Average price of smokeless fuel in the UK since 1987
£34.70
£7.27
The ONS published an average UK price for smokeless fuel, per 50kg for 38 years, from 1987 (£7.27) to 2024 (£34.70). The highest yearly average is £34.70 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +19.5%, in 2023. In 2024 the average was +0.6% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £20.74.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 50kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £34.70 | +0.6% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £34.50 | +19.5% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £28.88 | +18.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £24.31 | +0.7% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £24.14 | +5.9% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £22.80 | +2.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £22.33 | +3.3% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £21.62 | +2.5% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £21.09 | +1.7% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £20.74 | – | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £20.74 | +2.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £20.25 | +2.3% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £19.80 | +5.2% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £18.83 | +7.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £17.46 | +1.3% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £17.24 | +14.1% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £15.11 | +14.0% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £13.25 | +5.2% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £12.59 | +6.3% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £11.84 | +7.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £11.04 | +4.0% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £10.62 | +1.7% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £10.44 | +3.2% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £10.12 | +3.3% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £9.80 | -1.7% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £9.97 | +0.2% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £9.95 | +3.9% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £9.58 | -1.9% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £9.77 | +0.6% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £9.71 | +3.3% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £9.40 | +8.5% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £8.66 | -0.8% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £8.73 | +5.7% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £8.26 | +7.4% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £7.69 | +3.1% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £7.46 | +4.3% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £7.15 | -1.7% | |
| 1987 | £7.27 |
ONS series CZMN. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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