Average price of granulated sugar in the UK since 1914
£1.17
3p
The ONS published an average UK price for granulated sugar, per kg for 111 years, from 1914 (3p) to 2024 (£1.17). The highest yearly average is £1.17 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +113.8%, in 1975. In 2024 the average was +5.3% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was 90.8p.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.17 | +5.3% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.11 | +36.7% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 81p | +13.9% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 71.1p | -2.6% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 73p | -2.8% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 75.1p | +0.8% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 74.5p | +9.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 67.8p | +8.7% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 62.4p | -15.3% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 73.7p | -18.8% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 90.8p | -2.5% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | 93.1p | -4.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 97.7p | -4.5% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.02 | +8.0% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 94.7p | -1.0% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 95.7p | +14.6% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 83.5p | +8.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 76.9p | +4.2% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 73.8p | +0.1% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 73.7p | -0.1% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 73.8p | +7.0% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 69p | +11.7% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 61.8p | +8.2% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 57.1p | +3.4% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 55.2p | -6.3% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 58.9p | -12.5% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 67.3p | -11.2% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 75.8p | +0.3% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 75.6p | +9.6% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 69p | +5.8% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 65.2p | -5.6% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 69.1p | +6.5% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 64.9p | -1.5% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 65.9p | +7.2% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 61.5p | +7.1% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 57.4p | +7.5% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 53.4p | +8.8% | |
| 1987 | 49.1p | +4.7% | |
| 1986 | 46.9p | -1.5% | |
| 1985 | 47.6p | -0.4% | |
| 1984 | 47.8p | +2.4% | |
| 1983 | 46.7p | +6.9% | |
| 1982 | 43.7p | +11.5% | |
| 1981 | 39.2p | +9.8% | |
| 1980 | 35.7p | +13.0% | |
| 1979 | 31.6p | +12.1% | |
| 1978 | 28.2p | +7.6% | |
| 1977 | 26.2p | +2.3% | |
| 1976 | 25.6p | -13.2% | |
| 1975 | 29.5p | +113.8% | |
| 1974 | 13.8p | +31.4% | |
| 1973 | 10.5p | +2.9% | |
| 1972 | 10.2p | +13.3% | |
| 1971 | 9p | +8.4% | |
| 1970 | 8.3p | +2.5% | |
| 1969 | 8.1p | +3.8% | |
| 1968 | 7.8p | – | |
| 1967 | 7.8p | +1.3% | |
| 1966 | 7.7p | -1.3% | |
| 1965 | 7.8p | -12.4% | |
| 1964 | 8.9p | -10.1% | |
| 1963 | 9.9p | +35.6% | |
| 1962 | 7.3p | +1.4% | |
| 1961 | 7.2p | -2.7% | |
| 1960 | 7.4p | +2.8% | |
| 1959 | 7.2p | +2.9% | |
| 1958 | 7p | +7.7% | |
| 1957 | 6.5p | -11.0% | |
| 1956 | 7.3p | – | |
| 1955 | 7.3p | +4.3% | |
| 1954 | 7p | – | |
| 1953 | 7p | +9.4% | |
| 1952 | 6.4p | +16.4% | |
| 1951 | 5.5p | +19.6% | |
| 1950 | 4.6p | – | |
| 1949 | 4.6p | – | |
| 1948 | 4.6p | +35.3% | |
| 1947 | 3.4p | -8.1% | |
| 1946 | 3.7p | – | |
| 1945 | 3.7p | – | |
| 1944 | 3.7p | +23.3% | |
| 1943 | 3p | +7.1% | |
| 1942 | 2.8p | -24.3% | |
| 1941 | 3.7p | -14.0% | |
| 1940 | 4.3p | +48.3% | |
| 1939 | 2.9p | +26.1% | |
| 1938 | 2.3p | – | |
| 1937 | 2.3p | +9.5% | |
| 1936 | 2.1p | – | |
| 1935 | 2.1p | – | |
| 1934 | 2.1p | – | |
| 1933 | 2.1p | -8.7% | |
| 1932 | 2.3p | – | |
| 1931 | 2.3p | -8.0% | |
| 1930 | 2.5p | -10.7% | |
| 1929 | 2.8p | -12.5% | |
| 1928 | 3.2p | -5.9% | |
| 1927 | 3.4p | +6.2% | |
| 1926 | 3.2p | -5.9% | |
| 1925 | 3.4p | -32.0% | |
| 1924 | 5p | -19.4% | |
| 1923 | 6.2p | +17.0% | |
| 1922 | 5.3p | -23.2% | |
| 1921 | 6.9p | -34.9% | |
| 1920 | 10.6p | +58.2% | |
| 1919 | 6.7p | +13.6% | |
| 1918 | 5.9p | +13.5% | |
| 1917 | 5.2p | +15.6% | |
| 1916 | 4.5p | +7.1% | |
| 1915 | 4.2p | +40.0% | |
| 1914 | 3p |
ONS series CZNN. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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