Average price of whisky in the UK since 1987
£3.84
68p
The ONS published an average UK price for whisky, per nip for 36 years, from 1987 (68p) to 2024 (£3.84). The highest yearly average is £3.84 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +21.2%, in 2023. In 2024 the average was +1.6% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £2.54.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per nip) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £3.84 | +1.6% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £3.78 | +21.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £3.12 | 9.1% | |
| 2019 | £2.96 | +3.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £2.87 | +2.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £2.79 | +3.7% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £2.69 | +3.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £2.60 | +2.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £2.54 | +3.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £2.45 | +4.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £2.34 | +3.5% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £2.26 | +5.6% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £2.14 | +4.9% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £2.04 | +4.1% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.96 | +4.8% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.87 | +3.9% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.80 | +3.4% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.74 | +1.8% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £1.71 | +4.3% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £1.64 | +5.1% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £1.56 | +5.4% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £1.48 | +4.2% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £1.42 | +3.6% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.37 | +2.2% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £1.34 | +3.9% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £1.29 | +5.7% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.22 | +4.3% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £1.17 | +7.3% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.09 | +2.8% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.06 | +3.9% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.02 | +7.4% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 95p | +14.5% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 83p | +9.2% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 76p | +7.0% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 71p | +4.4% | |
| 1987 | 68p |
ONS series CZMR. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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