Civometry

ONS · 12 June 1987 – 9 April 1992

RPI inflation rate during the Conservative 1987–1992 government

May 1987 → March 1992 · 58 periods

↓ 2.4%−0.1% percent

RPI inflation rate fell by 2.4% over the period, from 4.1% percent (May 1987, the level when the government took office) to 4% (March 1992, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level May 1987: 4.1%
  2. Level when it left March 1992: 4%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

RPI inflation rate: June 1948 to July 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%10%20%19501960197019801990200020102020June 1948: 9.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1948: 7.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1948: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1948: 7.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1948: 7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1948: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1948: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1949: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1949: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1949: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1949: 0.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1949: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1949: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1949: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1949: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1949: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1949: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1949: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1949: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1950: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1950: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1950: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1950: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1950: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1950: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1950: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1950: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1950: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1950: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1950: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1950: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1951: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1951: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1951: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1951: 6.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1951: 8.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1951: 9.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1951: 11.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1951: 12.2% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1951: 12.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1951: 11.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1951: 11.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1951: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1952: 13% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1952: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1952: 11.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1952: 11.8% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1952: 9.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1952: 10.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1952: 8.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1952: 7.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1952: 6.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1952: 6.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1952: 6.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1952: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1953: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1953: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1953: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1953: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1953: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1953: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1953: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1953: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1953: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1953: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1953: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1953: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1954: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1954: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1954: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1954: 0.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1954: 0.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1954: 0.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1954: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1954: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1954: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1954: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1954: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1954: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1955: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1955: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1955: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1955: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1955: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1955: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1955: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1955: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1955: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1955: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1955: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1955: 5.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1956: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1956: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1956: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1956: 7.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1956: 7.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1956: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1956: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1956: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1956: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1956: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1956: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1956: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1957: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1957: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1957: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1957: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1957: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1957: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1957: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1957: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1957: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1957: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1957: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1957: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1958: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1958: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1958: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1958: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1958: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1958: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1958: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1958: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1958: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1958: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1958: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1958: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1959: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1959: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1959: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1959: -0.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1959: -0.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1959: -0.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1959: 0.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1959: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1959: 0.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1959: -0.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1959: 0.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1959: 0% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1960: -0.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1960: -0.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1960: -0.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1960: 0.7% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1960: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1960: 1.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1960: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1960: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1960: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1960: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1960: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1960: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1961: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1961: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1961: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1961: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1961: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1961: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1961: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1961: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1961: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1961: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1961: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1961: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1962: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1962: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1962: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1962: 5.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1962: 5.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1962: 5.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1962: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1962: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1962: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1962: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1962: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1962: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1963: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1963: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1963: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1963: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1963: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1963: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1963: 0.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1963: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1963: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1963: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1963: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1963: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1964: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1964: 1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1964: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1964: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1964: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1964: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1964: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1964: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1964: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1964: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1964: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1964: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1965: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1965: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1965: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1965: 5.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1965: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1965: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1965: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1965: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1965: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1965: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1965: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1965: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1966: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1966: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1966: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1966: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1966: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1966: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1966: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1966: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1966: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1966: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1966: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1966: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1967: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1967: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1967: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1967: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1967: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1967: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1967: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1967: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1967: 1.5% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1967: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1967: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1967: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1968: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1968: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1968: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1968: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1968: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1968: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1968: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1968: 5.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1968: 5.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1968: 5.6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1968: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1968: 5.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1969: 6.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1969: 6.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1969: 6.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1969: 5.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1969: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1969: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1969: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1969: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1969: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1969: 5.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1969: 5.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1969: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1970: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1970: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1970: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1970: 5.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1970: 6.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1970: 5.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1970: 6.7% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1970: 6.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1970: 7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1970: 7.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1970: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1970: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1971: 8.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1971: 8.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1971: 8.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1971: 9.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1971: 9.8% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1971: 10.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1971: 10.1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1971: 10.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1971: 9.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1971: 9.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1971: 9.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1971: 9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1972: 8.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1972: 8.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1972: 7.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1972: 6.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1972: 6.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1972: 6.1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1972: 5.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1972: 6.