Second-hand cars inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
0.8%
-2.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for second-hand cars (COICOP 07.1.1B) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 0.8% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 12.6% in 2021; the lowest is -7.2% in 2008. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 8 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 23 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 112.0 in 2025.
Second-hand cars inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8% | 112.0 | 3.4% | -2.6 points |
| 2024 | -6.5% | 111.2 | 2.5% | -9.0 points |
| 2023 | -2.1% | 118.9 | 7.3% | -9.4 points |
| 2022 | 11.7% | 121.5 | 9.1% | +2.6 points |
| 2021 | 12.6% | 108.8 | 2.6% | +10.0 points |
| 2020 | 3.5% | 96.6 | 0.9% | +2.6 points |
| 2019 | -2.3% | 93.3 | 1.8% | -4.1 points |
| 2018 | 2.0% | 95.5 | 2.5% | -0.5 points |
| 2017 | -1.5% | 93.6 | 2.7% | -4.2 points |
| 2016 | -5.0% | 95.0 | 0.7% | -5.7 points |
| 2015 | -5.6% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -5.6 points |
| 2014 | -0.8% | 105.9 | 1.5% | -2.3 points |
| 2013 | -1.9% | 106.8 | 2.6% | -4.5 points |
| 2012 | -2.9% | 108.8 | 2.8% | -5.7 points |
| 2011 | -2.3% | 112.1 | 4.5% | -6.8 points |
| 2010 | 6.1% | 114.7 | 3.3% | +2.8 points |
| 2009 | -1.0% | 108.2 | 2.2% | -3.2 points |
| 2008 | -7.2% | 109.2 | 3.6% | -10.8 points |
| 2007 | -2.7% | 117.8 | 2.3% | -5.0 points |
| 2006 | -2.9% | 121.0 | 2.3% | -5.2 points |
| 2005 | -5.7% | 124.6 | 2.1% | -7.8 points |
| 2004 | -3.6% | 132.2 | 1.3% | -4.9 points |
| 2003 | -3.1% | 137.1 | 1.4% | -4.5 points |
| 2002 | -2.1% | 141.4 | 1.3% | -3.4 points |
| 2001 | -1.7% | 144.5 | 1.2% | -2.9 points |
| 2000 | -5.8% | 146.9 | 0.8% | -6.6 points |
| 1999 | -4.2% | 155.9 | 1.3% | -5.5 points |
| 1998 | -1.1% | 162.8 | 1.6% | -2.7 points |
| 1997 | 2.2% | 164.6 | 1.8% | +0.4 points |
| 1996 | 3.3% | 161.1 | 2.4% | +0.9 points |
| 1995 | 1.6% | 155.9 | 2.6% | -1.0 points |
| 1994 | 2.3% | 153.5 | 2.0% | +0.3 points |
| 1993 | -1.2% | 150.0 | 2.5% | -3.7 points |
| 1992 | 5.2% | 151.9 | 4.2% | +1.0 points |
| 1991 | 4.4% | 144.4 | 7.5% | -3.1 points |
| 1990 | 1.5% | 138.3 | 7.0% | -5.5 points |
| 1989 | 3.3% | 136.3 | 5.2% | -1.9 points |
ONS series D7IL, index D7E9. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -2.5% |
| July 2026 | -1.9% |
| June 2026 | -1.2% |
| May 2026 | -0.6% |
| April 2026 | -0.4% |
| March 2026 | 0.4% |
| February 2026 | 0.8% |
| January 2026 | 1.1% |
| December 2025 | 1.1% |
| November 2025 | 0.9% |
| October 2025 | 1.1% |
| September 2025 | 1.1% |
| August 2025 | 1.1% |
| July 2025 | 1.0% |
| June 2025 | 1.1% |
| May 2025 | 1.1% |
| April 2025 | 1.0% |
| March 2025 | 0.6% |
| February 2025 | 0.0% |
| January 2025 | -0.9% |
| December 2024 | 1.0% |
| November 2024 | -1.3% |
| October 2024 | -3.2% |
| September 2024 | -6.3% |
| August 2024 | -6.6% |
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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