£100 in 1900 is worth £92.39 in 1896

Value of £100 from 1900 to 1896

£100 in 1900 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £92.39 in 1896, an increase of £-7.61 over 4 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 2.00% per year between 1896 and 1900, producing a cumulative price increase of -7.61%.

This means that prices in 1896 are 7.61% lower than average prices since 1900, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1896 was -1.16%. The inflation rate in 1900 was 4.55%. The 1900 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 4.15% per year between 1900 and 2024.


Inflation from 1900 to 1896
Cumulative price change-7.61%
Average inflation rate2.00%
Converted amount
£100 base
£92.39
Price difference
£100 base
£-7.61
CPI in 19009.200
CPI in 18968.500
Inflation in 1896-1.16%
Inflation in 19004.55%
£100 in 1900£92.39 in 1896

GBP inflation since 1896
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £100 in 1896

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £100 in 1896 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £100, you would need to end with £92.39 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When £100 is equivalent to £92.39 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 1896 dollars, the chart below shows how £100 is worth less over 4 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: 1896-1900
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1896£100.00-1.16%
1897£102.352.35%
1898£102.350.00%
1899£103.531.15%
1900£108.244.55%
1901£108.240.00%
1902£108.240.00%
1903£109.411.09%
1904£109.410.00%
1905£109.410.00%
1906£109.410.00%
1907£110.591.08%
1908£110.590.00%
1909£111.761.06%
1910£112.941.05%
1911£112.940.00%
1912£116.473.13%
1913£115.29-1.01%
1914£115.290.00%
1915£129.4112.24%
1916£152.9418.18%
1917£191.7625.38%
1918£234.1222.09%
1919£257.6510.05%
1920£297.6515.53%
1921£271.76-8.70%
1922£234.12-13.85%
1923£220.00-6.03%
1924£218.82-0.53%
1925£218.820.00%
1926£217.65-0.54%
1927£211.76-2.70%
1928£211.760.00%
1929£209.41-1.11%
1930£203.53-2.81%
1931£195.29-4.05%
1932£190.59-2.41%
1933£185.88-2.47%
1934£185.880.00%
1935£187.060.63%
1936£188.240.63%
1937£195.293.75%
1938£197.651.20%
1939£203.532.98%
1940£237.6516.76%
1941£263.5310.89%
1942£282.357.14%
1943£291.763.33%
1944£300.002.82%
1945£308.242.75%
1946£317.653.05%
1947£340.007.04%
1948£365.887.61%
1949£376.472.89%
1950£388.243.13%
1951£423.539.09%
1952£462.359.17%
1953£476.473.05%
1954£485.881.98%
1955£507.064.36%
1956£532.945.10%
1957£551.763.53%
1958£569.413.20%
1959£571.760.41%
1960£577.651.03%
1961£597.653.46%
1962£623.534.33%
1963£635.291.89%
1964£656.473.33%
1965£687.064.66%
1966£714.123.94%
1967£732.942.64%
1968£767.064.65%
1969£808.245.37%
1970£860.006.40%
1971£941.189.44%
1972£1,008.247.13%
1973£1,100.009.10%
1974£1,276.4716.04%
1975£1,585.8824.24%
1976£1,848.2416.54%
1977£2,141.1815.85%
1978£2,318.828.30%
1979£2,629.4113.39%
1980£3,102.3517.99%
1981£3,470.5911.87%
1982£3,769.418.61%
1983£3,942.354.59%
1984£4,138.824.98%
1985£4,390.596.08%
1986£4,540.003.40%
1987£4,729.414.17%
1988£4,961.184.90%
1989£5,347.067.78%
1990£5,852.949.46%
1991£6,196.475.87%
1992£6,428.243.74%
1993£6,530.591.59%
1994£6,688.242.41%
1995£6,920.003.47%
1996£7,087.062.41%
1997£7,309.413.14%
1998£7,560.003.43%
1999£7,676.471.54%
2000£7,903.532.96%
2001£8,043.531.77%
2002£8,177.651.67%
2003£8,414.122.89%
2004£8,664.712.98%
2005£8,909.412.82%
2006£9,194.123.20%
2007£9,588.244.29%
2008£9,970.593.99%
2009£9,917.65-0.53%
2010£10,375.294.61%
2011£10,915.295.20%
2012£11,265.883.21%
2013£11,608.243.04%
2014£11,882.352.36%
2015£12,000.000.99%
2016£12,208.241.74%
2017£12,645.883.58%
2018£12,987.322.70%
2019£13,312.002.50%
2020£13,551.621.80%
2021£13,889.282.49%
2022£14,986.537.90%
2023£16,046.387.07%
2024£16,672.193.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 1896 amounts in 1900 pounds, based on the -7.61% change in prices:

Conversion: 1896 pounds in 1900
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1896£1.08 pounds in 1900
£5 pounds in 1896£5.41 pounds in 1900
£10 pounds in 1896£10.82 pounds in 1900
£50 pounds in 1896£54.12 pounds in 1900
£100 pounds in 1896£108.24 pounds in 1900
£500 pounds in 1896£541.18 pounds in 1900
£1,000 pounds in 1896£1,082.35 pounds in 1900
£5,000 pounds in 1896£5,411.76 pounds in 1900
£10,000 pounds in 1896£10,823.53 pounds in 1900
£50,000 pounds in 1896£54,117.65 pounds in 1900
£100,000 pounds in 1896£108,235.29 pounds in 1900
£500,000 pounds in 1896£541,176.47 pounds in 1900
£1,000,000 pounds in 1896£1,082,352.94 pounds in 1900

How to calculate inflation rate for £100, 1896 to 1900

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1896 and 1900:

CPI in 1896 CPI in 1900
×
1900 GBP value
=
1896 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 9.2 in the year 1900 and 8.5 in 1896:

8.59.2
×
£100
=
£92.39

£100 in 1900 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £92.39 in 1896.

To get the total inflation rate for the 4 years between 1896 and 1900, we use the following formula:

CPI in 1896 - CPI in 1900CPI in 1900
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (4 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

8.5 - 9.29.2
×
100
=
-8%

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 1900 → 1896 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 29 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1900-GBP-in-1896?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 1900 to 1896
Cumulative price change-7.61%
Average inflation rate2.00%
Converted amount
£100 base
£92.39
Price difference
£100 base
£-7.61
CPI in 19009.200
CPI in 18968.500
Inflation in 1896-1.16%
Inflation in 19004.55%
£100 in 1900£92.39 in 1896