Average price of draught lager in the UK since 1987
£4.77
93p
The ONS published an average UK price for draught lager, per pint for 36 years, from 1987 (93p) to 2024 (£4.77). The highest yearly average is £4.77 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +13.0%, in 1990. In 2024 the average was +4.6% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £3.37.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per pint) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £4.77 | +4.6% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £4.56 | +11.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £4.10 | 9.1% | |
| 2019 | £3.70 | +1.6% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £3.64 | +1.7% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £3.58 | +2.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £3.48 | +0.9% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £3.45 | +2.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £3.37 | +2.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £3.29 | +3.5% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £3.18 | +3.2% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £3.08 | +4.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.94 | +5.0% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.80 | +2.2% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £2.74 | +4.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £2.62 | +4.4% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £2.51 | +4.1% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £2.41 | +3.4% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £2.33 | +3.1% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £2.26 | +8.1% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £2.09 | +3.0% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £2.03 | +1.5% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £2.00 | +3.1% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.94 | +2.6% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £1.89 | +4.4% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £1.81 | +4.6% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.73 | +4.2% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £1.66 | +5.1% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.58 | +3.3% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.53 | +4.8% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.46 | +6.6% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £1.37 | +12.3% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £1.22 | +13.0% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £1.08 | +9.1% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 99p | +6.5% | |
| 1987 | 93p |
ONS series CZMS. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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