£100 in 1772 is worth £12,940.54 in 2012

Value of £100 from 1772 to 2012

£100 in 1772 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £12,940.54 in 2012, an increase of £12,840.54 over 240 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 2.05% per year between 1772 and 2012, producing a cumulative price increase of 12,840.54%.

This means that prices in 2012 are 129.41 times as high as average prices since 1772, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1772 was 10.45%. The inflation rate in 2012 was 3.21%. The 2012 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 3.32% per year between 2012 and 2024.


Inflation from 1772 to 2012
Cumulative price change12,840.54%
Average inflation rate2.05%
Converted amount
£100 base
£12,940.54
Price difference
£100 base
£12,840.54
CPI in 17727.400
CPI in 2012957.600
Inflation in 177210.45%
Inflation in 20123.21%
£100 in 1772£12,940.54 in 2012

GBP inflation since 1772
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £100 in 1772

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £100 in 1772 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £100, you would need to end with £12,940.54 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When £100 is equivalent to £12,940.54 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single U.K. pound decreases over time. In other words, a pound will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a pound over time. By calculating the value in 1772 dollars, the chart below shows how £100 is worth less over 240 years.

According to the Office for National Statistics, each of these GBP amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Pound inflation: 1772-2012
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1772£100.0010.45%
1773£100.000.00%
1774£101.351.35%
1775£94.59-6.67%
1776£93.24-1.43%
1777£93.240.00%
1778£95.952.90%
1779£87.84-8.45%
1780£85.14-3.08%
1781£89.194.76%
1782£90.541.52%
1783£101.3511.94%
1784£102.701.33%
1785£97.30-5.26%
1786£97.300.00%
1787£97.300.00%
1788£101.354.17%
1789£100.00-1.33%
1790£101.351.35%
1791£101.350.00%
1792£102.701.33%
1793£105.412.63%
1794£114.868.97%
1795£127.0310.59%
1796£135.146.38%
1797£121.62-10.00%
1798£118.92-2.22%
1799£133.7812.50%
1800£182.4336.36%
1801£204.0511.85%
1802£156.76-23.18%
1803£148.65-5.17%
1804£152.702.73%
1805£177.0315.93%
1806£170.27-3.82%
1807£166.22-2.38%
1808£172.974.07%
1809£189.199.37%
1810£194.592.86%
1811£189.19-2.78%
1812£214.8613.57%
1813£220.272.52%
1814£191.89-12.88%
1815£171.62-10.56%
1816£156.76-8.66%
1817£178.3813.79%
1818£178.380.00%
1819£174.32-2.27%
1820£158.11-9.30%
1821£139.19-11.97%
1822£120.27-13.59%
1823£128.386.74%
1824£139.198.42%
1825£163.5117.48%
1826£154.05-5.79%
1827£144.59-6.14%
1828£140.54-2.80%
1829£139.19-0.96%
1830£133.78-3.88%
1831£147.3010.10%
1832£136.49-7.34%
1833£128.38-5.94%
1834£117.57-8.42%
1835£120.272.30%
1836£133.7811.24%
1837£136.492.02%
1838£137.840.99%
1839£147.306.86%
1840£150.001.83%
1841£147.30-1.80%
1842£135.14-8.26%
1843£120.27-11.00%
1844£120.270.00%
1845£125.684.49%
1846£131.084.30%
1847£147.3012.37%
1848£128.38-12.84%
1849£120.27-6.32%
1850£113.51-5.62%
1851£109.46-3.57%
1852£109.460.00%
1853£120.279.88%
1854£137.8414.61%
1855£141.892.94%
1856£141.890.00%
1857£135.14-4.76%
1858£122.97-9.00%
1859£121.62-1.10%
1860£125.683.33%
1861£128.382.15%
1862£125.68-2.11%
1863£121.62-3.23%
1864£120.27-1.11%
1865£121.621.12%
1866£128.385.56%
1867£136.496.32%
1868£135.14-0.99%
1869£128.38-5.00%
1870£128.380.00%
1871£129.731.05%
1872£135.144.17%
1873£140.544.00%
1874£135.14-3.85%
1875£132.43-2.00%
1876£132.430.00%
1877£131.08-1.02%
1878£128.38-2.06%
1879£122.97-4.21%
1880£127.033.30%
1881£125.68-1.06%
1882£127.031.08%
1883£125.68-1.06%
1884£122.97-2.15%
1885£118.92-3.30%
1886£117.57-1.14%
1887£116.22-1.15%
1888£117.571.16%
1889£118.921.15%
1890£118.920.00%
1891£120.271.14%
1892£120.270.00%
1893£118.92-1.12%
1894£117.57-1.14%
1895£116.22-1.15%
1896£114.86-1.16%
1897£117.572.35%
1898£117.570.00%
1899£118.921.15%
1900£124.324.55%
1901£124.320.00%
1902£124.320.00%
1903£125.681.09%
1904£125.680.00%
1905£125.680.00%
1906£125.680.00%
1907£127.031.08%
1908£127.030.00%
1909£128.381.06%
1910£129.731.05%
1911£129.730.00%
1912£133.783.13%
1913£132.43-1.01%
1914£132.430.00%
1915£148.6512.24%
1916£175.6818.18%
1917£220.2725.38%
1918£268.9222.09%
1919£295.9510.05%
1920£341.8915.53%
1921£312.16-8.70%
1922£268.92-13.85%
1923£252.70-6.03%
1924£251.35-0.53%
1925£251.350.00%
1926£250.00-0.54%
1927£243.24-2.70%
1928£243.240.00%
1929£240.54-1.11%
1930£233.78-2.81%
1931£224.32-4.05%
1932£218.92-2.41%
1933£213.51-2.47%
1934£213.510.00%
1935£214.860.63%
1936£216.220.63%
1937£224.323.75%
1938£227.031.20%
1939£233.782.98%
1940£272.9716.76%
1941£302.7010.89%
1942£324.327.14%
1943£335.143.33%
1944£344.592.82%
1945£354.052.75%
1946£364.863.05%
1947£390.547.04%
1948£420.277.61%
1949£432.432.89%
1950£445.953.13%
1951£486.499.09%
1952£531.089.17%
1953£547.303.05%
1954£558.111.98%
1955£582.434.36%
1956£612.165.10%
1957£633.783.53%
1958£654.053.20%
1959£656.760.41%
1960£663.511.03%
1961£686.493.46%
1962£716.224.33%
1963£729.731.89%
1964£754.053.33%
1965£789.194.66%
1966£820.273.94%
1967£841.892.64%
1968£881.084.65%
1969£928.385.37%
1970£987.846.40%
1971£1,081.089.44%
1972£1,158.117.13%
1973£1,263.519.10%
1974£1,466.2216.04%
1975£1,821.6224.24%
1976£2,122.9716.54%
1977£2,459.4615.85%
1978£2,663.518.30%
1979£3,020.2713.39%
1980£3,563.5117.99%
1981£3,986.4911.87%
1982£4,329.738.61%
1983£4,528.384.59%
1984£4,754.054.98%
1985£5,043.246.08%
1986£5,214.863.40%
1987£5,432.434.17%
1988£5,698.654.90%
1989£6,141.897.78%
1990£6,722.979.46%
1991£7,117.575.87%
1992£7,383.783.74%
1993£7,501.351.59%
1994£7,682.432.41%
1995£7,948.653.47%
1996£8,140.542.41%
1997£8,395.953.14%
1998£8,683.783.43%
1999£8,817.571.54%
2000£9,078.382.96%
2001£9,239.191.77%
2002£9,393.241.67%
2003£9,664.862.89%
2004£9,952.702.98%
2005£10,233.782.82%
2006£10,560.813.20%
2007£11,013.514.29%
2008£11,452.703.99%
2009£11,391.89-0.53%
2010£11,917.574.61%
2011£12,537.845.20%
2012£12,940.543.21%
2013£13,333.783.04%
2014£13,648.652.36%
2015£13,783.780.99%
2016£14,022.971.74%
2017£14,525.683.58%
2018£14,917.872.70%
2019£15,290.822.50%
2020£15,566.051.80%
2021£15,953.902.49%
2022£17,214.267.90%
2023£18,431.667.07%
2024£19,150.493.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.
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This conversion table shows various other 1772 amounts in 2012 pounds, based on the 12,840.54% change in prices:

