Average price of ham in the UK since 1952
£2.62
88p
The ONS published an average UK price for ham, per 113g for 73 years, from 1952 (88p) to 2024 (£2.62). The highest yearly average is £2.62 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +25.6%, in 2005. In 2024 the average was +4.0% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.78.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 113g) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £2.62 | +4.0% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £2.52 | +6.8% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £2.36 | +21.6% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.94 | -2.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.99 | +5.9% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.88 | +5.0% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.79 | -2.2% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.83 | +8.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.68 | +1.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.66 | -6.7% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.78 | +1.1% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.76 | +12.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.56 | -0.6% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.57 | +7.5% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.46 | +1.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.44 | +7.5% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.34 | +12.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.19 | +5.3% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.13 | – | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.13 | +25.6% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 90p | – | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 90p | -6.2% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 96p | +1.1% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 95p | +9.2% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 87p | – | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 87p | – | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 87p | -4.4% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 91p | +3.4% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 88p | +15.8% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 76p | +5.6% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 72p | -2.7% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 74p | -1.3% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 75p | -1.3% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 76p | – | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 76p | +16.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 65p | +10.2% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 59p | +3.5% | |
| 1987 | 57p | +3.6% | |
| 1986 | 55p | +3.8% | |
| 1985 | 53p | +3.9% | |
| 1984 | 51p | +4.1% | |
| 1983 | 49p | +4.3% | |
| 1982 | 47p | +11.9% | |
| 1981 | 42p | +2.4% | |
| 1980 | 41p | +13.9% | |
| 1979 | 36p | +12.5% | |
| 1978 | 32p | +10.3% | |
| 1977 | 29p | +3.6% | |
| 1976 | 28p | +16.7% | |
| 1975 | 24p | +14.3% | |
| 1974 | 21p | +16.7% | |
| 1973 | 18p | +20.0% | |
| 1972 | 15p | +7.1% | |
| 1971 | 14p | -87.4% | |
| 1970 | £1.11 | – | |
| 1969 | £1.11 | +4.7% | |
| 1968 | £1.06 | +1.9% | |
| 1967 | £1.04 | +1.0% | |
| 1966 | £1.03 | +8.4% | |
| 1965 | 95p | +1.1% | |
| 1964 | 94p | +5.6% | |
| 1963 | 89p | +3.5% | |
| 1962 | 86p | -2.3% | |
| 1961 | 88p | -1.1% | |
| 1960 | 89p | -2.2% | |
| 1959 | 91p | +3.4% | |
| 1958 | 88p | +7.3% | |
| 1957 | 82p | -5.7% | |
| 1956 | 87p | -3.3% | |
| 1955 | 90p | +20.0% | |
| 1954 | 75p | -2.6% | |
| 1953 | 77p | -12.5% | |
| 1952 | 88p |
ONS series CZOR. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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