UK Electricity price inflation: 3% (September 2026) – latest figures and trend
Are electricity prices still rising?
Yes. In September 2026, electricity prices in the UK were 3% higher than a year earlier. That is a bigger rise than 2.5% in August 2026.
The latest electricity price inflation for UK is 3% (September 2026), according to Office for National Statistics (UK). The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value3% Reference period: September 2026
Previous (August 2026): 2.5% · +0.5 percentage points
Office for National Statistics (UK) · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- electricity price inflation (12-month change)
- Unit
- %
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Sources
- Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — license
- We record revisions when the source changes a value we already collected.
- We do not receive a provisional/final flag from the source, so recent values may still be revised.
Questions people ask
What is the latest electricity price inflation in the UK?
3% in September 2026, according to Office for National Statistics (UK).
Is the electricity price inflation in the UK rising or falling?
It rose by 0.5 percentage points from August 2026. A year earlier (September 2025) it was 8%.
How does the UK compare with other countries on electricity price inflation?
In September 2026, it ranked 10th of 19 countries compared here, from highest to lowest: Italy 20.4%, Sweden 16.9%, Belgium 13.1%, Australia 12.8%, Spain 11.4%, Ireland 8.1%, U.S. 4.4%, Canada 3.6%, Norway 3.2%, UK 3%, France 1.4%, Netherlands 0.8%, South Korea 0%, Japan -2.3%, Switzerland -3%, Finland -4%, Germany -5.5%, Austria -9.3%, Denmark -10.2%.