Average price of instant coffee in the UK since 1967
£3.32
24p
The ONS published an average UK price for instant coffee, per 100g for 58 years, from 1967 (24p) to 2024 (£3.32). The highest yearly average is £3.32 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +100.0%, in 1977. In 2024 the average was +0.6% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £2.75.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 100g) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £3.32 | +0.6% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £3.30 | +1.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £3.25 | +12.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £2.88 | -1.7% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £2.93 | -3.3% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £3.03 | -0.3% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £3.04 | +4.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £2.91 | +9.8% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £2.65 | -2.9% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £2.73 | -0.7% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £2.75 | +3.0% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £2.67 | -0.4% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £2.68 | +2.3% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £2.62 | +17.0% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.24 | -0.9% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.26 | +13.0% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £2.00 | +1.5% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.97 | +4.2% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.89 | +5.6% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.79 | +2.3% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £1.75 | -2.8% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £1.80 | +1.1% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £1.78 | -1.7% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £1.81 | -3.7% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £1.88 | -3.6% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.95 | -4.9% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £2.05 | +2.5% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £2.00 | +5.8% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.89 | -2.1% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £1.93 | +18.4% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.63 | +31.5% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.24 | -1.6% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.26 | -3.1% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £1.30 | – | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £1.30 | -7.1% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £1.40 | +6.9% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £1.31 | -5.1% | |
| 1987 | £1.38 | -4.2% | |
| 1986 | £1.44 | +2.1% | |
| 1985 | £1.41 | +12.8% | |
| 1984 | £1.25 | +16.8% | |
| 1983 | £1.07 | +10.3% | |
| 1982 | 97p | +2.1% | |
| 1981 | 95p | -5.0% | |
| 1980 | £1.00 | -1.0% | |
| 1979 | £1.01 | +4.1% | |
| 1978 | 97p | +1.0% | |
| 1977 | 96p | +100.0% | |
| 1976 | 48p | +37.1% | |
| 1975 | 35p | +9.4% | |
| 1974 | 32p | +14.3% | |
| 1973 | 28p | +12.0% | |
| 1972 | 25p | – | |
| 1971 | 25p | – | |
| 1970 | 25p | +8.7% | |
| 1969 | 23p | +4.5% | |
| 1968 | 22p | -8.3% | |
| 1967 | 24p |
ONS series CZNP. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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