UK Fuel price inflation: 29.8% (September 2026) – latest figures and trend
Are fuel prices still rising?
Yes. In September 2026, motor fuel prices in the UK were 29.8% higher than a year earlier. That is a bigger rise than 23% in August 2026.
The latest fuel price inflation for UK is 29.8% (September 2026), according to Office for National Statistics (UK). The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value29.8% Reference period: September 2026
Previous (August 2026): 23% · +6.8 percentage points
Office for National Statistics (UK) · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- motor fuel 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 fuel price inflation in the UK?
29.8% in September 2026, according to Office for National Statistics (UK).
Is the fuel price inflation in the UK rising or falling?
It rose by 6.8 percentage points from August 2026. A year earlier (September 2025) it was -1.2%.
How does the UK compare with other countries on fuel price inflation?
In September 2026, it ranked 9th of 19 countries compared here, from highest to lowest: Germany 36.8%, France 34.3%, U.S. 34.2%, Austria 34.2%, Belgium 33.9%, Finland 32.7%, Denmark 31.5%, Spain 30.8%, UK 29.8%, Canada 27.79%, Netherlands 27.3%, Italy 26.7%, Norway 26.3%, Australia 23.6%, Switzerland 22.4%, Sweden 19.9%, Ireland 17.7%, South Korea 11.84%, Japan -2.5%.