Social protection inflation: annual rate by year since 2001
5.1%
4.3%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for social protection (COICOP 12.4) for every year from 2001 to 2025: 25 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 5.1% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 6.1% in 2002; the lowest is 2.2% in 2013. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 19 of the 25 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 146.8 in 2025.
Social protection inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1% | 146.8 | 3.4% | +1.7 points |
| 2024 | 4.9% | 139.7 | 2.5% | +2.4 points |
| 2023 | 5.1% | 133.2 | 7.3% | -2.2 points |
| 2022 | 4.2% | 126.7 | 9.1% | -4.9 points |
| 2021 | 3.5% | 121.7 | 2.6% | +0.9 points |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 117.6 | 0.9% | +1.5 points |
| 2019 | 3.3% | 114.8 | 1.8% | +1.5 points |
| 2018 | 3.4% | 111.2 | 2.5% | +0.9 points |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 107.5 | 2.7% | +1.4 points |
| 2016 | 3.3% | 103.3 | 0.7% | +2.6 points |
| 2015 | 3.7% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +3.7 points |
| 2014 | 2.9% | 96.4 | 1.5% | +1.4 points |
| 2013 | 2.2% | 93.7 | 2.6% | -0.4 points |
| 2012 | 2.6% | 91.6 | 2.8% | -0.2 points |
| 2011 | 3.0% | 89.3 | 4.5% | -1.5 points |
| 2010 | 3.2% | 86.7 | 3.3% | -0.1 points |
| 2009 | 4.6% | 84.0 | 2.2% | +2.4 points |
| 2008 | 4.8% | 80.3 | 3.6% | +1.2 points |
| 2007 | 5.6% | 76.6 | 2.3% | +3.3 points |
| 2006 | 5.4% | 72.6 | 2.3% | +3.1 points |
| 2005 | 5.9% | 68.8 | 2.1% | +3.8 points |
| 2004 | 5.7% | 65.0 | 1.3% | +4.4 points |
| 2003 | 5.9% | 61.5 | 1.4% | +4.5 points |
| 2002 | 6.1% | 58.0 | 1.3% | +4.8 points |
| 2001 | 6.0% | 54.7 | 1.2% | +4.8 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.3% |
| July 2026 | 4.6% |
| June 2026 | 4.6% |
| May 2026 | 4.6% |
| April 2026 | 4.5% |
| March 2026 | 4.6% |
| February 2026 | 4.6% |
| January 2026 | 4.7% |
| December 2025 | 4.7% |
| November 2025 | 4.8% |
| October 2025 | 4.9% |
| September 2025 | 4.8% |
| August 2025 | 5.0% |
| July 2025 | 4.9% |
| June 2025 | 4.8% |
| May 2025 | 5.5% |
| April 2025 | 5.5% |
| March 2025 | 5.5% |
| February 2025 | 5.6% |
| January 2025 | 5.4% |
| December 2024 | 4.9% |
| November 2024 | 5.0% |
| October 2024 | 5.0% |
| September 2024 | 5.2% |
| August 2024 | 4.8% |
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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