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Inflation rate in United Kingdom

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United Kingdom's inflation rate is 3.88 % — #67 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

3.88%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

At 3.9 % a year, prices double in about 19 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in United Kingdom over time

7.92 %4.15 %0.37 %2 % target7.92 % · 20220.37 % · 20152000: 1.18 %2001: 1.53 %2002: 1.52 %2003: 1.38 %2004: 1.39 %2005: 2.09 %2006: 2.46 %2007: 2.39 %2008: 3.52 %2009: 1.96 %2010: 2.49 %2011: 3.86 %2012: 2.57 %2013: 2.29 %2014: 1.45 %2015: 0.37 %2016: 1.01 %2017: 2.56 %2018: 2.29 %2019: 1.74 %2020: 0.99 %2021: 2.52 %2022: 7.92 %2023: 6.79 %2024: 3.27 %2025: 3.88 %2000201220253.88 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#67 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
47 %
59 of 126 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.61 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.04 pp
peak 7.92 % in 2022
Full series
▲ 2.70 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #24 of 38vs median 3.12 %: +0.76 pp (worse)

The doubling clock

At United Kingdom's current 3.88 % — prices double in~18 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %United Kingdom: ahead of 47 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationUnited Kingdom 3.88 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. United Kingdom is ahead of 47 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs United Kingdom
65 Georgia3.87 %−0.01 pp
66 Dominican Republic3.87 %−0.01 pp
67 United Kingdom3.88 %—
68 Montenegro3.90 %+0.02 pp
69 Slovakia4.00 %+0.12 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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