Average price of unleaded petrol in the UK since 1990
£1.41
42p
The ONS published an average UK price for unleaded petrol, per litre for 35 years, from 1990 (42p) to 2024 (£1.41). The highest yearly average is £1.65 in 2022. The largest rise from one year to the next was +26.0%, in 2022. In 2024 the average was -4.7% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.28.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per litre) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.41 | -4.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.48 | -10.3% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.65 | +26.0% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.31 | +14.9% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.14 | -8.8% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.25 | – | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.25 | +5.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.18 | +8.3% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.09 | -1.8% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.11 | -13.3% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.28 | -4.5% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.34 | -1.5% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.36 | +2.3% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.33 | +13.7% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.17 | +17.0% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.00 | -6.5% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.07 | +13.8% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 94p | +3.3% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 91p | +4.6% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 87p | +8.8% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 80p | +5.3% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 76p | +2.7% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 74p | -2.6% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 76p | -5.0% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 80p | +14.3% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 70p | +7.7% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 65p | +4.8% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 62p | +10.7% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 56p | +3.7% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 54p | +5.9% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 51p | +4.1% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 49p | +6.5% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 46p | +2.2% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 45p | +7.1% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 42p | 7.0% |
ONS series CZMK. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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