Average price of old white potatoes in the UK since 1994
89p
47p
The ONS published an average UK price for old white potatoes, per kg for 31 years, from 1994 (47p) to 2024 (89p). The highest yearly average is 97p in 2013. The largest rise from one year to the next was +47.6%, in 1998. In 2024 the average was +23.6% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 84p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89p | +23.6% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 72p | +12.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 64p | +12.3% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 57p | -16.2% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 68p | -9.3% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 75p | +5.6% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 71p | -1.4% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 72p | -1.4% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 73p | -5.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 77p | -8.3% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 84p | -13.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 97p | +34.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 72p | +9.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 66p | -2.9% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 68p | – | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 68p | +3.0% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 66p | +20.0% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 55p | +14.6% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 48p | +6.7% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 45p | -25.0% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 60p | +13.2% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 53p | -31.2% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 77p | -4.9% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 81p | +32.8% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 61p | -7.6% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 66p | +6.5% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 62p | +47.6% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 42p | -27.6% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 58p | -14.7% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 68p | +44.7% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 47p | 2.0% |
ONS series VKYY. 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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