Conversion: 1772 pounds in 2012
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1772£129.41 pounds in 2012
£5 pounds in 1772£647.03 pounds in 2012
£10 pounds in 1772£1,294.05 pounds in 2012
£50 pounds in 1772£6,470.27 pounds in 2012
£100 pounds in 1772£12,940.54 pounds in 2012
£500 pounds in 1772£64,702.70 pounds in 2012
£1,000 pounds in 1772£129,405.41 pounds in 2012
£5,000 pounds in 1772£647,027.03 pounds in 2012
£10,000 pounds in 1772£1,294,054.05 pounds in 2012
£50,000 pounds in 1772£6,470,270.27 pounds in 2012
£100,000 pounds in 1772£12,940,540.54 pounds in 2012
£500,000 pounds in 1772£64,702,702.70 pounds in 2012
£1,000,000 pounds in 1772£129,405,405.41 pounds in 2012

How to calculate inflation rate for £100, 1772 to 2012

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1772 and 2012:

CPI in 2012 CPI in 1772
×
1772 GBP value
=
2012 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 7.4 in the year 1772 and 957.6 in 2012:

957.67.4
×
£100
=
£12,940.54

£100 in 1772 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £12,940.54 in 2012.

To get the total inflation rate for the 240 years between 1772 and 2012, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2012 - CPI in 1772CPI in 1772
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (240 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

957.6 - 7.47.4
×
100
=
12,841%

Data source & citation

Raw data for these calculations comes from the composite price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). A composite index is created by combining price data from several different published sources, both official and unofficial. The Consumer Price Index, normally used to compute inflation, has only been tracked since 1988. All inflation calculations after 1988 use the Office for National Statistics' Consumer Price Index, except for the current year, which is based on The Bank of England's forecast.

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “1772 pounds in 2012 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 26 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1772-GBP-in-2012.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.


Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 1772 to 2012
Cumulative price change12,840.54%
Average inflation rate2.05%
Converted amount
£100 base
£12,940.54
Price difference
£100 base
£12,840.54
CPI in 17727.400
CPI in 2012957.600
Inflation in 177210.45%
Inflation in 20123.21%
£100 in 1772£12,940.54 in 2012