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Vegetables inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
2.2%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
2.1%
ONS series D7HN

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for vegetables (COICOP 01.1.7) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 2.2% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 15.5% in 2023; the lowest is -8.7% in 1997. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 17 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 137.6 in 2025.

15.5%-8.7% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Vegetables inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20252.2%137.63.4%-1.2 points
20243.9%134.62.5%+1.4 points
202315.5%129.67.3%+8.2 points
20229.9%112.29.1%+0.8 points
20210.1%102.12.6%-2.5 points
2020-1.3%102.00.9%-2.2 points
20193.5%103.31.8%+1.7 points
20182.0%99.82.5%-0.5 points
20172.1%97.92.7%-0.6 points
2016-4.1%95.90.7%-4.8 points
2015-4.0%100.00.0%-4.0 points
2014-4.7%104.11.5%-6.2 points
20136.2%109.32.6%+3.6 points
20123.3%102.92.8%+0.5 points
20113.4%99.64.5%-1.1 points
20102.9%96.43.3%-0.4 points
20096.3%93.72.2%+4.1 points
20088.6%88.13.6%+5.0 points
20078.9%81.12.3%+6.6 points
20062.2%74.52.3%-0.1 points
20053.0%72.92.1%+0.9 points
2004-0.8%70.71.3%-2.1 points
20031.6%71.31.4%+0.2 points
2002-0.7%70.21.3%-2.0 points
20019.3%70.71.2%+8.1 points
2000-3.5%64.70.8%-4.3 points
19990.9%67.11.3%-0.4 points
19987.0%66.51.6%+5.4 points
1997-8.7%62.11.8%-10.5 points
1996-3.0%68.02.4%-5.4 points
199511.8%70.22.6%+9.2 points
19945.9%62.72.0%+3.9 points
1993-1.9%59.32.5%-4.4 points
1992-4.0%60.44.2%-8.2 points
19914.3%62.97.5%-3.2 points
19908.6%60.37.0%+1.6 points
19895.4%55.55.2%+0.2 points

ONS series D7HN, index D7DB. About these tables · CSV

Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 20262.1%
July 20261.0%
June 20261.6%
May 20262.0%
April 20263.3%
March 20262.5%
February 20262.9%
January 20262.3%
December 20252.4%
November 20252.0%
October 20252.3%
September 20251.7%
August 20253.5%
July 20252.6%
June 20252.2%
May 20252.2%
April 20251.1%
March 20252.0%
February 20251.9%
January 20252.7%
December 20242.6%
November 20242.8%
October 20243.3%
September 20242.3%
August 20242.2%

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