Rents inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
5.4%
4.2%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for rents (COICOP 04.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 5.4% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.6% in 1991; the lowest is 0.5% in 2018. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 26 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 132.5 in 2025.
Rents inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4% | 132.5 | 3.4% | +2.0 points |
| 2024 | 7.2% | 125.7 | 2.5% | +4.7 points |
| 2023 | 5.8% | 117.3 | 7.3% | -1.5 points |
| 2022 | 3.5% | 110.9 | 9.1% | -5.6 points |
| 2021 | 1.7% | 107.2 | 2.6% | -0.9 points |
| 2020 | 1.4% | 105.4 | 0.9% | +0.5 points |
| 2019 | 0.7% | 103.9 | 1.8% | -1.1 points |
| 2018 | 0.5% | 103.2 | 2.5% | -2.0 points |
| 2017 | 1.0% | 102.7 | 2.7% | -1.7 points |
| 2016 | 1.8% | 101.8 | 0.7% | +1.1 points |
| 2015 | 2.9% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +2.9 points |
| 2014 | 2.3% | 97.2 | 1.5% | +0.8 points |
| 2013 | 2.5% | 95.0 | 2.6% | -0.1 points |
| 2012 | 3.3% | 92.7 | 2.8% | +0.5 points |
| 2011 | 2.5% | 89.7 | 4.5% | -2.0 points |
| 2010 | 1.4% | 87.5 | 3.3% | -1.9 points |
| 2009 | 1.8% | 86.3 | 2.2% | -0.4 points |
| 2008 | 3.3% | 84.8 | 3.6% | -0.3 points |
| 2007 | 3.2% | 82.0 | 2.3% | +0.9 points |
| 2006 | 3.1% | 79.5 | 2.3% | +0.8 points |
| 2005 | 3.5% | 77.1 | 2.1% | +1.4 points |
| 2004 | 2.2% | 74.5 | 1.3% | +0.9 points |
| 2003 | 1.5% | 72.9 | 1.4% | +0.1 points |
| 2002 | 2.7% | 71.8 | 1.3% | +1.4 points |
| 2001 | 3.3% | 70.0 | 1.2% | +2.1 points |
| 2000 | 3.2% | 67.7 | 0.8% | +2.4 points |
| 1999 | 3.0% | 65.6 | 1.3% | +1.7 points |
| 1998 | 3.0% | 63.7 | 1.6% | +1.4 points |
| 1997 | 3.3% | 61.8 | 1.8% | +1.5 points |
| 1996 | 4.6% | 59.9 | 2.4% | +2.2 points |
| 1995 | 5.3% | 57.2 | 2.6% | +2.7 points |
| 1994 | 5.3% | 54.4 | 2.0% | +3.3 points |
| 1993 | 7.3% | 51.6 | 2.5% | +4.8 points |
| 1992 | 8.4% | 48.1 | 4.2% | +4.2 points |
| 1991 | 11.6% | 44.4 | 7.5% | +4.1 points |
| 1990 | 11.5% | 39.8 | 7.0% | +4.5 points |
| 1989 | 8.9% | 35.7 | 5.2% | +3.7 points |
ONS series D7GQ, index D7CE. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.2% |
| July 2026 | 4.1% |
| June 2026 | 3.4% |
| May 2026 | 3.4% |
| April 2026 | 3.5% |
| March 2026 | 3.1% |
| February 2026 | 3.2% |
| January 2026 | 3.1% |
| December 2025 | 3.6% |
| November 2025 | 3.8% |
| October 2025 | 4.1% |
| September 2025 | 4.3% |
| August 2025 | 4.4% |
| July 2025 | 4.5% |
| June 2025 | 5.8% |
| May 2025 | 6.1% |
| April 2025 | 6.3% |
| March 2025 | 7.2% |
| February 2025 | 7.4% |
| January 2025 | 7.8% |
| December 2024 | 7.6% |
| November 2024 | 7.6% |
| October 2024 | 7.4% |
| September 2024 | 7.2% |
| August 2024 | 7.2% |
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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