% | |
| 1930 | 12p | -7.7% | |
| 1929 | 13p | – | |
| 1928 | 13p | +8.3% | |
| 1927 | 12p | -7.7% | |
| 1926 | 13p | – | |
| 1925 | 13p | – | |
| 1924 | 13p | -7.1% | |
| 1923 | 14p | +7.7% | |
| 1922 | 13p | -27.8% | |
| 1921 | 18p | -5.3% | |
| 1920 | 19p | +11.8% | |
| 1919 | 17p | – | |
| 1918 | 17p | +6.3% | |
| 1917 | 16p | +33.3% | |
| 1916 | 12p | +9.1% | |
| 1915 | 11p | +37.5% | |
| 1914 | 8p |
ONS series CZNW. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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