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1972: 7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1972: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1972: 7.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1972: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1973: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1973: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1973: 8.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1973: 9.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1973: 9.5% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1973: 9.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1973: 9.4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1973: 8.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1973: 9.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1973: 9.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1973: 10.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1973: 10.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1974: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1974: 13.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1974: 13.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1974: 15.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1974: 16% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1974: 16.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1974: 17.1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1974: 16.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1974: 17.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1974: 17.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1974: 18.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1974: 19.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1975: 19.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1975: 19.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1975: 21.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1975: 21.7% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1975: 25% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1975: 26.1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1975: 26.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1975: 26.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1975: 26.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1975: 25.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1975: 25.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1975: 24.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1976: 23.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1976: 22.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1976: 21.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1976: 18.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1976: 15.4% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1976: 13.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1976: 12.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1976: 13.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1976: 14.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1976: 14.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1976: 15% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1976: 15.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1977: 16.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1977: 16.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1977: 16.7% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1977: 17.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1977: 17.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1977: 17.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1977: 17.6% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1977: 16.5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1977: 15.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1977: 14.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1977: 13% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1977: 12.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1978: 9.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1978: 9.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1978: 9.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1978: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1978: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1978: 7.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1978: 7.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1978: 8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1978: 7.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1978: 7.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1978: 8.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1978: 8.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1979: 9.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1979: 9.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1979: 9.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1979: 10.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1979: 10.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1979: 11.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1979: 15.6% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1979: 15.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1979: 16.5% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1979: 17.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1979: 17.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1979: 17.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1980: 18.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1980: 19.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1980: 19.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1980: 21.8% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1980: 21.9% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1980: 21% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1980: 16.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1980: 16.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1980: 15.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1980: 15.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1980: 15.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1980: 15.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1981: 13% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1981: 12.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1981: 12.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1981: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1981: 11.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1981: 11.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1981: 10.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1981: 11.5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1981: 11.4% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1981: 11.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1981: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1981: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1982: 12% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1982: 11% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1982: 10.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1982: 9.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1982: 9.5% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1982: 9.2% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1982: 8.7% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1982: 8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1982: 7.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1982: 6.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1982: 6.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1982: 5.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1983: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1983: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1983: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1983: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1983: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1983: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1983: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1983: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1983: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1983: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1983: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1983: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1984: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1984: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1984: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1984: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1984: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1984: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1984: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1984: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1984: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1984: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1984: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1984: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1985: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1985: 5.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1985: 6.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1985: 6.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1985: 7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1985: 7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1985: 6.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1985: 6.2% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1985: 5.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1985: 5.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1985: 5.5% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1985: 5.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1986: 5.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1986: 5.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1986: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1986: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1986: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1986: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1986: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1986: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1986: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1986: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1986: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1986: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1987: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1987: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1987: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1987: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1987: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1987: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1987: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1987: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1987: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1987: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1987: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1987: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1988: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1988: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1988: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1988: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1988: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1988: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1988: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1988: 5.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1988: 5.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1988: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1988: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1988: 6.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1989: 7.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1989: 7.8% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1989: 7.9% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1989: 8% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1989: 8.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1989: 8.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1989: 8.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1989: 7.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1989: 7.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1989: 7.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1989: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1989: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1990: 7.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1990: 7.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1990: 8.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1990: 9.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1990: 9.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1990: 9.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1990: 9.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1990: 10.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1990: 10.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1990: 10.9% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1990: 9.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1990: 9.3% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1991: 9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1991: 8.9% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1991: 8.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1991: 6.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1991: 5.8% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1991: 5.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1991: 5.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1991: 4.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1991: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1991: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1991: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1991: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1992: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1992: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1992: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1992: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1992: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1992: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1992: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1992: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1992: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1992: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1992: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1992: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1993: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1993: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1993: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1993: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1993: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1993: 1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1993: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1993: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1993: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1993: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1993: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1993: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1994: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1994: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1994: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1994: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1994: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1994: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1994: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1994: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1994: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1994: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1994: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1994: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1995: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1995: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1995: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1995: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1995: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1995: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1995: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1995: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1995: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1995: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1995: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1995: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1996: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1996: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1996: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1996: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1996: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1996: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1996: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1996: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1996: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1996: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1996: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1996: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1997: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1997: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1997: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1997: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1997: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1997: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1997: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1997: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1997: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1997: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1997: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1997: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1998: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1998: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1998: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1998: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1998: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1998: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1998: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1998: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1998: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1998: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1998: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1998: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 1999: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 1999: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 1999: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 1999: 1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 1999: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 1999: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 1999: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 1999: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 1999: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 1999: 1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 1999: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 1999: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2000: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2000: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2000: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2000: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2000: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2000: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2000: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2000: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2000: 3.3% percent · 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published 18 August 2026May 2002: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2002: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2002: 1.