£100 in 1815 is worth £125.20 in 1812

Value of £100 from 1815 to 1812

£100 in 1815 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £125.20 in 1812, a difference of £25.20 over 3 years. The pound had an average deflation rate of -7.22% per year since 1812, producing a cumulative price change of 25.20%.

This means that prices in 1812 are 1.25 times as high as average prices since 1815, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1812 was 13.57%. The inflation rate in 1815 was -10.56%. The 1815 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 2.28% per year between 1815 and 2024.


Inflation from 1815 to 1812
Cumulative price change25.20%
Average inflation rate-7.22%
Converted amount
£100 base
£125.20
Price difference
£100 base
£25.20
CPI in 181512.700
CPI in 181215.900
Inflation in 181213.57%
Inflation in 1815-10.56%
£100 in 1815£125.20 in 1812

Recent GBP inflation
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Buying power of £100 in 1812

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £100 in 1812 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £100, you would need to end with £125.20 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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: 1812-1815
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1812£100.0013.57%
1813£102.522.52%
1814£89.31-12.88%
1815£79.87-10.56%
1816£72.96-8.66%
1817£83.0213.79%
1818£83.020.00%
1819£81.13-2.27%
1820£73.58-9.30%
1821£64.78-11.97%
1822£55.97-13.59%
1823£59.756.74%
1824£64.788.42%
1825£76.1017.48%
1826£71.70-5.79%
1827£67.30-6.14%
1828£65.41-2.80%
1829£64.78-0.96%
1830£62.26-3.88%
1831£68.5510.10%
1832£63.52-7.34%
1833£59.75-5.94%
1834£54.72-8.42%
1835£55.972.30%
1836£62.2611.24%
1837£63.522.02%
1838£64.150.99%
1839£68.556.86%
1840£69.811.83%
1841£68.55-1.80%
1842£62.89-8.26%
1843£55.97-11.00%
1844£55.970.00%
1845£58.494.49%
1846£61.014.30%
1847£68.5512.37%
1848£59.75-12.84%
1849£55.97-6.32%
1850£52.83-5.62%
1851£50.94-3.57%
1852£50.940.00%
1853£55.979.88%
1854£64.1514.61%
1855£66.042.94%
1856£66.040.00%
1857£62.89-4.76%
1858£57.23-9.00%
1859£56.60-1.10%
1860£58.493.33%
1861£59.752.15%
1862£58.49-2.11%
1863£56.60-3.23%
1864£55.97-1.11%
1865£56.601.12%
1866£59.755.56%
1867£63.526.32%
1868£62.89-0.99%
1869£59.75-5.00%
1870£59.750.00%
1871£60.381.05%
1872£62.894.17%
1873£65.414.00%
1874£62.89-3.85%
1875£61.64-2.00%
1876£61.640.00%
1877£61.01-1.02%
1878£59.75-2.06%
1879£57.23-4.21%
1880£59.123.30%
1881£58.49-1.06%
1882£59.121.08%
1883£58.49-1.06%
1884£57.23-2.15%
1885£55.35-3.30%
1886£54.72-1.14%
1887£54.09-1.15%
1888£54.721.16%
1889£55.351.15%
1890£55.350.00%
1891£55.971.14%
1892£55.970.00%
1893£55.35-1.12%
1894£54.72-1.14%
1895£54.09-1.15%
1896£53.46-1.16%
1897£54.722.35%
1898£54.720.00%
1899£55.351.15%
1900£57.864.55%
1901£57.860.00%
1902£57.860.00%
1903£58.491.09%
1904£58.490.00%
1905£58.490.00%
1906£58.490.00%
1907£59.121.08%
1908£59.120.00%
1909£59.751.06%
1910£60.381.05%
1911£60.380.00%
1912£62.263.13%
1913£61.64-1.01%
1914£61.640.00%
1915£69.1812.24%
1916£81.7618.18%
1917£102.5225.38%
1918£125.1622.09%
1919£137.7410.05%
1920£159.1215.53%
1921£145.28-8.70%
1922£125.16-13.85%
1923£117.61-6.03%
1924£116.98-0.53%
1925£116.980.00%
1926£116.35-0.54%
1927£113.21-2.70%
1928£113.210.00%
1929£111.95-1.11%
1930£108.81-2.81%
1931£104.40-4.05%
1932£101.89-2.41%
1933£99.37-2.47%
1934£99.370.00%
1935£100.000.63%
1936£100.630.63%
1937£104.403.75%
1938£105.661.20%
1939£108.812.98%
1940£127.0416.76%
1941£140.8810.89%
1942£150.947.14%
1943£155.973.33%
1944£160.382.82%
1945£164.782.75%
1946£169.813.05%
1947£181.767.04%
1948£195.607.61%
1949£201.262.89%
1950£207.553.13%
1951£226.429.09%
1952£247.179.17%
1953£254.723.05%
1954£259.751.98%
1955£271.074.36%
1956£284.915.10%
1957£294.973.53%
1958£304.403.20%
1959£305.660.41%
1960£308.811.03%
1961£319.503.46%
1962£333.334.33%
1963£339.621.89%
1964£350.943.33%
1965£367.304.66%
1966£381.763.94%
1967£391.822.64%
1968£410.064.65%
1969£432.085.37%
1970£459.756.40%
1971£503.149.44%
1972£538.997.13%
1973£588.059.10%
1974£682.3916.04%
1975£847.8024.24%
1976£988.0516.54%
1977£1,144.6515.85%
1978£1,239.628.30%
1979£1,405.6613.39%
1980£1,658.4917.99%
1981£1,855.3511.87%
1982£2,015.098.61%
1983£2,107.554.59%
1984£2,212.584.98%
1985£2,347.176.08%
1986£2,427.043.40%
1987£2,528.304.17%
1988£2,652.204.90%
1989£2,858.497.78%
1990£3,128.939.46%
1991£3,312.585.87%
1992£3,436.483.74%
1993£3,491.191.59%
1994£3,575.472.41%
1995£3,699.373.47%
1996£3,788.682.41%
1997£3,907.553.14%
1998£4,041.513.43%
1999£4,103.771.54%
2000£4,225.162.96%
2001£4,300.001.77%
2002£4,371.701.67%
2003£4,498.112.89%
2004£4,632.082.98%
2005£4,762.892.82%
2006£4,915.093.20%
2007£5,125.794.29%
2008£5,330.193.99%
2009£5,301.89-0.53%
2010£5,546.544.61%
2011£5,835.225.20%
2012£6,022.643.21%
2013£6,205.663.04%
2014£6,352.202.36%
2015£6,415.090.99%
2016£6,526.421.74%
2017£6,760.383.58%
2018£6,942.912.70%
2019£7,116.482.50%
2020£7,244.581.80%
2021£7,425.092.49%
2022£8,011.677.90%
2023£8,578.257.07%
2024£8,912.813.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 1812 amounts in 1815 pounds, based on the 25.20% change in prices:

