Average price of onions in the UK since 1948
£1.07
3.9p
The ONS published an average UK price for onions, per kg for 77 years, from 1948 (3.9p) to 2024 (£1.07). The highest yearly average is £1.07 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +64.4%, in 1976. In 2024 the average was +2.0% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 83.9p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.07 | +2.0% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.05 | +22.3% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 85.6p | +0.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 84.9p | +2.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 82.8p | -4.2% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 86.4p | +11.9% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 77.2p | – | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 77.2p | +2.7% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 75.2p | -5.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 79.6p | -5.1% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.9p | -10.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 94p | +7.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 87.2p | -3.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 90p | +6.5% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 84.5p | -0.5% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 84.9p | +1.8% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 83.4p | +13.0% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 73.8p | +21.8% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 60.6p | -8.5% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 66.2p | +7.1% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 61.8p | +0.5% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 61.5p | -10.2% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 68.5p | +5.7% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 64.8p | +16.5% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 55.6p | +7.3% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 51.8p | -20.1% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 64.8p | +17.0% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 55.4p | -5.5% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 58.6p | -22.4% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 75.5p | +21.4% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 62.2p | +13.5% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 54.8p | -10.0% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 60.9p | -6.2% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 64.9p | +2.7% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 63.2p | +23.4% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 51.2p | +0.2% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 51.1p | +3.7% | |
| 1987 | 49.3p | +28.4% | |
| 1986 | 38.4p | -2.0% | |
| 1985 | 39.2p | -16.2% | |
| 1984 | 46.8p | +38.9% | |
| 1983 | 33.7p | +4.0% | |
| 1982 | 32.4p | -9.7% | |
| 1981 | 35.9p | +8.1% | |
| 1980 | 33.2p | +17.7% | |
| 1979 | 28.2p | +33.0% | |
| 1978 | 21.2p | -28.1% | |
| 1977 | 29.5p | -7.5% | |
| 1976 | 31.9p | +64.4% | |
| 1975 | 19.4p | +16.9% | |
| 1974 | 16.6p | – | |
| 1973 | 16.6p | +59.6% | |
| 1972 | 10.4p | +6.1% | |
| 1971 | 9.8p | -22.2% | |
| 1970 | 12.6p | +40.0% | |
| 1969 | 9p | +7.1% | |
| 1968 | 8.4p | +20.0% | |
| 1967 | 7p | -4.1% | |
| 1966 | 7.3p | +9.0% | |
| 1965 | 6.7p | +8.1% | |
| 1964 | 6.2p | +1.6% | |
| 1963 | 6.1p | -1.6% | |
| 1962 | 6.2p | +10.7% | |
| 1961 | 5.6p | +7.7% | |
| 1960 | 5.2p | -5.5% | |
| 1959 | 5.5p | +7.8% | |
| 1958 | 5.1p | -3.8% | |
| 1957 | 5.3p | -5.4% | |
| 1956 | 5.6p | +12.0% | |
| 1955 | 5p | +4.2% | |
| 1954 | 4.8p | +11.6% | |
| 1953 | 4.3p | -21.8% | |
| 1952 | 5.5p | +12.2% | |
| 1951 | 4.9p | +25.6% | |
| 1950 | 3.9p | – | |
| 1949 | 3.9p | – | |
| 1948 | 3.9p |
ONS series CZND. 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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