Average price of eggs, size 4 in the UK since 1942
£1.74
9p
The ONS published an average UK price for eggs, size 4, per dozen for 80 years, from 1942 (9p) to 2021 (£1.74). The highest yearly average is £2.90 in 2011. The largest rise from one year to the next was +87.5%, in 1948. In 2021 the average was -11.2% on 2020; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.6%. Ten years earlier, in 2011, the average was £2.90.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per dozen) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1.74 | -11.2% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.96 | +0.5% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.95 | -0.5% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.96 | -3.4% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £2.03 | -2.4% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £2.08 | -9.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £2.29 | -11.9% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £2.60 | -6.5% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £2.78 | -1.4% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £2.82 | -2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £2.90 | +2.5% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.83 | +3.3% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.74 | +5.4% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £2.60 | +34.0% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.94 | +17.6% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.65 | +6.5% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.55 | – | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £1.55 | +0.6% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £1.54 | +1.3% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £1.52 | – | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £1.52 | +10.1% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £1.38 | – | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.38 | +5.3% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £1.31 | -5.1% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £1.38 | +1.5% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.36 | +15.3% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £1.18 | – | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.18 | +7.3% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.10 | +4.8% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.05 | +6.1% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 99p | -5.7% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £1.05 | +6.1% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 99p | +4.2% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 95p | – | |
| 1987 | 95p | +6.7% | |
| 1986 | 89p | +6.0% | |
| 1985 | 84p | +1.2% | |
| 1984 | 83p | +22.1% | |
| 1983 | 68p | -6.8% | |
| 1982 | 73p | +4.3% | |
| 1981 | 70p | +9.4% | |
| 1980 | 64p | +14.3% | |
| 1979 | 56p | +19.1% | |
| 1978 | 47p | -2.1% | |
| 1977 | 48p | +11.6% | |
| 1976 | 43p | +19.4% | |
| 1975 | 36p | – | |
| 1974 | 36p | +9.1% | |
| 1973 | 33p | +73.7% | |
| 1972 | 19p | -17.4% | |
| 1971 | 23p | +15.0% | |
| 1970 | 20p | – | |
| 1969 | 20p | +5.3% | |
| 1968 | 19p | +5.6% | |
| 1967 | 18p | -5.3% | |
| 1966 | 19p | -13.6% | |
| 1965 | 22p | +57.1% | |
| 1964 | 14p | -33.3% | |
| 1963 | 21p | +31.3% | |
| 1962 | 16p | -5.9% | |
| 1961 | 17p | -32.0% | |
| 1960 | 25p | +56.3% | |
| 1959 | 16p | -23.8% | |
| 1958 | 21p | +10.5% | |
| 1957 | 19p | -5.0% | |
| 1956 | 20p | -28.6% | |
| 1955 | 28p | +7.7% | |
| 1954 | 26p | -7.1% | |
| 1953 | 28p | +21.7% | |
| 1952 | 23p | – | |
| 1951 | 23p | +15.0% | |
| 1950 | 20p | +11.1% | |
| 1949 | 18p | +20.0% | |
| 1948 | 15p | +87.5% | |
| 1947 | 8p | -11.1% | |
| 1946 | 9p | – | |
| 1945 | 9p | – | |
| 1944 | 9p | – | |
| 1943 | 9p | – | |
| 1942 | 9p |
ONS series CZNU. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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