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United Kingdom: Inflation

Percent · 1210–2025 · 816 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
3.37%percent
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 2.62%
Average, 2016–2025
3.34%10 years
Record high and low
49.7% (1225)low −31.2% (1558)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.00Forecast
20302.00Forecast
20292.00Forecast
20282.00Forecast
20272.42Forecast
20262.33Forecast
20253.37
20242.62
20237.30
20229.05
20212.58
20200.881
20191.78
20182.48
20172.69
20160.642

Sources

  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1210–2016
  • MeasuringWorth1210–2023
  • Clio Infra1500–2010
  • Bank for International Settlements1662–2025
  • Mitchell1782–2009
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1800–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1881–1913
  • Bordo1881–1997
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1956–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1956–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • Eurostat1996–2019
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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United Kingdom documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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