The Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom rose by 4.1% year-on-year in March 2026, surpassing market forecasts of a 3.9% gain and the previous month's 3.6% increase. The latest figure also marked the highest reading since December 2025. On a monthly basis, the RPI advanced by 0.8% in March, slightly above market expectations of a 0.7% gain but accelerating from a 0.4% increase in the preceding period. The monthly figure marked the fastest rise since April last year. source: Office for National Statistics

Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom averaged 5.34 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 May of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-04-22 06:00 AM
Retail Price Index YoY
Mar 4.1% 3.6% 3.9% 3.7%
2026-04-22 06:00 AM
Retail Price Index MoM
Mar 0.8% 0.4% 0.7% 0.6%
2026-05-20 06:00 AM
Retail Price Index MoM
Apr



Components Last Previous Unit Reference
Inflation Rate YoY 3.30 3.00 percent Mar 2026

Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 141.00 140.10 points Mar 2026
Core Consumer Prices 137.20 136.70 points Mar 2026
Core Inflation Rate YoY 3.10 3.20 percent Mar 2026
Core Producer Prices 141.80 141.60 points Mar 2026
CPI Clothing and Footwear 119.30 118.60 points Mar 2026
CPI Education 152.70 152.70 points Mar 2026
CPI Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 144.40 143.90 points Mar 2026
CPI Housing Utilities 150.50 149.30 points Mar 2026
CPI Recreation and Culture 135.40 135.10 points Mar 2026
CPI Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants 153.10 152.10 points Mar 2026
CPI Transportation 140.70 137.50 points Mar 2026
Food Inflation 3.70 3.30 percent Mar 2026
GDP Deflator 108.90 108.30 points Dec 2025
Inflation Rate MoM 0.70 0.40 percent Mar 2026
Producer Prices 145.00 143.70 points Mar 2026
PPI Output YoY 2.60 1.80 percent Mar 2026
Retail Price Index YoY 0.80 0.40 percent Mar 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
0.80 0.40 26.90 -1.60 1948 - 2026 percent Monthly
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