Average price of pasteurised milk in the UK since 1914
65.1p
0.7p
The ONS published an average UK price for pasteurised milk, per pint for 111 years, from 1914 (0.7p) to 2024 (65.1p). The highest yearly average is 67.2p in 2023. The largest rise from one year to the next was +42.4%, in 1976. In 2024 the average was -3.1% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 46.2p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per pint) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.1p | -3.1% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 67.2p | +17.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 57.2p | +33.3% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 42.9p | -0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 43.1p | -2.3% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 44.1p | – | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 44.1p | +2.1% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 43.2p | +1.2% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 42.7p | -1.4% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 43.3p | -6.3% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 46.2p | +0.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 46p | – | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 46p | +1.5% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 45.3p | +2.5% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 44.2p | +0.2% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 44.1p | +4.8% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 42.1p | +14.4% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 36.8p | +5.7% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 34.8p | -0.3% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 34.9p | -0.9% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 35.2p | -3.8% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 36.6p | +0.8% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 36.3p | -0.8% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 36.6p | +7.0% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 34.2p | – | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 34.2p | +0.3% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 34.1p | -2.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 35.1p | -2.2% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 35.9p | -0.6% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 36.1p | +0.3% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 36p | +5.0% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 34.3p | +1.2% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 33.9p | +4.6% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 32.4p | +6.2% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 30.5p | +8.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 28p | +6.9% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 26.2p | +4.0% | |
| 1987 | 25.2p | +5.4% | |
| 1986 | 23.9p | +4.8% | |
| 1985 | 22.8p | +5.6% | |
| 1984 | 21.6p | +2.9% | |
| 1983 | 21p | +4.0% | |
| 1982 | 20.2p | +6.3% | |
| 1981 | 19p | +13.8% | |
| 1980 | 16.7p | +14.4% | |
| 1979 | 14.6p | +11.5% | |
| 1978 | 13.1p | +12.9% | |
| 1977 | 11.6p | +23.4% | |
| 1976 | 9.4p | +42.4% | |
| 1975 | 6.6p | +26.9% | |
| 1974 | 5.2p | -13.3% | |
| 1973 | 6p | +5.3% | |
| 1972 | 5.7p | +3.6% | |
| 1971 | 5.5p | +17.0% | |
| 1970 | 4.7p | +6.8% | |
| 1969 | 4.4p | +2.3% | |
| 1968 | 4.3p | +2.4% | |
| 1967 | 4.2p | +5.0% | |
| 1966 | 4p | – | |
| 1965 | 4p | +5.3% | |
| 1964 | 3.8p | +8.6% | |
| 1963 | 3.5p | – | |
| 1962 | 3.5p | +6.1% | |
| 1961 | 3.3p | – | |
| 1960 | 3.3p | – | |
| 1959 | 3.3p | – | |
| 1958 | 3.3p | – | |
| 1957 | 3.3p | +6.5% | |
| 1956 | 3.1p | +6.9% | |
| 1955 | 2.9p | – | |
| 1954 | 2.9p | – | |
| 1953 | 2.9p | +7.4% | |
| 1952 | 2.7p | +17.4% | |
| 1951 | 2.3p | +9.5% | |
| 1950 | 2.1p | – | |
| 1949 | 2.1p | – | |
| 1948 | 2.1p | +10.5% | |
| 1947 | 1.9p | – | |
| 1946 | 1.9p | – | |
| 1945 | 1.9p | – | |
| 1944 | 1.9p | – | |
| 1943 | 1.9p | +5.6% | |
| 1942 | 1.8p | – | |
| 1941 | 1.8p | +20.0% | |
| 1940 | 1.5p | +7.1% | |
| 1939 | 1.4p | – | |
| 1938 | 1.4p | – | |
| 1937 | 1.4p | +7.7% | |
| 1936 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1935 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1934 | 1.3p | +8.3% | |
| 1933 | 1.2p | -7.7% | |
| 1932 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1931 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1930 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1929 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1928 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1927 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1926 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1925 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1924 | 1.3p | – | |
| 1923 | 1.3p | -7.1% | |
| 1922 | 1.4p | -22.2% | |
| 1921 | 1.8p | -5.3% | |
| 1920 | 1.9p | +5.6% | |
| 1919 | 1.8p | +20.0% | |
| 1918 | 1.5p | +25.0% | |
| 1917 | 1.2p | +20.0% | |
| 1916 | 1p | +11.1% | |
| 1915 | 0.9p | +28.6% | |
| 1914 | 0.7p |
ONS series CZNT. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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