inflation rate reaching a high of 11.1 percent in October 2022.
In May 2022, 29 percent of households in Great Britain reported that they could not afford an unexpected of 850 British pounds. A variety of factors has been driving price rises among British households, with the Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023
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Statistics on Cost of living crisis UK
Overview
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- Premium Statistic British adults reporting a cost of living increase 2021-2023
- Basic Statistic Inability to pay an unexpected expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain 2021-2023
- Premium Statistic Main reasons that people have seen their cost of living increase Great Britain 2023
- Premium Statistic Main measures taken due to the cost of living increase in Great Britain 2023
- Premium Statistic Opinion on if Brexit has made cost of living higher in UK 2022
- Basic Statistic UK SMEs on how long they can sustain higher energy costs 2022
- Basic Statistic Most important issues facing Britain 2019-2023
Inflation and prices
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- Basic Statistic CPI inflation rate in the UK 1989-2023
- Basic Statistic CPI inflation rate in the UK 2023, by sector
- Premium Statistic Sector contribution to inflation in the UK 2020-2023
- Basic Statistic CPI inflation rate for goods and services in the UK 1989-2023
- Premium Statistic CPI inflation rate for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the UK 1989-2023
- Premium Statistic CPI inflation rate for housing, water, electricity, and gas in the UK 1989-2023
- Basic Statistic Core inflation rate of the UK 1989-2023
- Premium Statistic Percentage of people who see inflation an important issues in Britain 1974-2022
Earnings and expenditure
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- Premium Statistic Forecast of annual change in real household disposable income per person UK 1956-2028
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK compared with inflation 2001-2023
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2023
- Premium Statistic Average weekly household expenditure in the UK 2021, by category
- Basic Statistic Household expenditure breakdown in the UK 2021, by decile
- Premium Statistic Ofgem energy tariff price cap for direct debit customers in the UK 2019-2023
Response to the crisis
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- Premium Statistic Government expenditure on cost of living support policies in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Value of government support packages for the cost of living crisis in the UK 2022
- Premium Statistic Energy bill savings under the 'Energy Price Guarantee' Britain 2022, by property
- Premium Statistic Official bank rate in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Satisfaction with the government response to cost of living crisis UK 2022
- Basic Statistic How people are saving money in the UK due to the cost of living crisis 2022
- Basic Statistic How people are saving money long term in the UK due to the cost of living crisis 2022
Further related statistics
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- Main reasons that people have seen their cost of living increase Great Britain 2023
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- Satisfaction with the government response to cost of living crisis UK 2022
- How people are saving money long term in the UK due to the cost of living crisis 2022
- How people are saving money in the UK due to the cost of living crisis 2022
- People whose cost of living prevented the purchase of sustainable goods Poland 2022
- Changing shopping habits due to rising cost of living in Poland 2022
- Annual cost of living in top 10 largest U.S. cities in 2022
- Opinion on if Brexit has made cost of living higher in UK 2022
- Extent to which the price increase was felt in households in Poland 2021-2023
- Inability to pay an unexpected expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain 2021-2023
- Monthly inflation rate in China in April 2023, by sector
- Impact of price increases on purchasing behavior in Poland 2022
- Consumer actions to cope with inflation in Japan 2023, by gender
- Consumer actions to cope with inflation in Japan 2023
- Impact level of inflation on households in Japan 2023, by gender
- Impact level of inflation on households in Japan 2023
- Hungarians on the most problematic product categories affected by inflation 2022
- People struggling to pay for basic needs worldwide 2022, by commodity
- People struggling to make ends meet worldwide 2022, by country
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 19, 2023). Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023." Chart. May 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of Adults Reporting Their Household Could Not Afford to Pay An Unexpected, but Necessary, Expense of 850 Gbp in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Percentage of adults reporting their household could not afford to pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of 850 GBP in Great Britain from November 2021 to May 2023 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300305/great-britain-inability-to-pay-an-unexpected-expense/