Transport inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
2.6%
4.6%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for transport (COICOP 07) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 2.6% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.5% in 2022; the lowest is -2.1% in 2015. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 23 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 3 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 137.7 in 2025.
Transport inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6% | 137.7 | 3.4% | -0.8 points |
| 2024 | -0.2% | 134.2 | 2.5% | -2.7 points |
| 2023 | 0.3% | 134.5 | 7.3% | -7.0 points |
| 2022 | 11.5% | 134.2 | 9.1% | +2.4 points |
| 2021 | 7.1% | 120.4 | 2.6% | +4.5 points |
| 2020 | 0.3% | 112.4 | 0.9% | -0.6 points |
| 2019 | 2.1% | 112.0 | 1.8% | +0.3 points |
| 2018 | 4.4% | 109.8 | 2.5% | +1.9 points |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 105.1 | 2.7% | +1.9 points |
| 2016 | 0.5% | 100.5 | 0.7% | -0.2 points |
| 2015 | -2.1% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -2.1 points |
| 2014 | 0.3% | 102.2 | 1.5% | -1.2 points |
| 2013 | 1.0% | 101.9 | 2.6% | -1.6 points |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 100.9 | 2.8% | -0.5 points |
| 2011 | 7.8% | 98.6 | 4.5% | +3.3 points |
| 2010 | 8.3% | 91.5 | 3.3% | +5.0 points |
| 2009 | 0.8% | 84.4 | 2.2% | -1.4 points |
| 2008 | 5.6% | 83.7 | 3.6% | +2.0 points |
| 2007 | 3.0% | 79.3 | 2.3% | +0.7 points |
| 2006 | 2.8% | 77.0 | 2.3% | +0.5 points |
| 2005 | 4.1% | 74.9 | 2.1% | +2.0 points |
| 2004 | 3.3% | 72.0 | 1.3% | +2.0 points |
| 2003 | 3.2% | 69.6 | 1.4% | +1.8 points |
| 2002 | 0.6% | 67.5 | 1.3% | -0.7 points |
| 2001 | -0.1% | 67.1 | 1.2% | -1.3 points |
| 2000 | 2.8% | 67.1 | 0.8% | +2.0 points |
| 1999 | 2.1% | 65.3 | 1.3% | +0.8 points |
| 1998 | 2.3% | 64.0 | 1.6% | +0.7 points |
| 1997 | 4.9% | 62.5 | 1.8% | +3.1 points |
| 1996 | 3.6% | 59.6 | 2.4% | +1.2 points |
| 1995 | 2.8% | 57.5 | 2.6% | +0.2 points |
| 1994 | 3.1% | 55.9 | 2.0% | +1.1 points |
| 1993 | 3.1% | 54.2 | 2.5% | +0.6 points |
| 1992 | 5.2% | 52.6 | 4.2% | +1.0 points |
| 1991 | 7.2% | 50.0 | 7.5% | -0.3 points |
| 1990 | 6.4% | 46.7 | 7.0% | -0.6 points |
| 1989 | 5.5% | 43.9 | 5.2% | +0.3 points |
ONS series D7GE, index D7C2. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 4.6% |
| July 2026 | 3.6% |
| June 2026 | 5.7% |
| May 2026 | 6.8% |
| April 2026 | 4.5% |
| March 2026 | 4.7% |
| February 2026 | 2.4% |
| January 2026 | 2.7% |
| December 2025 | 4.0% |
| November 2025 | 3.7% |
| October 2025 | 3.8% |
| September 2025 | 3.8% |
| August 2025 | 2.4% |
| July 2025 | 3.2% |
| June 2025 | 1.7% |
| May 2025 | 0.7% |
| April 2025 | 3.3% |
| March 2025 | 1.2% |
| February 2025 | 1.8% |
| January 2025 | 1.7% |
| December 2024 | -0.6% |
| November 2024 | -0.9% |
| October 2024 | -1.9% |
| September 2024 | -2.2% |
| August 2024 | 1.3% |
Inside this group
- Purchase of vehicles inflation: 1.5% in 2025
- Running a vehicle inflation: 2.4% in 2025
- Transport services inflation: 4.9% in 2025
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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