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Services inflation
Selected pointAugust 2026 · 3.4%, down 1.3 percentage points on a year earlier
Usual range (middle 80% of the last 10 years)
Each year is the average of the monthly 12-month rates. It is not the rise in prices over that year. 2026 so far covers January to August.
Each month is that month's figure, not a total so far. 2026 so far covers January to August.
Source: Office for National Statistics
What this means for people
A meal out, a holiday or a train ticket can keep rising after goods prices have slowed.
This is the services part of the Consumer Prices Index.
Latest figures
See the figures as a table
The latest 12 readings, newest first.| Period | Value |
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| August 2026 | 3.4% |
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| July 2026 | 3.4% |
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| June 2026 | 3.6% |
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| May 2026 | 3.7% |
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| April 2026 | 3.2% |
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| March 2026 | 4.5% |
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| February 2026 | 4.3% |
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| January 2026 | 4.4% |
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| December 2025 | 4.5% |
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| November 2025 | 4.4% |
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| October 2025 | 4.5% |
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| September 2025 | 4.7% |
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Each year is the average of the monthly 12-month rates. It is not the rise in prices over that year.| Year | Period covered | Value |
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| 2026 so far | January to August | 3.8% |
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| 2025 | January to December | 4.8% |
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| 2024 | January to December | 5.5% |
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| 2023 | January to December | 6.8% |
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| 2022 | January to December | 5.2% |
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| 2021 | January to December | 2.3% |
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| 2020 | January to December | 1.8% |
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| 2019 | January to December | 2.5% |
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| 2018 | January to December | 2.4% |
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| 2017 | January to December | 2.7% |
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| 2016 | January to December | 2.5% |
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Each month
Each month is that month's figure, not a total so far.| Period | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 so far |
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| January | 6.0% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 4.4% |
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| February | 6.6% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 4.3% |
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| March | 6.6% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 4.5% |
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| April | 6.9% | 5.9% | 5.4% | 3.2% |
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| May | 7.4% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 3.7% |
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| June | 7.2% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 3.6% |
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| July | 7.4% | 5.2% | 5.0% | 3.4% |
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| August | 6.8% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 3.4% |
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| September | 6.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | |
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| October | 6.6% | 5.0% | 4.5% | |
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| November | 6.3% | 5.0% | 4.4% | |
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| December | 6.4% | 4.4% | 4.5% | |
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How to read this
Services, not goods
This covers services, such as restaurants, travel and holidays. It does not cover goods such as food, clothes or petrol.
Compared with a year ago
Each figure compares service prices with the same month a year earlier. It is not the change since last month.
Not the 2% target
The 2% target applies to overall CPI. This measure has no target of its own.
Leaves out some housing costs
It leaves out council tax, and the cost of housing services for an owner. Those are in CPIH. This figure follows CPI, so it leaves them out too.
Source
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Official title
- CPI services, 12-month rate
- Series
D7NN- Geography
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Accredited official statistics
Cite this
Office for National Statistics (2026) CPI services, 12-month rate, in the 12 months to August 2026 (series D7NN).