Average price of coal in the UK since 1946
£21.24
20p
The ONS published an average UK price for coal, per 50kg for 56 years, from 1946 (20p) to 2021 (£21.24). The highest yearly average is £21.24 in 2021. The largest rise from one year to the next was +19.6%, in 2008. In 2021 the average was +4.1% on 2020; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.6%. Ten years earlier, in 2011, the average was £16.06.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 50kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £21.24 | +4.1% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £20.41 | +5.2% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £19.40 | +4.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £18.63 | +3.2% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £18.06 | +4.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £17.36 | +0.8% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £17.23 | -0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £17.32 | +2.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £16.91 | +1.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £16.63 | +3.5% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £16.06 | +3.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £15.47 | +0.3% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £15.42 | +17.7% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £13.10 | +19.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £10.95 | +7.8% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £10.16 | +8.2% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £9.39 | +9.7% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £8.56 | +2.8% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £8.33 | +2.7% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £8.11 | +4.0% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £7.80 | +4.6% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £7.46 | +3.2% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £7.23 | +1.3% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £7.14 | +7.2% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £6.66 | -2.1% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £6.80 | +0.6% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £6.76 | +1.3% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £6.67 | +6.5% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £6.26 | +0.8% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £6.21 | +3.0% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £6.03 | +5.4% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £5.72 | +3.6% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £5.52 | -0.4% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £5.54 | +4.7% | |
| 1987 | £5.29 | ||
| 1966 | 60p | +9.1% | |
| 1965 | 55p | +10.0% | |
| 1964 | 50p | – | |
| 1963 | 50p | +4.2% | |
| 1962 | 48p | +2.1% | |
| 1961 | 47p | +11.9% | |
| 1960 | 42p | +2.4% | |
| 1959 | 41p | +7.9% | |
| 1958 | 38p | – | |
| 1957 | 38p | +2.7% | |
| 1956 | 37p | +5.7% | |
| 1955 | 35p | +6.1% | |
| 1954 | 33p | +13.8% | |
| 1953 | 29p | +7.4% | |
| 1952 | 27p | +3.8% | |
| 1951 | 26p | +8.3% | |
| 1950 | 24p | +9.1% | |
| 1949 | 22p | – | |
| 1948 | 22p | +4.8% | |
| 1947 | 21p | +5.0% | |
| 1946 | 20p |
ONS series CZMO. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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