Average price of ground coffee in the UK since 1987
£3.00
£1.59
The ONS published an average UK price for ground coffee, per 227g for 34 years, from 1987 (£1.59) to 2020 (£3.00). The highest yearly average is £3.05 in 2019. The largest rise from one year to the next was +27.8%, in 1995. In 2020 the average was -1.6% on 2019; all-items CPI inflation that year was 0.9%. Ten years earlier, in 2010, the average was £2.37.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 227g) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £3.00 | -1.6% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £3.05 | +1.7% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £3.00 | +6.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £2.83 | +2.5% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £2.76 | -3.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £2.85 | +1.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £2.81 | -0.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £2.83 | -2.4% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £2.90 | +4.7% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £2.77 | +16.9% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.37 | +2.2% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.32 | +9.4% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £2.12 | +5.5% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £2.01 | +4.1% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.93 | +1.0% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.91 | +3.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £1.85 | -1.1% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £1.87 | +3.3% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £1.81 | -6.2% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £1.93 | +8.4% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £1.78 | -6.8% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.91 | -10.3% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £2.13 | -2.3% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £2.18 | +11.2% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.96 | -5.3% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £2.07 | +27.8% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.62 | +15.7% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.40 | +2.2% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.37 | +2.2% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £1.34 | -5.0% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £1.41 | +5.2% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £1.34 | -3.6% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £1.39 | -12.6% | |
| 1987 | £1.59 |
ONS series CZNO. About average prices · CSV
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Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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