£100 in 2006 is worth £203 today
What pounds from 2006 are worth in 2025 money, adjusted for inflation with the official price index from the UK Office for National Statistics.
2006 money in 2025 money
- Prices since
- +103.3%
- Per year
- +3.80% compounded
- Multiplier
- ×2.033
| In 2006 | Worth in 2025 |
|---|---|
| £1 | £2.03 |
| £5 | £10.16 |
| £10 | £20.33 |
| £20 | £40.66 |
| £50 | £102 |
| £100 | £203 |
| £1,000 | £2,033 |
| £10,000 | £20,328 |
UK Office for National Statistics — Retail Prices Index: long run series, Jan 1974 = 100. Retrieved 2026-08-06. Open in the calculator to compare any two years.
Inflation in 2006
Prices in the UK rose 3.2% during 2006 — close to the middle of the range in this series, 88th highest of 225. Across the 2000s, prices rose an average of 2.6% a year, peaking at 4.3% in 2007.
| Year | Rate | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +3.0% | |
| 2001 | +1.8% | |
| 2002 | +1.7% | |
| 2003 | +2.9% | |
| 2004 | +3.0% | |
| 2005 | +2.8% | |
| 2006 | +3.2% | |
| 2007 | +4.3% | |
| 2008 | +4.0% | |
| 2009 | −0.5% |
How far the pound has fallen since 2006
A pound in 2025 buys about 49.2% of what one bought in 2006, a loss of 50.8% of its buying power. Prices had doubled from their 2006 level by 2025, 19 years later. Read the other way, here is what today's money would have been in 2006:
| In 2025 | Same as, in 2006 |
|---|---|
| £10 | £4.92 |
| £20 | £9.84 |
| £50 | £24.60 |
| £100 | £49.19 |
| £1,000 | £492 |
| £10,000 | £4,919 |
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
The figures compare the price index in 2006 with 2025: the cost of the same broad basket of goods and services, averaged across each year. That is the right measure for "what would this amount be in today's money" — a wage, a price, an inheritance. It is not a measure of what any particular thing cost: housing, education, and healthcare have mostly risen faster than the average, while electronics and clothing have risen far slower or fallen. And it says nothing about exchange rates, so it cannot turn 2006 pounds into another currency.
Common questions
How much is £100 from 2006 worth today?
£100 in 2006 is worth about £203 in 2025 money, adjusted with the official price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics. Prices have risen 103.3% over that span, an average of 3.80% a year compounded.
What was the inflation rate in 2006?
Prices in the UK rose 3.2% during 2006 — close to the middle of the range in this series, 88th highest of 225. That is the change in the annual average of the index from 2005 to 2006, which is the basis statistics agencies use for long-run comparison; a news headline quoting a twelve-month change at a particular point in 2006 may differ.
How much buying power has the pound lost since 2006?
About 50.8%. Put the other way round, £100 in 2025 would have bought what £49.19 bought in 2006. Prices had doubled from their 2006 level by 2025, 19 years later.
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