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2002: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2002: 1.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2002: 2.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2002: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2002: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2003: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2003: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2003: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2003: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2003: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2003: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2003: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2003: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2003: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2003: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2003: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2003: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2004: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2004: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2004: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2004: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2004: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2004: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2004: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2004: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2004: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2004: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2004: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2004: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2005: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2005: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2005: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2005: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2005: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2005: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2005: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2005: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2005: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2005: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2005: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2005: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2006: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2006: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2006: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2006: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2006: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2006: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2006: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2006: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2006: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2006: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2006: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2006: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2007: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2007: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2007: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2007: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2007: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2007: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2007: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2007: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2007: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2007: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2007: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2007: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2008: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2008: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2008: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2008: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2008: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2008: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2008: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2008: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2008: 5% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2008: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2008: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2008: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2009: 0.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2009: 0% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2009: -0.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2009: -1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2009: -1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2009: -1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2009: -1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2009: -1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2009: -1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2009: -0.8% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2009: 0.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2009: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2010: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2010: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2010: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2010: 5.3% percent · 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August 2026December 2011: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2012: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2012: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2012: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2012: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2012: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2012: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2012: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2012: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2012: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2012: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2012: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2012: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2013: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2013: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2013: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2013: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2013: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2013: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2013: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2013: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2013: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2013: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2013: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2013: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2014: 2.8% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2014: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2014: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2014: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2014: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2014: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2014: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2014: 2.4% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2014: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2014: 2.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2014: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2014: 1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2015: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2015: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2015: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2015: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2015: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2015: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2015: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2015: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2015: 0.8% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2015: 0.7% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2015: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2015: 1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2016: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2016: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2016: 1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2016: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2016: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2016: 1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2016: 1.9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2016: 1.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2016: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2016: 2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2016: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2016: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2017: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2017: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2017: 3.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2017: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2017: 3.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2017: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2017: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2017: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2017: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2017: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2017: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2017: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2018: 4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2018: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2018: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2018: 3.4% percent · 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August 2026December 2019: 2.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2020: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2020: 2.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2020: 2.6% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2020: 1.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2020: 1% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2020: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2020: 1.6% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2020: 0.5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2020: 1.1% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2020: 1.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2020: 0.9% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2020: 1.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2021: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2021: 1.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2021: 1.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2021: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2021: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2021: 3.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2021: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2021: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2021: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2021: 6% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2021: 7.1% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2021: 7.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2022: 7.8% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2022: 8.2% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2022: 9% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2022: 11.1% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2022: 11.7% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2022: 11.8% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2022: 12.3% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2022: 12.3% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2022: 12.6% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2022: 14.2% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2022: 14% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2022: 13.4% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2023: 13.4% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2023: 13.8% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2023: 13.5% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2023: 11.4% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2023: 11.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2023: 10.7% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2023: 9% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2023: 9.1% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2023: 8.9% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2023: 6.1% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2023: 5.3% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2023: 5.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2024: 4.9% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2024: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2024: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2024: 3.3% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2024: 3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2024: 2.9% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2024: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2024: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2024: 2.7% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2024: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2024: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2024: 3.5% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2025: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2025: 3.4% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2025: 3.2% percent · published 18 August 2026April 2025: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026May 2025: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026June 2025: 4.4% percent · published 18 August 2026July 2025: 4.8% percent · published 18 August 2026August 2025: 4.6% percent · published 18 August 2026September 2025: 4.5% percent · published 18 August 2026October 2025: 4.3% percent · published 18 August 2026November 2025: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026December 2025: 4.2% percent · published 18 August 2026January 2026: 3.8% percent · published 18 August 2026February 2026: 3.6% percent · published 18 August 2026March 2026: 4.1% percent · published 18 August 2026April 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Definition and caveats

The percentage change over twelve months in the Retail Prices Index, a legacy measure retained because it still governs some contracts, index-linked gilts and student loan interest.

Doesn’t measure: A statistically sound measure of inflation: RPI lost its National Statistic status in 2013 and ONS advises against its use.