Recreation and culture inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.1%
1.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for recreation and culture (COICOP 09) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.1% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 6.2% in 1991; the lowest is -1.5% in 2004. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 6 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 7 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 133.8 in 2025.
Recreation and culture inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1% | 133.8 | 3.4% | -0.3 points |
| 2024 | 4.2% | 129.8 | 2.5% | +1.7 points |
| 2023 | 5.7% | 124.6 | 7.3% | -1.6 points |
| 2022 | 5.0% | 117.8 | 9.1% | -4.1 points |
| 2021 | 2.2% | 112.2 | 2.6% | -0.4 points |
| 2020 | 2.1% | 109.8 | 0.9% | +1.2 points |
| 2019 | 1.9% | 107.5 | 1.8% | +0.1 points |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 105.4 | 2.5% | +0.5 points |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 102.4 | 2.7% | -0.8 points |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 100.4 | 0.7% | -0.3 points |
| 2015 | -0.6% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -0.6 points |
| 2014 | 0.9% | 100.6 | 1.5% | -0.6 points |
| 2013 | 1.1% | 99.7 | 2.6% | -1.5 points |
| 2012 | 0.2% | 98.7 | 2.8% | -2.6 points |
| 2011 | 0.1% | 98.5 | 4.5% | -4.4 points |
| 2010 | 1.9% | 98.4 | 3.3% | -1.4 points |
| 2009 | 1.3% | 96.6 | 2.2% | -0.9 points |
| 2008 | -0.6% | 95.4 | 3.6% | -4.2 points |
| 2007 | -1.0% | 96.0 | 2.3% | -3.3 points |
| 2006 | -1.2% | 96.9 | 2.3% | -3.5 points |
| 2005 | -1.2% | 98.1 | 2.1% | -3.3 points |
| 2004 | -1.5% | 99.2 | 1.3% | -2.8 points |
| 2003 | -0.6% | 100.8 | 1.4% | -2.0 points |
| 2002 | 1.7% | 101.4 | 1.3% | +0.4 points |
| 2001 | 1.3% | 99.7 | 1.2% | +0.1 points |
| 2000 | 0.6% | 98.5 | 0.8% | -0.2 points |
| 1999 | 0.4% | 97.9 | 1.3% | -0.9 points |
| 1998 | 0.5% | 97.6 | 1.6% | -1.1 points |
| 1997 | 1.1% | 97.1 | 1.8% | -0.7 points |
| 1996 | 1.5% | 96.1 | 2.4% | -0.9 points |
| 1995 | 1.6% | 94.6 | 2.6% | -1.0 points |
| 1994 | 1.3% | 93.1 | 2.0% | -0.7 points |
| 1993 | 1.9% | 91.9 | 2.5% | -0.6 points |
| 1992 | 3.4% | 90.2 | 4.2% | -0.8 points |
| 1991 | 6.2% | 87.2 | 7.5% | -1.3 points |
| 1990 | 5.3% | 82.2 | 7.0% | -1.7 points |
| 1989 | 3.6% | 78.1 | 5.2% | -1.6 points |
ONS series D7GG, index D7C4. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1.6% |
| July 2026 | 1.4% |
| June 2026 | 1.7% |
| May 2026 | 1.5% |
| April 2026 | 1.7% |
| March 2026 | 2.8% |
| February 2026 | 2.5% |
| January 2026 | 2.6% |
| December 2025 | 2.7% |
| November 2025 | 2.9% |
| October 2025 | 2.9% |
| September 2025 | 2.7% |
| August 2025 | 3.2% |
| July 2025 | 3.4% |
| June 2025 | 3.3% |
| May 2025 | 3.2% |
| April 2025 | 3.1% |
| March 2025 | 2.4% |
| February 2025 | 3.4% |
| January 2025 | 3.8% |
| December 2024 | 3.4% |
| November 2024 | 3.6% |
| October 2024 | 3.0% |
| September 2024 | 3.8% |
| August 2024 | 4.0% |
Inside this group
- Audio-visual, photographic and computer equipment inflation: -0.9% in 2025
- Other major durables for recreation inflation: 3.3% in 2025
- Toys, hobbies, gardens and pets inflation: 1.1% in 2025
- Recreational and cultural services inflation: 4.8% in 2025
- Books, newspapers and stationery inflation: 3.8% in 2025
- Package holidays inflation: 4.6% in 2025
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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