£100 in 1880 is worth £103.19 in 1877

Value of £100 from 1880 to 1877

£100 in 1880 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £103.19 in 1877, a difference of £3.19 over 3 years. The pound had an average deflation rate of -1.04% per year since 1877, producing a cumulative price change of 3.19%.

This means that prices in 1877 are 1.03 times as high as average prices since 1880, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1877 was -1.02%. The inflation rate in 1880 was 3.30%. The 1880 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 3.54% per year between 1880 and 2024.


Inflation from 1880 to 1877
Cumulative price change3.19%
Average inflation rate-1.04%
Converted amount
£100 base
£103.19
Price difference
£100 base
£3.19
CPI in 18809.400
CPI in 18779.700
Inflation in 1877-1.02%
Inflation in 18803.30%
£100 in 1880£103.19 in 1877

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Buying power of £100 in 1877

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £100 in 1877 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £100, you would need to end with £103.19 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: 1877-1880
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1877£100.00-1.02%
1878£97.94-2.06%
1879£93.81-4.21%
1880£96.913.30%
1881£95.88-1.06%
1882£96.911.08%
1883£95.88-1.06%
1884£93.81-2.15%
1885£90.72-3.30%
1886£89.69-1.14%
1887£88.66-1.15%
1888£89.691.16%
1889£90.721.15%
1890£90.720.00%
1891£91.751.14%
1892£91.750.00%
1893£90.72-1.12%
1894£89.69-1.14%
1895£88.66-1.15%
1896£87.63-1.16%
1897£89.692.35%
1898£89.690.00%
1899£90.721.15%
1900£94.854.55%
1901£94.850.00%
1902£94.850.00%
1903£95.881.09%
1904£95.880.00%
1905£95.880.00%
1906£95.880.00%
1907£96.911.08%
1908£96.910.00%
1909£97.941.06%
1910£98.971.05%
1911£98.970.00%
1912£102.063.13%
1913£101.03-1.01%
1914£101.030.00%
1915£113.4012.24%
1916£134.0218.18%
1917£168.0425.38%
1918£205.1522.09%
1919£225.7710.05%
1920£260.8215.53%
1921£238.14-8.70%
1922£205.15-13.85%
1923£192.78-6.03%
1924£191.75-0.53%
1925£191.750.00%
1926£190.72-0.54%
1927£185.57-2.70%
1928£185.570.00%
1929£183.51-1.11%
1930£178.35-2.81%
1931£171.13-4.05%
1932£167.01-2.41%
1933£162.89-2.47%
1934£162.890.00%
1935£163.920.63%
1936£164.950.63%
1937£171.133.75%
1938£173.201.20%
1939£178.352.98%
1940£208.2516.76%
1941£230.9310.89%
1942£247.427.14%
1943£255.673.33%
1944£262.892.82%
1945£270.102.75%
1946£278.353.05%
1947£297.947.04%
1948£320.627.61%
1949£329.902.89%
1950£340.213.13%
1951£371.139.09%
1952£405.159.17%
1953£417.533.05%
1954£425.771.98%
1955£444.334.36%
1956£467.015.10%
1957£483.513.53%
1958£498.973.20%
1959£501.030.41%
1960£506.191.03%
1961£523.713.46%
1962£546.394.33%
1963£556.701.89%
1964£575.263.33%
1965£602.064.66%
1966£625.773.94%
1967£642.272.64%
1968£672.164.65%
1969£708.255.37%
1970£753.616.40%
1971£824.749.44%
1972£883.517.13%
1973£963.929.10%
1974£1,118.5616.04%
1975£1,389.6924.24%
1976£1,619.5916.54%
1977£1,876.2915.85%
1978£2,031.968.30%
1979£2,304.1213.39%
1980£2,718.5617.99%
1981£3,041.2411.87%
1982£3,303.098.61%
1983£3,454.644.59%
1984£3,626.804.98%
1985£3,847.426.08%
1986£3,978.353.40%
1987£4,144.334.17%
1988£4,347.424.90%
1989£4,685.577.78%
1990£5,128.879.46%
1991£5,429.905.87%
1992£5,632.993.74%
1993£5,722.681.59%
1994£5,860.822.41%
1995£6,063.923.47%
1996£6,210.312.41%
1997£6,405.153.14%
1998£6,624.743.43%
1999£6,726.801.54%
2000£6,925.772.96%
2001£7,048.451.77%
2002£7,165.981.67%
2003£7,373.202.89%
2004£7,592.782.98%
2005£7,807.222.82%
2006£8,056.703.20%
2007£8,402.064.29%
2008£8,737.113.99%
2009£8,690.72-0.53%
2010£9,091.754.61%
2011£9,564.955.20%
2012£9,872.163.21%
2013£10,172.163.04%
2014£10,412.372.36%
2015£10,515.460.99%
2016£10,697.941.74%
2017£11,081.443.58%
2018£11,380.642.70%
2019£11,665.162.50%
2020£11,875.131.80%
2021£12,171.022.49%
2022£13,132.537.90%
2023£14,061.267.07%
2024£14,609.653.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 1877 amounts in 1880 pounds, based on the 3.19% change in prices:

Conversion: 1877 pounds in 1880
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1877£0.97 pounds in 1880
£5 pounds in 1877£4.85 pounds in 1880
£10 pounds in 1877£9.69 pounds in 1880
£50 pounds in 1877£48.45 pounds in 1880
£100 pounds in 1877£96.91 pounds in 1880
£500 pounds in 1877£484.54 pounds in 1880
£1,000 pounds in 1877£969.07 pounds in 1880
£5,000 pounds in 1877£4,845.36 pounds in 1880
£10,000 pounds in 1877£9,690.72 pounds in 1880
£50,000 pounds in 1877£48,453.61 pounds in 1880
£100,000 pounds in 1877£96,907.22 pounds in 1880
£500,000 pounds in 1877£484,536.08 pounds in 1880
£1,000,000 pounds in 1877£969,072.16 pounds in 1880

How to calculate inflation rate for £100, 1877 to 1880

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1877 and 1880:

CPI in 1877 CPI in 1880
×
1880 GBP value
=
1877 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 9.4 in the year 1880 and 9.7 in 1877:

9.79.4
×
£100
=
£103.19

£100 in 1880 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £103.19 in 1877.

To get the total inflation rate for the 3 years between 1877 and 1880, we use the following formula:

CPI in 1877 - CPI in 1880CPI in 1880
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (3 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

9.7 - 9.49.4
×
100
=
3%

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 1880 → 1877 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 28 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1880-GBP-in-1877?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

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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 1880 to 1877
Cumulative price change3.19%
Average inflation rate-1.04%
Converted amount
£100 base
£103.19
Price difference
£100 base
£3.19
CPI in 18809.400
CPI in 18779.700
Inflation in 1877-1.02%
Inflation in 18803.30%
£100 in 1880£103.19 in 1877