Consumer Price Indices: UK CPI, RPI and HICP Inflation Data

Consumer price indices, percentage changes and weights for the UK's Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Retail Prices Index (RPI), and their components. The dataset, designated as National Statistics, is produced by the Office for National Statistics and was last updated on 2026-07-08. The CPI is also known internationally as the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).

Use Cases

• Modeling inflation trends based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) series.
• Analyzing component-level price changes and weights for the CPI and RPI.
• Comparing UK inflation measures with the internationally recognized Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
• Forecasting economic indicators using the provided time-series price indices.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics and designated as National Statistics, indicating official status.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting recent data.
• Includes multiple key inflation measures: CPI, RPI, and HICP.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government surveys and price collection.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.723336

Geography

United Kingdom