£10 in 1890 is worth £1,549.93 in 2023

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Value of £10 from 1890 to 2023

£10 in 1890 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £1,549.93 in 2023, an increase of £1,539.93 over 133 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 3.86% per year between 1890 and 2023, producing a cumulative price increase of 15,399.35%.

This means that prices in 2023 are 154.99 times as high as average prices since 1890, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1890 was 0.00%. The inflation rate in 2023 was 7.07%. The 2023 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 3.90% per year between 2023 and 2024.


Inflation from 1890 to 2023
Cumulative price change15,399.35%
Average inflation rate3.86%
Converted amount
£10 base
£1,549.93
Price difference
£10 base
£1,539.93
CPI in 18908.800
CPI in 20231,363.943
Inflation in 18900.00%
Inflation in 20237.07%
£10 in 1890£1,549.93 in 2023

GBP inflation since 1890
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £10 in 1890

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £10 in 1890 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £10, you would need to end with £1,549.93 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When £10 is equivalent to £1,549.93 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 1890 dollars, the chart below shows how £10 is worth less over 133 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: 1890-2023
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1890£10.00-
1891£10.111.14%
1892£10.110.00%
1893£10.00-1.12%
1894£9.89-1.14%
1895£9.77-1.15%
1896£9.66-1.16%
1897£9.892.35%
1898£9.890.00%
1899£10.001.15%
1900£10.454.55%
1901£10.450.00%
1902£10.450.00%
1903£10.571.09%
1904£10.570.00%
1905£10.570.00%
1906£10.570.00%
1907£10.681.08%
1908£10.680.00%
1909£10.801.06%
1910£10.911.05%
1911£10.910.00%
1912£11.253.13%
1913£11.14-1.01%
1914£11.140.00%
1915£12.5012.24%
1916£14.7718.18%
1917£18.5225.38%
1918£22.6122.09%
1919£24.8910.05%
1920£28.7515.53%
1921£26.25-8.70%
1922£22.61-13.85%
1923£21.25-6.03%
1924£21.14-0.53%
1925£21.140.00%
1926£21.02-0.54%
1927£20.45-2.70%
1928£20.450.00%
1929£20.23-1.11%
1930£19.66-2.81%
1931£18.86-4.05%
1932£18.41-2.41%
1933£17.95-2.47%
1934£17.950.00%
1935£18.070.63%
1936£18.180.63%
1937£18.863.75%
1938£19.091.20%
1939£19.662.98%
1940£22.9516.76%
1941£25.4510.89%
1942£27.277.14%
1943£28.183.33%
1944£28.982.82%
1945£29.772.75%
1946£30.683.05%
1947£32.847.04%
1948£35.347.61%
1949£36.362.89%
1950£37.503.13%
1951£40.919.09%
1952£44.669.17%
1953£46.023.05%
1954£46.931.98%
1955£48.984.36%
1956£51.485.10%
1957£53.303.53%
1958£55.003.20%
1959£55.230.41%
1960£55.801.03%
1961£57.733.46%
1962£60.234.33%
1963£61.361.89%
1964£63.413.33%
1965£66.364.66%
1966£68.983.94%
1967£70.802.64%
1968£74.094.65%
1969£78.075.37%
1970£83.076.40%
1971£90.919.44%
1972£97.397.13%
1973£106.259.10%
1974£123.3016.04%
1975£153.1824.24%
1976£178.5216.54%
1977£206.8215.85%
1978£223.988.30%
1979£253.9813.39%
1980£299.6617.99%
1981£335.2311.87%
1982£364.098.61%
1983£380.804.59%
1984£399.774.98%
1985£424.096.08%
1986£438.523.40%
1987£456.824.17%
1988£479.204.90%
1989£516.487.78%
1990£565.349.46%
1991£598.525.87%
1992£620.913.74%
1993£630.801.59%
1994£646.022.41%
1995£668.413.47%
1996£684.552.41%
1997£706.023.14%
1998£730.233.43%
1999£741.481.54%
2000£763.412.96%
2001£776.931.77%
2002£789.891.67%
2003£812.732.89%
2004£836.932.98%
2005£860.572.82%
2006£888.073.20%
2007£926.144.29%
2008£963.073.99%
2009£957.95-0.53%
2010£1,002.164.61%
2011£1,054.325.20%
2012£1,088.183.21%
2013£1,121.253.04%
2014£1,147.732.36%
2015£1,159.090.99%
2016£1,179.201.74%
2017£1,221.483.58%
2018£1,254.462.70%
2019£1,285.822.50%
2020£1,308.961.80%
2021£1,341.582.49%
2022£1,447.567.90%
2023£1,549.937.07%
2024£1,610.383.90%*
* 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 1890 amounts in 2023 pounds, based on the 15,399.35% change in prices:

Conversion: 1890 pounds in 2023
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1890£154.99 pounds in 2023
£5 pounds in 1890£774.97 pounds in 2023
£10 pounds in 1890£1,549.93 pounds in 2023
£50 pounds in 1890£7,749.67 pounds in 2023
£100 pounds in 1890£15,499.35 pounds in 2023
£500 pounds in 1890£77,496.73 pounds in 2023
£1,000 pounds in 1890£154,993.47 pounds in 2023
£5,000 pounds in 1890£774,967.34 pounds in 2023
£10,000 pounds in 1890£1,549,934.67 pounds in 2023
£50,000 pounds in 1890£7,749,673.37 pounds in 2023
£100,000 pounds in 1890£15,499,346.74 pounds in 2023
£500,000 pounds in 1890£77,496,733.71 pounds in 2023
£1,000,000 pounds in 1890£154,993,467.42 pounds in 2023

How to calculate inflation rate for £10, 1890 to 2023

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1890 and 2023:

CPI in 2023 CPI in 1890
×
1890 GBP value
=
2023 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 8.8 in the year 1890 and 1363.9425132808383 in 2023:

1363.94251328083838.8
×
£10
=
£1,549.93

£10 in 1890 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £1,549.93 in 2023.

To get the total inflation rate for the 133 years between 1890 and 2023, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2023 - CPI in 1890CPI in 1890
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (133 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

1363.9425132808383 - 8.88.8
×
100
=
15,399%

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: “£10 in 1890 → 2023 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 28 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/uk/inflation/1890?amount=10&endYear=2023.

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 1890 to 2023
Cumulative price change15,399.35%
Average inflation rate3.86%
Converted amount
£10 base
£1,549.93
Price difference
£10 base
£1,539.93
CPI in 18908.800
CPI in 20231,363.943
Inflation in 18900.00%
Inflation in 20237.07%
£10 in 1890£1,549.93 in 2023