Average price of self-raising flour in the UK since 1914
83p
2.3p
The ONS published an average UK price for self-raising flour, per 1.5kg for 111 years, from 1914 (2.3p) to 2024 (83p). The highest yearly average is £1.26 in 2014. The largest rise from one year to the next was +49.0%, in 1974. In 2024 the average was +1.8% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.26.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 1.5kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83p | +1.8% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 81.5p | +13.0% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 72.1p | +19.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 60.2p | -13.3% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 69.4p | +2.1% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 68p | -10.4% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 75.9p | -6.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 81.5p | -0.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 82.2p | -10.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 91.8p | -27.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.26 | +5.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.19 | +6.2% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.12 | -10.0% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.25 | +28.4% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 97.3p | -2.9% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.00 | +2.7% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 97.6p | +25.9% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 77.5p | +17.8% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 65.8p | +1.7% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 64.7p | -4.1% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 67.5p | +10.3% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 61.2p | +1.7% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 60.2p | +1.3% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 59.4p | -0.3% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 59.6p | -2.6% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 61.2p | +0.7% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 60.8p | +1.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 59.7p | +1.4% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 58.9p | +2.4% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 57.5p | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 57.2p | -7.4% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 61.8p | -5.5% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 65.4p | +6.0% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 61.7p | +12.8% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 54.7p | +1.3% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 54p | +3.4% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 52.2p | +10.1% | |
| 1987 | 47.4p | +3.5% | |
| 1986 | 45.8p | +7.0% | |
| 1985 | 42.8p | – | |
| 1984 | 42.8p | +1.2% | |
| 1983 | 42.3p | -0.5% | |
| 1982 | 42.5p | +3.4% | |
| 1981 | 41.1p | +5.9% | |
| 1980 | 38.8p | +7.8% | |
| 1979 | 36p | +1.7% | |
| 1978 | 35.4p | +18.0% | |
| 1977 | 30p | +31.6% | |
| 1976 | 22.8p | +3.2% | |
| 1975 | 22.1p | +2.3% | |
| 1974 | 21.6p | +49.0% | |
| 1973 | 14.5p | +12.4% | |
| 1972 | 12.9p | +6.6% | |
| 1971 | 12.1p | +12.0% | |
| 1970 | 10.8p | +1.9% | |
| 1969 | 10.6p | – | |
| 1968 | 10.6p | +1.9% | |
| 1967 | 10.4p | +3.0% | |
| 1966 | 10.1p | – | |
| 1965 | 10.1p | -2.9% | |
| 1964 | 10.4p | +6.1% | |
| 1963 | 9.8p | +1.0% | |
| 1962 | 9.7p | +1.0% | |
| 1961 | 9.6p | -2.0% | |
| 1960 | 9.8p | +1.0% | |
| 1959 | 9.7p | +1.0% | |
| 1958 | 9.6p | -1.0% | |
| 1957 | 9.7p | +5.4% | |
| 1956 | 9.2p | +5.7% | |
| 1955 | 8.7p | +1.2% | |
| 1954 | 8.6p | -4.4% | |
| 1953 | 9p | +16.9% | |
| 1952 | 7.7p | +40.0% | |
| 1951 | 5.5p | +22.2% | |
| 1950 | 4.5p | – | |
| 1949 | 4.5p | +18.4% | |
| 1948 | 3.8p | +11.8% | |
| 1947 | 3.4p | – | |
| 1946 | 3.4p | – | |
| 1945 | 3.4p | – | |
| 1944 | 3.4p | -8.1% | |
| 1943 | 3.7p | +19.4% | |
| 1942 | 3.1p | +14.8% | |
| 1941 | 2.7p | +3.8% | |
| 1940 | 2.6p | -3.7% | |
| 1939 | 2.7p | -10.0% | |
| 1938 | 3p | -3.2% | |
| 1937 | 3.1p | +14.8% | |
| 1936 | 2.7p | +8.0% | |
| 1935 | 2.5p | +4.2% | |
| 1934 | 2.4p | – | |
| 1933 | 2.4p | +4.3% | |
| 1932 | 2.3p | – | |
| 1931 | 2.3p | -23.3% | |
| 1930 | 3p | -3.2% | |
| 1929 | 3.1p | -3.1% | |
| 1928 | 3.2p | -8.6% | |
| 1927 | 3.5p | -2.8% | |
| 1926 | 3.6p | -2.7% | |
| 1925 | 3.7p | +19.4% | |
| 1924 | 3.1p | +3.3% | |
| 1923 | 3p | -11.8% | |
| 1922 | 3.4p | -29.2% | |
| 1921 | 4.8p | +11.6% | |
| 1920 | 4.3p | +38.7% | |
| 1919 | 3.1p | – | |
| 1918 | 3.1p | -20.5% | |
| 1917 | 3.9p | +18.2% | |
| 1916 | 3.3p | – | |
| 1915 | 3.3p | +43.5% | |
| 1914 | 2.3p |
ONS series CZOC. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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