Average price of roasting chicken, fresh or chilled in the UK since 1967
£3.79
39p
The ONS published an average UK price for roasting chicken, fresh or chilled, per kg for 58 years, from 1967 (39p) to 2024 (£3.79). The highest yearly average is £3.80 in 2023. The largest rise from one year to the next was +23.3%, in 2008. In 2024 the average was -0.3% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £3.33.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £3.79 | -0.3% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £3.80 | +18.8% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £3.20 | +18.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £2.71 | +6.7% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £2.54 | -7.6% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £2.75 | -2.5% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £2.82 | – | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £2.82 | -3.4% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £2.92 | -6.7% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £3.13 | -6.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £3.33 | +0.9% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £3.30 | +5.4% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £3.13 | – | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £3.13 | +8.7% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.88 | -0.7% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.90 | +3.6% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £2.80 | +23.3% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £2.27 | +1.3% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £2.24 | -2.6% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £2.30 | -0.9% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £2.32 | +1.8% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £2.28 | +1.8% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £2.24 | -1.3% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £2.27 | +1.8% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £2.23 | +1.4% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £2.20 | -2.7% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £2.26 | -5.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £2.40 | +4.8% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £2.29 | +12.8% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £2.03 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £2.02 | -3.8% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £2.10 | +5.0% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £2.00 | -13.0% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £2.30 | +6.0% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £2.17 | +11.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £1.94 | +6.0% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £1.83 | +1.1% | |
| 1987 | £1.81 | +2.3% | |
| 1986 | £1.77 | +0.6% | |
| 1985 | £1.76 | +2.3% | |
| 1984 | £1.72 | +4.9% | |
| 1983 | £1.64 | +3.1% | |
| 1982 | £1.59 | +3.2% | |
| 1981 | £1.54 | +4.1% | |
| 1980 | £1.48 | +9.6% | |
| 1979 | £1.35 | +14.4% | |
| 1978 | £1.18 | +11.3% | |
| 1977 | £1.06 | +20.5% | |
| 1976 | 88p | +15.8% | |
| 1975 | 76p | +15.2% | |
| 1974 | 66p | +15.8% | |
| 1973 | 57p | +21.3% | |
| 1972 | 47p | – | |
| 1971 | 47p | – | |
| 1970 | 47p | +9.3% | |
| 1969 | 43p | +4.9% | |
| 1968 | 41p | +5.1% | |
| 1967 | 39p |
ONS series CZOM. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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