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Average price of iceberg lettuce in the UK since 1991

Average price, 2024
86p
each
Average price, 1991
75p
each

The ONS published an average UK price for iceberg lettuce, each for 34 years, from 1991 (75p) to 2024 (86p). The highest yearly average is 95p in 2012. The largest rise from one year to the next was +26.2%, in 2023. In 2024 the average was +11.7% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 78p.

95 p52 p 19912024
Every value in the official series, 1991 to 2024.

Average price by year

YearAverage price (each)Change on previous yearCPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)
202486p+11.7%2.5%
202377p+26.2%7.3%
202261p+15.1%9.1%
202153p-11.7%2.6%
202060p-9.1%0.9%
201966p+11.9%1.8%
201859p-4.8%2.5%
201762p+19.2%2.7%
201652p-13.3%0.7%
201560p-23.1%0.0%
201478p-17.9%1.5%
201395p–2.6%
201295p+4.4%2.8%
201191p-3.2%4.5%
201094p+5.6%3.3%
200989p+6.0%2.2%
200884p+6.3%3.6%
200779p+8.2%2.3%
200673p+1.4%2.3%
200572p+20.0%2.1%
200460p-17.8%1.3%
200373p+14.1%1.4%
200264p-4.5%1.3%
200167p+21.8%1.2%
200055p-5.2%0.8%
199958p+3.6%1.3%
199856p-11.1%1.6%
199763p+1.6%1.8%
199662p-1.6%2.4%
199563p+1.6%2.6%
199462p-11.4%2.0%
199370p+1.4%2.5%
199269p-8.0%4.2%
199175p7.5%

ONS series CZNA. About average prices · CSV

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