Conversion: 1812 pounds in 1815
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1812£0.80 pounds in 1815
£5 pounds in 1812£3.99 pounds in 1815
£10 pounds in 1812£7.99 pounds in 1815
£50 pounds in 1812£39.94 pounds in 1815
£100 pounds in 1812£79.87 pounds in 1815
£500 pounds in 1812£399.37 pounds in 1815
£1,000 pounds in 1812£798.74 pounds in 1815
£5,000 pounds in 1812£3,993.71 pounds in 1815
£10,000 pounds in 1812£7,987.42 pounds in 1815
£50,000 pounds in 1812£39,937.11 pounds in 1815
£100,000 pounds in 1812£79,874.21 pounds in 1815
£500,000 pounds in 1812£399,371.07 pounds in 1815
£1,000,000 pounds in 1812£798,742.14 pounds in 1815

How to calculate inflation rate for £100, 1812 to 1815

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1812 and 1815:

CPI in 1812 CPI in 1815
×
1815 GBP value
=
1812 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 12.7 in the year 1815 and 15.9 in 1812:

15.912.7
×
£100
=
£125.20

£100 in 1815 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £125.20 in 1812.

To get the total inflation rate for the 3 years between 1812 and 1815, we use the following formula:

CPI in 1812 - CPI in 1815CPI in 1815
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (3 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

15.9 - 12.712.7
×
100
=
25%

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: “£100 in 1815 → 1812 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 28 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1815-GBP-in-1812?amount=100.

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 1815 to 1812
Cumulative price change25.20%
Average inflation rate-7.22%
Converted amount
£100 base
£125.20
Price difference
£100 base
£25.20
CPI in 181512.700
CPI in 181215.900
Inflation in 181213.57%
Inflation in 1815-10.56%
£100 in 1815£125.20 in 1812