Average price of oranges in the UK since 1948
42p
7p
The ONS published an average UK price for oranges, each for 76 years, from 1948 (7p) to 2024 (42p). The highest yearly average is 77p in 1985. The largest rise from one year to the next was +30.0%, in 1961. In 2024 the average was -2.3% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 32p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (each) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42p | -2.3% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 43p | +16.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 37p | +8.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 34p | -8.1% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 37p | -2.6% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 38p | -2.6% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 39p | – | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 39p | +8.3% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 36p | +2.9% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 35p | +9.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 32p | – | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 32p | +3.2% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 31p | -11.4% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 35p | – | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 35p | +25.0% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 28p | -3.4% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 29p | +16.0% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 25p | +19.0% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 21p | -4.5% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 22p | -8.3% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 24p | -7.7% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 26p | +4.0% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 25p | – | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 25p | +13.6% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 22p | – | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 22p | +4.8% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 21p | – | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 21p | -4.5% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 22p | – | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 22p | +10.0% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 20p | – | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 20p | – | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 20p | – | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 20p | +5.3% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 19p | +11.8% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 17p | +6.3% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 16p | -76.5% | |
| 1987 | 68p | -1.4% | |
| 1986 | 69p | -10.4% | |
| 1985 | 77p | +10.0% | |
| 1984 | 70p | +11.1% | |
| 1983 | 63p | +8.6% | |
| 1982 | 58p | ||
| 1980 | 49p | +4.3% | |
| 1979 | 47p | +11.9% | |
| 1978 | 42p | +5.0% | |
| 1977 | 40p | +25.0% | |
| 1976 | 32p | +10.3% | |
| 1975 | 29p | +20.8% | |
| 1974 | 24p | +14.3% | |
| 1973 | 21p | +16.7% | |
| 1972 | 18p | +12.5% | |
| 1971 | 16p | +6.7% | |
| 1970 | 15p | – | |
| 1969 | 15p | +7.1% | |
| 1968 | 14p | – | |
| 1967 | 14p | – | |
| 1966 | 14p | +7.7% | |
| 1965 | 13p | – | |
| 1964 | 13p | +8.3% | |
| 1963 | 12p | – | |
| 1962 | 12p | -7.7% | |
| 1961 | 13p | +30.0% | |
| 1960 | 10p | -9.1% | |
| 1959 | 11p | -8.3% | |
| 1958 | 12p | – | |
| 1957 | 12p | – | |
| 1956 | 12p | +20.0% | |
| 1955 | 10p | -9.1% | |
| 1954 | 11p | +22.2% | |
| 1953 | 9p | -25.0% | |
| 1952 | 12p | +20.0% | |
| 1951 | 10p | +25.0% | |
| 1950 | 8p | +14.3% | |
| 1949 | 7p | – | |
| 1948 | 7p |
ONS series CZMW. The item or its measure was different before the date in brackets. 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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