UK Inflation rate right now
Prices in the UK are rising at 2.82% per year as of Apr 2026. Something that cost £100 in Apr 2025 costs about £102.82 today.
Annual inflation
2.82%
vs. Apr 2025
Monthly change
0.78%
Prices rose 0.78% from last month
CPI index
142.10
Up from 100 in the 2015 base year
Latest reading
Apr 2026
Last month: 3.30% YoY
Year-over-year inflation
CPI index level
Historical context
- Inflation has averaged 3.43% over the last 10 years and 2.83% across the full series since 1989.
- In the last 10 years, prices have risen faster than the 2% target in 81 of 120 months (≈68% of the time); they ran above 5% in 23 months (≈19%).
- The highest reading was 11.09% in Oct 2022; the lowest was -0.20% in Apr 2015.
- Today's reading sits in the Near 2% target regime (heuristic: <0% deflation, 0–1% disinflation, 1–3% near target, 3–5% above target, >5% high inflation).
Long-run averages (YoY inflation)
| Trailing 5 years | 5.12% |
| Trailing 10 years | 3.43% |
| Trailing 20 years | 2.94% |
| Full series since 1989 | 2.83% |
| Peak (Oct 2022) | 11.09% |
| Trough (Apr 2015) | -0.20% |
Time around the 2% target (last 10 years)
| Months below 2% | 39 / 120 |
| Months above 2% | 81 / 120 |
| Months above 5% | 23 / 120 |
| Current regime | Near 2% target |
Purchasing-power calculator
£100 from Jan 1990 is worth about — in Apr 2026. That's — cumulative inflation, or about — per year.
£100 across decades — quick reference
| Base year (Jan) | £100 then | Equivalent today | Cumulative inflation | CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | £100.00 | £293.60 | 193.6% | 2.87% |
| 1990 | £100.00 | £265.11 | 165.1% | 2.75% |
| 2000 | £100.00 | £197.64 | 97.6% | 2.65% |
| 2010 | £100.00 | £161.85 | 61.8% | 3.05% |
| 2020 | £100.00 | £131.33 | 31.3% | 4.65% |
Equivalent today = £100 × (CPItoday / CPIbase Jan). CAGR is the equivalent compound annual inflation rate over the full window.
Recent years
Full yearly history (CSV)| Year | Avg CPI | Annual inflation (avg) | Year-end CPI | Annual inflation (Dec/Dec) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138.37 | +3.37% | 140.10 | +3.32% |
| 2024 | 133.86 | +2.54% | 135.60 | +2.57% |
| 2023 | 130.54 | +7.30% | 132.20 | +3.93% |
| 2022 | 121.66 | +9.05% | 127.20 | +10.51% |
| 2021 | 111.56 | +2.58% | 115.10 | +5.40% |
| 2020 | 108.75 | +0.88% | 109.20 | +0.65% |
| 2019 | 107.80 | +1.78% | 108.50 | +1.31% |
| 2018 | 105.92 | +2.48% | 107.10 | +2.10% |
| 2017 | 103.36 | +2.69% | 104.90 | +2.94% |
| 2016 | 100.65 | +0.64% | 101.90 | +1.60% |
Recent months
Full monthly history (CSV)| Month | CPI | MoM | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 142.100 | +0.78% | +2.82% |
| Mar 2026 | 141.000 | +0.64% | +3.30% |
| Feb 2026 | 140.100 | +0.43% | +3.01% |
| Jan 2026 | 139.500 | -0.43% | +3.03% |
| Dec 2025 | 140.100 | +0.43% | +3.32% |
| Nov 2025 | 139.500 | -0.21% | +3.26% |
| Oct 2025 | 139.800 | +0.36% | +3.56% |
| Sep 2025 | 139.300 | +0.00% | +3.80% |
| Aug 2025 | 139.300 | +0.22% | +3.72% |
| Jul 2025 | 139.000 | +0.07% | +3.89% |
| Jun 2025 | 138.900 | +0.36% | +3.58% |
| May 2025 | 138.400 | +0.14% | +3.36% |
| Apr 2025 | 138.200 | +1.25% | +3.52% |
| Mar 2025 | 136.500 | +0.37% | +2.63% |
| Feb 2025 | 136.000 | +0.44% | +2.80% |
| Jan 2025 | 135.400 | -0.15% | +2.97% |
| Dec 2024 | 135.600 | +0.37% | +2.57% |
| Nov 2024 | 135.100 | +0.07% | +2.58% |
| Oct 2024 | 135.000 | +0.60% | +2.27% |
| Sep 2024 | 134.200 | -0.07% | +1.67% |
| Aug 2024 | 134.300 | +0.37% | +2.28% |
| Jul 2024 | 133.800 | -0.22% | +2.22% |
| Jun 2024 | 134.100 | +0.15% | +1.98% |
| May 2024 | 133.900 | +0.30% | +1.98% |
How the inflation rate is derived
Every figure on this page is derived from a single upstream series: the
UK Consumer Price Index (CPI, All Items), not seasonally adjusted,
published directly by the
UK Office for National Statistics (time series D7BT, dataset MM23).
The index equals 100 in the 2015 base year; the latest reading of
142.10 means the consumer basket is about
42.1% more expensive than it was then. ONS publishes the
CPI (D7BT) from January 1988 onwards, which is where this page's history begins.
Year-over-year (headline)
YoY% = (CPI[t] / CPI[t−12] − 1) × 100Compares the latest month's index to the same month one year ago. This is the number most media outlets and the Bank of England cite when they say "inflation is X%".
Month-over-month
MoM% = (CPI[t] / CPI[t−1] − 1) × 100Change vs. the prior month. Better for spotting turning points but noisier. The UK series is not seasonally adjusted, so month-over-month readings reflect both underlying price changes and regular seasonal patterns; the year-over-year view filters those out.
Annualized (3-mo / 6-mo)
Ann% = ((CPI[t] / CPI[t−k])^(12/k) − 1) × 100The recent-momentum view favoured by central bankers: what annual rate would you get if the last k months' pace continued for a full year?
Release schedule: the ONS publishes the prior month's CPI around the third Wednesday of each month. Expected next refresh of this page: around June 12, 2026. Source data syncs automatically.
Months without CPI data. When the ONS has not yet published a reading for a given month (release delayed, revisions pending), we leave that month out of the series rather than interpolate or carry forward the previous value. This keeps every figure on the page tied to a real upstream observation.
- Monthly change (MoM) for the month following a gap is shown as —, since the prior calendar month is unavailable.
- Year-over-year (YoY) still compares to the reading 12 months earlier if that month exists; otherwise it's omitted.
- The purchasing-power calculator falls back to the nearest available month and tells you when it does.
Currently the series is complete — no months are missing.
Last upstream observation: April 2026. Artifact generated on 2026-06-16.