£1 in 1775 is worth £1.06 in 1772

Value of £1 from 1775 to 1772

£1 in 1775 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £1.06 in 1772, a difference of £0.06 over 3 years. The pound had an average deflation rate of -1.84% per year since 1772, producing a cumulative price change of 5.71%.

This means that prices in 1772 are 1.06 times as high as average prices since 1775, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1772 was 10.45%. The inflation rate in 1775 was -6.67%. The 1775 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 2.16% per year between 1775 and 2024.


Inflation from 1775 to 1772
Cumulative price change5.71%
Average inflation rate-1.84%
Converted amount
£1 base
£1.06
Price difference
£1 base
£0.06
CPI in 17757.000
CPI in 17727.400
Inflation in 177210.45%
Inflation in 1775-6.67%
£1 in 1775£1.06 in 1772

Recent GBP inflation
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £1 in 1772

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £1 in 1772 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £1, you would need to end with £1.06 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: 1772-1775
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1772£1.0010.45%
1773£1.000.00%
1774£1.011.35%
1775£0.95-6.67%
1776£0.93-1.43%
1777£0.930.00%
1778£0.962.90%
1779£0.88-8.45%
1780£0.85-3.08%
1781£0.894.76%
1782£0.911.52%
1783£1.0111.94%
1784£1.031.33%
1785£0.97-5.26%
1786£0.970.00%
1787£0.970.00%
1788£1.014.17%
1789£1.00-1.33%
1790£1.011.35%
1791£1.010.00%
1792£1.031.33%
1793£1.052.63%
1794£1.158.97%
1795£1.2710.59%
1796£1.356.38%
1797£1.22-10.00%
1798£1.19-2.22%
1799£1.3412.50%
1800£1.8236.36%
1801£2.0411.85%
1802£1.57-23.18%
1803£1.49-5.17%
1804£1.532.73%
1805£1.7715.93%
1806£1.70-3.82%
1807£1.66-2.38%
1808£1.734.07%
1809£1.899.37%
1810£1.952.86%
1811£1.89-2.78%
1812£2.1513.57%
1813£2.202.52%
1814£1.92-12.88%
1815£1.72-10.56%
1816£1.57-8.66%
1817£1.7813.79%
1818£1.780.00%
1819£1.74-2.27%
1820£1.58-9.30%
1821£1.39-11.97%
1822£1.20-13.59%
1823£1.286.74%
1824£1.398.42%
1825£1.6417.48%
1826£1.54-5.79%
1827£1.45-6.14%
1828£1.41-2.80%
1829£1.39-0.96%
1830£1.34-3.88%
1831£1.4710.10%
1832£1.36-7.34%
1833£1.28-5.94%
1834£1.18-8.42%
1835£1.202.30%
1836£1.3411.24%
1837£1.362.02%
1838£1.380.99%
1839£1.476.86%
1840£1.501.83%
1841£1.47-1.80%
1842£1.35-8.26%
1843£1.20-11.00%
1844£1.200.00%
1845£1.264.49%
1846£1.314.30%
1847£1.4712.37%
1848£1.28-12.84%
1849£1.20-6.32%
1850£1.14-5.62%
1851£1.09-3.57%
1852£1.090.00%
1853£1.209.88%
1854£1.3814.61%
1855£1.422.94%
1856£1.420.00%
1857£1.35-4.76%
1858£1.23-9.00%
1859£1.22-1.10%
1860£1.263.33%
1861£1.282.15%
1862£1.26-2.11%
1863£1.22-3.23%
1864£1.20-1.11%
1865£1.221.12%
1866£1.285.56%
1867£1.366.32%
1868£1.35-0.99%
1869£1.28-5.00%
1870£1.280.00%
1871£1.301.05%
1872£1.354.17%
1873£1.414.00%
1874£1.35-3.85%
1875£1.32-2.00%
1876£1.320.00%
1877£1.31-1.02%
1878£1.28-2.06%
1879£1.23-4.21%
1880£1.273.30%
1881£1.26-1.06%
1882£1.271.08%
1883£1.26-1.06%
1884£1.23-2.15%
1885£1.19-3.30%
1886£1.18-1.14%
1887£1.16-1.15%
1888£1.181.16%
1889£1.191.15%
1890£1.190.00%
1891£1.201.14%
1892£1.200.00%
1893£1.19-1.12%
1894£1.18-1.14%
1895£1.16-1.15%
1896£1.15-1.16%
1897£1.182.35%
1898£1.180.00%
1899£1.191.15%
1900£1.244.55%
1901£1.240.00%
1902£1.240.00%
1903£1.261.09%
1904£1.260.00%
1905£1.260.00%
1906£1.260.00%
1907£1.271.08%
1908£1.270.00%
1909£1.281.06%
1910£1.301.05%
1911£1.300.00%
1912£1.343.13%
1913£1.32-1.01%
1914£1.320.00%
1915£1.4912.24%
1916£1.7618.18%
1917£2.2025.38%
1918£2.6922.09%
1919£2.9610.05%
1920£3.4215.53%
1921£3.12-8.70%
1922£2.69-13.85%
1923£2.53-6.03%
1924£2.51-0.53%
1925£2.510.00%
1926£2.50-0.54%
1927£2.43-2.70%
1928£2.430.00%
1929£2.41-1.11%
1930£2.34-2.81%
1931£2.24-4.05%
1932£2.19-2.41%
1933£2.14-2.47%
1934£2.140.00%
1935£2.150.63%
1936£2.160.63%
1937£2.243.75%
1938£2.271.20%
1939£2.342.98%
1940£2.7316.76%
1941£3.0310.89%
1942£3.247.14%
1943£3.353.33%
1944£3.452.82%
1945£3.542.75%
1946£3.653.05%
1947£3.917.04%
1948£4.207.61%
1949£4.322.89%
1950£4.463.13%
1951£4.869.09%
1952£5.319.17%
1953£5.473.05%
1954£5.581.98%
1955£5.824.36%
1956£6.125.10%
1957£6.343.53%
1958£6.543.20%
1959£6.570.41%
1960£6.641.03%
1961£6.863.46%
1962£7.164.33%
1963£7.301.89%
1964£7.543.33%
1965£7.894.66%
1966£8.203.94%
1967£8.422.64%
1968£8.814.65%
1969£9.285.37%
1970£9.886.40%
1971£10.819.44%
1972£11.587.13%
1973£12.649.10%
1974£14.6616.04%
1975£18.2224.24%
1976£21.2316.54%
1977£24.5915.85%
1978£26.648.30%
1979£30.2013.39%
1980£35.6417.99%
1981£39.8611.87%
1982£43.308.61%
1983£45.284.59%
1984£47.544.98%
1985£50.436.08%
1986£52.153.40%
1987£54.324.17%
1988£56.994.90%
1989£61.427.78%
1990£67.239.46%
1991£71.185.87%
1992£73.843.74%
1993£75.011.59%
1994£76.822.41%
1995£79.493.47%
1996£81.412.41%
1997£83.963.14%
1998£86.843.43%
1999£88.181.54%
2000£90.782.96%
2001£92.391.77%
2002£93.931.67%
2003£96.652.89%
2004£99.532.98%
2005£102.342.82%
2006£105.613.20%
2007£110.144.29%
2008£114.533.99%
2009£113.92-0.53%
2010£119.184.61%
2011£125.385.20%
2012£129.413.21%
2013£133.343.04%
2014£136.492.36%
2015£137.840.99%
2016£140.231.74%
2017£145.263.58%
2018£149.182.70%
2019£152.912.50%
2020£155.661.80%
2021£159.542.49%
2022£172.147.90%
2023£184.327.07%
2024£191.503.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 1772 amounts in 1775 pounds, based on the 5.71% change in prices:

Conversion: 1772 pounds in 1775
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1772£0.95 pounds in 1775
£5 pounds in 1772£4.73 pounds in 1775
£10 pounds in 1772£9.46 pounds in 1775
£50 pounds in 1772£47.30 pounds in 1775
£100 pounds in 1772£94.59 pounds in 1775
£500 pounds in 1772£472.97 pounds in 1775
£1,000 pounds in 1772£945.95 pounds in 1775
£5,000 pounds in 1772£4,729.73 pounds in 1775
£10,000 pounds in 1772£9,459.46 pounds in 1775
£50,000 pounds in 1772£47,297.30 pounds in 1775
£100,000 pounds in 1772£94,594.59 pounds in 1775
£500,000 pounds in 1772£472,972.97 pounds in 1775
£1,000,000 pounds in 1772£945,945.95 pounds in 1775

How to calculate inflation rate for £1, 1772 to 1775

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1772 and 1775:

CPI in 1772 CPI in 1775
×
1775 GBP value
=
1772 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 7 in the year 1775 and 7.4 in 1772:

7.47
×
£1
=
£1.06

£1 in 1775 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £1.06 in 1772.

To get the total inflation rate for the 3 years between 1772 and 1775, we use the following formula:

CPI in 1772 - CPI in 1775CPI in 1775
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (3 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

7.4 - 77
×
100
=
6%

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: “£1 in 1775 → 1772 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 26 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1775-GBP-in-1772?amount=1.

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 1775 to 1772
Cumulative price change5.71%
Average inflation rate-1.84%
Converted amount
£1 base
£1.06
Price difference
£1 base
£0.06
CPI in 17757.000
CPI in 17727.400
Inflation in 177210.45%
Inflation in 1775-6.67%
£1 in 1775£1.06 in 1772