Average price of margarine or low fat spread in the UK since 1996
£2.18
72p
The ONS published an average UK price for margarine or low fat spread, per 400g to 500g for 29 years, from 1996 (72p) to 2024 (£2.18). The highest yearly average is £2.18 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +28.8%, in 2022. In 2024 the average was +0.5% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.65.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 400g to 500g) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £2.18 | +0.5% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £2.17 | +10.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.97 | +28.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.53 | +7.0% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.43 | -15.9% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.70 | +18.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.44 | +7.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.34 | -5.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.41 | -7.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.52 | -7.9% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.65 | +1.2% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.63 | -0.6% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.64 | +5.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.56 | +18.2% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.32 | – | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.32 | -2.9% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.36 | +24.8% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.09 | +6.9% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.02 | +10.9% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 92p | +12.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 82p | +2.5% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 80p | – | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 80p | – | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 80p | – | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 80p | -9.1% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 88p | +10.0% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 80p | +9.6% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 73p | +1.4% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 72p | 2.4% |
ONS series DOIB. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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