Transport services inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
4.9%
-1.5%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for transport services (COICOP 07.3) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 11.5% in 2011; the lowest is 1.3% in 2024. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 33 of the 37 years where both are published. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 155.2 in 2025.
Transport services inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9% | 155.2 | 3.4% | +1.5 points |
| 2024 | 1.3% | 147.9 | 2.5% | -1.2 points |
| 2023 | 6.5% | 145.9 | 7.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2022 | 8.0% | 137.1 | 9.1% | -1.1 points |
| 2021 | 5.1% | 126.9 | 2.6% | +2.5 points |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 120.8 | 0.9% | +1.5 points |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 117.9 | 1.8% | +1.9 points |
| 2018 | 3.6% | 113.7 | 2.5% | +1.1 points |
| 2017 | 5.8% | 109.7 | 2.7% | +3.1 points |
| 2016 | 3.7% | 103.7 | 0.7% | +3.0 points |
| 2015 | 3.4% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +3.4 points |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 96.7 | 1.5% | +2.7 points |
| 2013 | 5.4% | 92.8 | 2.6% | +2.8 points |
| 2012 | 6.7% | 88.0 | 2.8% | +3.9 points |
| 2011 | 11.5% | 82.5 | 4.5% | +7.0 points |
| 2010 | 8.8% | 74.0 | 3.3% | +5.5 points |
| 2009 | 7.1% | 68.0 | 2.2% | +4.9 points |
| 2008 | 7.8% | 63.5 | 3.6% | +4.2 points |
| 2007 | 5.8% | 58.9 | 2.3% | +3.5 points |
| 2006 | 2.3% | 55.7 | 2.3% | – |
| 2005 | 6.5% | 54.4 | 2.1% | +4.4 points |
| 2004 | 3.7% | 51.1 | 1.3% | +2.4 points |
| 2003 | 4.5% | 49.3 | 1.4% | +3.1 points |
| 2002 | 2.3% | 47.1 | 1.3% | +1.0 points |
| 2001 | 5.9% | 46.0 | 1.2% | +4.7 points |
| 2000 | 3.5% | 43.5 | 0.8% | +2.7 points |
| 1999 | 3.5% | 42.0 | 1.3% | +2.2 points |
| 1998 | 3.4% | 40.6 | 1.6% | +1.8 points |
| 1997 | 4.0% | 39.3 | 1.8% | +2.2 points |
| 1996 | 4.5% | 37.8 | 2.4% | +2.1 points |
| 1995 | 3.7% | 36.1 | 2.6% | +1.1 points |
| 1994 | 3.5% | 34.8 | 2.0% | +1.5 points |
| 1993 | 6.7% | 33.7 | 2.5% | +4.2 points |
| 1992 | 6.8% | 31.6 | 4.2% | +2.6 points |
| 1991 | 11.3% | 29.6 | 7.5% | +3.8 points |
| 1990 | 7.4% | 26.5 | 7.0% | +0.4 points |
| 1989 | 7.8% | 24.7 | 5.2% | +2.6 points |
ONS series D7H4, index D7CQ. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -1.5% |
| July 2026 | -1.5% |
| June 2026 | 2.4% |
| May 2026 | 2.9% |
| April 2026 | -2.4% |
| March 2026 | 5.1% |
| February 2026 | 3.5% |
| January 2026 | 2.7% |
| December 2025 | 5.4% |
| November 2025 | 4.6% |
| October 2025 | 3.3% |
| September 2025 | 5.7% |
| August 2025 | 3.0% |
| July 2025 | 8.1% |
| June 2025 | 4.1% |
| May 2025 | 2.4% |
| April 2025 | 10.1% |
| March 2025 | 3.9% |
| February 2025 | 4.3% |
| January 2025 | 4.3% |
| December 2024 | -5.6% |
| November 2024 | 0.8% |
| October 2024 | 2.4% |
| September 2024 | -0.2% |
| August 2024 | 7.1% |
Inside this group
- Rail fares inflation: 5.8% in 2025
- Air fares inflation: 3.0% 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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