Water supply and other services for the home inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
21.9%
7.3%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for water supply and other services for the home (COICOP 04.4) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 21.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 21.9% in 2025; the lowest is -6.1% in 2000. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 27 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 2 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 155.9 in 2025.
Water supply and other services for the home inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.9% | 155.9 | 3.4% | +18.5 points |
| 2024 | 8.2% | 127.9 | 2.5% | +5.7 points |
| 2023 | 7.3% | 118.3 | 7.3% | – |
| 2022 | 3.3% | 110.2 | 9.1% | -5.8 points |
| 2021 | 0.4% | 106.7 | 2.6% | -2.2 points |
| 2020 | -1.7% | 106.3 | 0.9% | -2.6 points |
| 2019 | 3.0% | 108.1 | 1.8% | +1.2 points |
| 2018 | 2.4% | 105.0 | 2.5% | -0.1 points |
| 2017 | 1.7% | 102.5 | 2.7% | -1.0 points |
| 2016 | 0.8% | 100.8 | 0.7% | +0.1 points |
| 2015 | 0.1% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +0.1 points |
| 2014 | 2.9% | 99.9 | 1.5% | +1.4 points |
| 2013 | 4.7% | 97.1 | 2.6% | +2.1 points |
| 2012 | 5.5% | 92.8 | 2.8% | +2.7 points |
| 2011 | 3.4% | 87.9 | 4.5% | -1.1 points |
| 2010 | 1.1% | 85.0 | 3.3% | -2.2 points |
| 2009 | 5.2% | 84.1 | 2.2% | +3.0 points |
| 2008 | 6.5% | 80.0 | 3.6% | +2.9 points |
| 2007 | 6.3% | 75.1 | 2.3% | +4.0 points |
| 2006 | 6.8% | 70.7 | 2.3% | +4.5 points |
| 2005 | 10.0% | 66.1 | 2.1% | +7.9 points |
| 2004 | 5.3% | 60.1 | 1.3% | +4.0 points |
| 2003 | 3.8% | 57.1 | 1.4% | +2.4 points |
| 2002 | 2.4% | 55.0 | 1.3% | +1.1 points |
| 2001 | 0.6% | 53.7 | 1.2% | -0.6 points |
| 2000 | -6.1% | 53.4 | 0.8% | -6.9 points |
| 1999 | 4.6% | 56.9 | 1.3% | +3.3 points |
| 1998 | 5.6% | 54.4 | 1.6% | +4.0 points |
| 1997 | 4.5% | 51.5 | 1.8% | +2.7 points |
| 1996 | 4.9% | 49.3 | 2.4% | +2.5 points |
| 1995 | 6.2% | 47.0 | 2.6% | +3.6 points |
| 1994 | 7.8% | 44.2 | 2.0% | +5.8 points |
| 1993 | 9.0% | 41.0 | 2.5% | +6.5 points |
| 1992 | 11.9% | 37.7 | 4.2% | +7.7 points |
| 1991 | 16.4% | 33.7 | 7.5% | +8.9 points |
| 1990 | 13.4% | 28.9 | 7.0% | +6.4 points |
| 1989 | 11.8% | 25.5 | 5.2% | +6.6 points |
ONS series D7GS, index D7CG. About these tables · CSV
Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 7.3% |
| July 2026 | 7.3% |
| June 2026 | 7.3% |
| May 2026 | 7.3% |
| April 2026 | 7.3% |
| March 2026 | 26.1% |
| February 2026 | 26.1% |
| January 2026 | 26.1% |
| December 2025 | 26.1% |
| November 2025 | 26.1% |
| October 2025 | 26.1% |
| September 2025 | 26.1% |
| August 2025 | 26.1% |
| July 2025 | 26.1% |
| June 2025 | 26.1% |
| May 2025 | 26.1% |
| April 2025 | 26.1% |
| March 2025 | 8.1% |
| February 2025 | 8.1% |
| January 2025 | 8.1% |
| December 2024 | 8.1% |
| November 2024 | 8.1% |
| October 2024 | 8.1% |
| September 2024 | 8.1% |
| August 2024 | 8.1% |
Inside this group
- Water supply inflation: 21.8% 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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