Average price of diesel in the UK since 1977
£1.48
18p
The ONS published an average UK price for diesel, per litre for 47 years, from 1977 (18p) to 2024 (£1.48). The highest yearly average is £1.78 in 2022. The largest rise from one year to the next was +33.3%, in 1979. In 2024 the average was -6.3% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.34.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per litre) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.48 | -6.3% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.58 | -11.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.78 | +31.9% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.35 | +13.4% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.19 | -9.8% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.32 | +1.5% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.30 | +8.3% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.20 | +9.1% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.10 | -4.3% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.15 | -14.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.34 | -5.0% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.41 | -0.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.42 | +2.2% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.39 | +16.8% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.19 | +14.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.04 | -11.9% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.18 | +21.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 97p | +2.1% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 95p | +5.6% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 90p | +9.8% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 82p | +5.1% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 78p | +2.6% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 76p | -2.6% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 78p | -4.9% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 82p | +13.9% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 72p | +9.1% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 66p | +4.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 63p | +10.5% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 57p | +5.6% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 54p | +5.9% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 51p | +4.1% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 49p | +8.9% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 45p | +2.3% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 44p | +7.3% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 41p | +13.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 36p | +5.9% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 34p | ||
| 1986 | 36p | -14.3% | |
| 1985 | 42p | +10.5% | |
| 1984 | 38p | +2.7% | |
| 1983 | 37p | +2.8% | |
| 1982 | 36p | +5.9% | |
| 1981 | 34p | +13.3% | |
| 1980 | 30p | +25.0% | |
| 1979 | 24p | +33.3% | |
| 1978 | 18p | – | |
| 1977 | 18p |
ONS series CZML. 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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