"Figure 3: UK consumer price inflation is in line with recent international trends ","" "12-month growth rate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), UK, Germany, France, EU and United States, Jan 2015 to Feb 2022 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The internationally comparable series Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices is equivalent to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the UK, so that is used here. 2. The UK was part of the EU average until January 2020, after which it is no longer included" "Unit","% " "","" "","European Union","Germany","France","United States","United Kingdom" "Jan-15","-0.5","-0.5","-0.4","-1","0.3" "Feb-15","-0.3","-0.2","-0.3","-0.9","0" "Mar-15","-0.1","0.3","0","-1","0" "Apr-15","0.1","1","0.1","-1.2","-0.1" "May-15","0.5","1.6","0.3","-1","0.1" "Jun-15","0.3","1.1","0.3","-0.8","0" "Jul-15","0.4","1.3","0.2","-0.7","0.1" "Aug-15","0.3","1.1","0.1","-0.7","0" "Sep-15","0.1","0.8","0.1","-1.1","-0.1" "Oct-15","0.2","1.2","0.2","-0.8","-0.1" "Nov-15","0.1","0.2","0.1","-0.3","0.1" "Dec-15","0.2","0.2","0.3","-0.1","0.2" "Jan-16","0.3","0.4","0.3","0.8","0.3" "Feb-16","-0.1","-0.1","-0.1","0.3","0.3" "Mar-16","0","0.1","-0.1","0.1","0.5" "Apr-16","-0.2","-0.3","-0.1","0.4","0.3" "May-16","-0.1","-0.1","0.1","0.3","0.3" "Jun-16","0.1","0.1","0.3","0.2","0.5" "Jul-16","0.2","0.3","0.4","0","0.6" "Aug-16","0.2","0.3","0.4","0.3","0.6" "Sep-16","0.4","0.6","0.5","0.8","1" "Oct-16","0.5","0.7","0.5","1","0.9" "Nov-16","0.6","0.8","0.7","1","1.2" "Dec-16","1.1","1.6","0.8","1.5","1.6" "Jan-17","1.7","1.7","1.6","2.1","1.8" "Feb-17","2","2.1","1.4","2.5","2.3" "Mar-17","1.7","1.5","1.4","2","2.3" "Apr-17","2","2","1.4","1.8","2.7" "May-17","1.6","1.3","0.9","1.4","2.9" "Jun-17","1.5","1.7","0.8","1.1","2.6" "Jul-17","1.5","1.7","0.8","1.2","2.6" "Aug-17","1.7","1.9","1","1.5","2.9" "Sep-17","1.8","1.9","1.1","1.9","3" "Oct-17","1.7","1.5","1.2","1.7","3" "Nov-17","1.8","1.7","1.2","1.9","3.1" "Dec-17","1.6","1.5","1.2","1.8","3" "Jan-18","1.6","1.5","1.5","1.7","3" "Feb-18","1.4","1.2","1.3","1.9","2.7" "Mar-18","1.6","1.7","1.7","2.1","2.5" "Apr-18","1.5","1.3","1.8","2.2","2.4" "May-18","2","2.5","2.3","2.6","2.4" "Jun-18","2.1","2.1","2.3","2.7","2.4" "Jul-18","2.2","2.2","2.6","2.8","2.5" "Aug-18","2.2","2.1","2.6","2.5","2.7" "Sep-18","2.2","2.2","2.5","2","2.4" "Oct-18","2.3","2.6","2.5","2.3","2.4" "Nov-18","2","2.2","2.2","1.9","2.3" "Dec-18","1.6","1.7","1.9","1.5","2.1" "Jan-19","1.5","1.7","1.4","1","1.8" "Feb-19","1.6","1.7","1.6","1","1.9" "Mar-19","1.6","1.4","1.3","1.4","1.9" "Apr-19","1.9","2.1","1.5","1.6","2.1" "May-19","1.6","1.3","1.1","1.3","2" "Jun-19","1.6","1.5","1.4","1.1","2" "Jul-19","1.4","1.1","1.3","1.3","2.1" "Aug-19","1.4","1","1.3","1.2","1.7" "Sep-19","1.2","0.9","1.1","1.2","1.7" "Oct-19","1.1","0.9","0.9","1.3","1.5" "Nov-19","1.3","1.2","1.2","1.7","1.5" "Dec-19","1.6","1.5","1.6","2","1.3" "Jan-20","1.7","1.6","1.7","2.2","1.8" "Feb-20","1.6","1.7","1.6","2.1","1.7" "Mar-20","1.2","1.3","0.8","1","1.5" "Apr-20","0.7","0.8","0.4","-0.5","0.8" "May-20","0.6","0.5","0.4","-0.8","0.5" "Jun-20","0.8","0.8","0.2","0","0.6" "Jul-20","0.9","0","0.9","0.4","1" "Aug-20","0.4","-0.1","0.2","0.9","0.2" "Sep-20","0.3","-0.4","0","1","0.5" "Oct-20","0.3","-0.5","0.1","0.8","0.7" "Nov-20","0.2","-0.7","0.2","0.8","0.3" "Dec-20","0.3","-0.7","0","1.1","0.6" "Jan-21","1.2","1.6","0.8","1.2","0.7" "Feb-21","1.3","1.6","0.8","1.6","0.4" "Mar-21","1.7","2","1.4","2.8","0.7" "Apr-21","2","2.1","1.6","4.9","1.5" "May-21","2.3","2.4","1.8","6","2.1" "Jun-21","2.2","2.1","1.9","6.4","2.5" "Jul-21","2.5","3.1","1.5","6.3","2" "Aug-21","3.2","3.4","2.4","6.1","3.2" "Sep-21","3.6","4.1","2.7","6.2","3.1" "Oct-21","4.4","4.6","3.2","7.3","4.2" "Nov-21","5.2","6","3.4","7.9","5.1" "Dec-21","5.3","5.7","3.4","8.1","5.4" "Jan-22","5.6","5.1","3.3","","5.5" "Feb-22","6.2","5.5","4.2","","6.2"