Spirits inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
3.9%
-0.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for spirits (COICOP 02.1.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 14.0% in 1991; the lowest is -3.2% in 2016. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 14 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 11 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 120.1 in 2025.
Spirits inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9% | 120.1 | 3.4% | +0.5 points |
| 2024 | 4.6% | 115.5 | 2.5% | +2.1 points |
| 2023 | 7.4% | 110.4 | 7.3% | +0.1 points |
| 2022 | 2.2% | 102.8 | 9.1% | -6.9 points |
| 2021 | 1.0% | 100.5 | 2.6% | -1.6 points |
| 2020 | 2.0% | 99.5 | 0.9% | +1.1 points |
| 2019 | -0.7% | 97.6 | 1.8% | -2.5 points |
| 2018 | -0.3% | 98.3 | 2.5% | -2.8 points |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 98.6 | 2.7% | -0.8 points |
| 2016 | -3.2% | 96.8 | 0.7% | -3.9 points |
| 2015 | -1.3% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -1.3 points |
| 2014 | -0.9% | 101.3 | 1.5% | -2.4 points |
| 2013 | 5.9% | 102.3 | 2.6% | +3.3 points |
| 2012 | 4.7% | 96.5 | 2.8% | +1.9 points |
| 2011 | 5.9% | 92.2 | 4.5% | +1.4 points |
| 2010 | 4.9% | 87.1 | 3.3% | +1.6 points |
| 2009 | 3.4% | 83.0 | 2.2% | +1.2 points |
| 2008 | 5.4% | 80.3 | 3.6% | +1.8 points |
| 2007 | 1.3% | 76.2 | 2.3% | -1.0 points |
| 2006 | -0.5% | 75.2 | 2.3% | -2.8 points |
| 2005 | -0.8% | 75.6 | 2.1% | -2.9 points |
| 2004 | -0.4% | 76.2 | 1.3% | -1.7 points |
| 2003 | -0.2% | 76.5 | 1.4% | -1.6 points |
| 2002 | 1.1% | 76.7 | 1.3% | -0.2 points |
| 2001 | 0.4% | 75.9 | 1.2% | -0.8 points |
| 2000 | 0.8% | 75.6 | 0.8% | – |
| 1999 | -0.1% | 75.0 | 1.3% | -1.4 points |
| 1998 | 2.4% | 75.0 | 1.6% | +0.8 points |
| 1997 | -1.0% | 73.3 | 1.8% | -2.8 points |
| 1996 | 0.1% | 74.0 | 2.4% | -2.3 points |
| 1995 | 1.6% | 73.9 | 2.6% | -1.0 points |
| 1994 | 0.1% | 72.7 | 2.0% | -1.9 points |
| 1993 | 2.3% | 72.6 | 2.5% | -0.2 points |
| 1992 | 6.3% | 71.0 | 4.2% | +2.1 points |
| 1991 | 14.0% | 66.8 | 7.5% | +6.5 points |
| 1990 | 9.1% | 58.6 | 7.0% | +2.1 points |
| 1989 | 3.6% | 53.7 | 5.2% | -1.6 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -0.5% |
| July 2026 | -1.8% |
| June 2026 | -0.8% |
| May 2026 | -1.4% |
| April 2026 | -2.4% |
| March 2026 | -0.1% |
| February 2026 | 0.9% |
| January 2026 | 2.8% |
| December 2025 | 4.0% |
| November 2025 | 4.4% |
| October 2025 | 4.7% |
| September 2025 | 4.1% |
| August 2025 | 4.8% |
| July 2025 | 4.4% |
| June 2025 | 4.9% |
| May 2025 | 4.0% |
| April 2025 | 4.7% |
| March 2025 | 2.8% |
| February 2025 | 3.1% |
| January 2025 | 1.4% |
| December 2024 | 2.4% |
| November 2024 | 1.7% |
| October 2024 | 1.2% |
| September 2024 | 1.4% |
| August 2024 | 2.5% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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