The Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom rose by 3.8% year-on-year in January 2026, slightly below market forecasts of a 3.9% gain and easing from a 4.2% increase in the previous month. On a monthly basis, the RPI fell by 0.5% in January, exceeding a 0.4% decline and reversing a 0.7% gain in the preceding period. source: Office for National Statistics

Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom averaged 5.35 percent from 1948 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 26.90 percent in August of 1975 and a record low of -1.60 percent in June of 2009. This page provides - United Kingdom Retail Price Index YoY- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Retail Price Index YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-02-18 07:00 AM
Retail Price Index YoY
Jan 3.8% 4.2% 3.9% 3.9%
2026-02-18 07:00 AM
Retail Price Index MoM
Jan -0.5% 0.7% -0.4% -0.1%
2026-03-25 07:00 AM
Retail Price Index YoY
Feb 3.8% 3.5%

Components Last Previous Unit Reference
Inflation Rate YoY 3.00 3.40 percent Jan 2026

Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 139.50 140.10 points Jan 2026
Core Consumer Prices 135.90 136.70 points Jan 2026
Core Inflation Rate YoY 3.10 3.20 percent Jan 2026
Core Producer Prices 142.60 142.30 points Jan 2026
CPI Clothing and Footwear 117.90 122.00 points Jan 2026
CPI Education 152.70 152.70 points Jan 2026
CPI Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 143.90 144.10 points Jan 2026
CPI Housing Utilities 149.10 148.40 points Jan 2026
CPI Recreation and Culture 135.10 134.80 points Jan 2026
CPI Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants 150.60 151.70 points Jan 2026
CPI Transportation 136.70 139.20 points Jan 2026
Food Inflation 3.60 4.50 percent Jan 2026
GDP Deflator 108.90 108.30 points Dec 2025
Inflation Rate MoM -0.50 0.40 percent Jan 2026
Producer Prices 144.40 144.30 points Jan 2026
PPI Output YoY 2.50 3.10 percent Jan 2026
Retail Price Index YoY 3.80 4.20 percent Jan 2026


United Kingdom Retail Price Index YoY
In the UK, the RPI index covers only private households but excludes the top 4% of households by income and pensioner households who receive at least three-quarters of their income from benefits. The index was initially developed as a compensation index, derived from an index designed as an aid to protect ordinary workers from price increases associated with the First World War. The RPI provides estimates of inflation from 1947 onwards with the first official release of consumer price inflation being produced in January 1956. Until the introduction of the UK CPI in 1996, the RPI and its derivatives were the only measures of UK consumer price inflation available to users.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3.80 4.20 26.90 -1.60 1948 - 2026 percent Monthly
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