Core Consumer Prices in the United Kingdom increased to 136.70 points in December from 136.30 points in November of 2025. Core Consumer Prices in the United Kingdom averaged 88.66 points from 1988 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 136.70 points in December of 2025 and a record low of 52.94 points in January of 1988. source: Office for National Statistics

Core Consumer Prices in the United Kingdom is expected to be 136.83 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Core Consumer Prices is projected to trend around 142.50 points in 2027 and 145.35 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.


Components Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 140.10 139.50 points Dec 2025
Producer Prices 144.60 144.60 points Dec 2025

Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Core Consumer Prices 136.70 136.30 points Dec 2025
Core Inflation Rate YoY 3.20 3.20 percent Dec 2025
Core Producer Prices 142.40 142.60 points Dec 2025
CPI Clothing and Footwear 122.00 121.80 points Dec 2025
CPI Education 152.70 152.70 points Dec 2025
CPI Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 144.10 142.90 points Dec 2025
CPI Housing Utilities 148.40 148.30 points Dec 2025
CPI Recreation and Culture 134.80 135.00 points Dec 2025
CPI Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants 151.70 151.30 points Dec 2025
CPI Transportation 139.20 137.30 points Dec 2025
Food Inflation 4.50 4.20 percent Dec 2025
GDP Deflator 108.20 107.00 points Sep 2025
Inflation Rate YoY 3.40 3.20 percent Dec 2025
Inflation Rate MoM 0.40 -0.20 percent Dec 2025
PPI Output YoY 3.40 3.40 percent Dec 2025
Retail Price Index YoY 4.20 3.80 percent Dec 2025


United Kingdom Core Consumer Prices
In the United Kingdom, the core inflation rate tracks changes in prices that consumers pay for a basket of goods which excludes some volatile price items.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
136.70 136.30 136.70 52.94 1988 - 2025 points Monthly
2015=100, NSA