United Kingdom inflation rate
UK inflation summary for August 2021
Updated: September 15, 2021
Next update: October 20, 2021
Current UK inflation rate
August 2021
3.2%
The Consumer Price Index for United Kingdom is 112.1 for the month of August 2021. The inflation rate year over year is 3.2% (compared to 2.0% for the previous month). Inflation from July 2021 to August 2021 was 0.7%.
Previous UK Inflation Rate
July 2021 to August 2021
0.7%
Month-to-Month UK Inflation Rate
July 2021
2.0%
Recent inflation rates for UK
| Year | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.2% | |||||
| 2020 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
Additional resources
All inflation rates are calculated using the UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) series.