Diesel, ultra-low sulphur · per litre · 2012 Verified
What this series measures changed. ONS changed what this series measures in February 2000: earlier figures price Derv, later ones ultra-low sulphur diesel. The two ran level across the switch, so the history is continuous — but a comparison spanning February 2000 is not strictly like-for-like.
£1.38in June 2012 — about £2.38 in today's money.
- Price in 2012£1.38
- Same money today£2.38
- Estimated price today · projected from January 2025£1.55
- Change since 2012+12%
Priced in working time
- A week's pay in 2012 bought · average weekly earnings were £461.00334 litres
- A week's pay today buys · at £749.00 (2026) · price estimated483 litres
Observed price divided by the observed wage for the same year — nothing here is back-cast. See the average earnings record →
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The Office for National Statistics recorded it in June 2012; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- Office for National Statistics (ONS), dataset MM23. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Series title
- RPI: Ave price - Ultra low sulphur diesel, per litre (Derv prior to Feb 2000)
- Series
- CZML
- Observed
- June 2012
- Coverage
- January 1977 – January 2025
- Adjusted by
- CDKO · 953.9 → 1643.1 (June 2026)
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0