£948 in 1935 is worth £75,950.63 in 2022

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Value of £948 from 1935 to 2022

£948 in 1935 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £75,950.63 in 2022, an increase of £75,002.63 over 87 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 5.17% per year between 1935 and 2022, producing a cumulative price increase of 7,911.67%.

This means that prices in 2022 are 80.12 times as high as average prices since 1935, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1935 was 0.63%. The inflation rate in 2022 was 7.90%. The 2022 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 5.47% per year between 2022 and 2024.


Inflation from 1935 to 2022
Cumulative price change7,911.67%
Average inflation rate5.17%
Converted amount
£948 base
£75,950.63
Price difference
£948 base
£75,002.63
CPI in 193515.900
CPI in 20221,273.855
Inflation in 19350.63%
Inflation in 20227.90%
£948 in 1935£75,950.63 in 2022

GBP inflation since 1935
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £948 in 1935

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £948 in 1935 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £948, you would need to end with £75,950.63 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When £948 is equivalent to £75,950.63 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 1935 dollars, the chart below shows how £948 is worth less over 87 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: 1935-2022
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1935£948.000.63%
1936£953.960.63%
1937£989.743.75%
1938£1,001.661.20%
1939£1,031.472.98%
1940£1,204.3816.76%
1941£1,335.5510.89%
1942£1,430.947.14%
1943£1,478.643.33%
1944£1,520.382.82%
1945£1,562.112.75%
1946£1,609.813.05%
1947£1,723.097.04%
1948£1,854.267.61%
1949£1,907.922.89%
1950£1,967.553.13%
1951£2,146.429.09%
1952£2,343.179.17%
1953£2,414.723.05%
1954£2,462.421.98%
1955£2,569.744.36%
1956£2,700.915.10%
1957£2,796.303.53%
1958£2,885.743.20%
1959£2,897.660.41%
1960£2,927.471.03%
1961£3,028.833.46%
1962£3,160.004.33%
1963£3,219.621.89%
1964£3,326.943.33%
1965£3,481.964.66%
1966£3,619.093.94%
1967£3,714.492.64%
1968£3,887.404.65%
1969£4,096.085.37%
1970£4,358.426.40%
1971£4,769.819.44%
1972£5,109.667.13%
1973£5,574.729.10%
1974£6,469.0616.04%
1975£8,037.1324.24%
1976£9,366.7216.54%
1977£10,851.3215.85%
1978£11,751.628.30%
1979£13,325.6613.39%
1980£15,722.4917.99%
1981£17,588.6811.87%
1982£19,103.098.61%
1983£19,979.554.59%
1984£20,975.254.98%
1985£22,251.176.08%
1986£23,008.383.40%
1987£23,968.304.17%
1988£25,142.874.90%
1989£27,098.497.78%
1990£29,662.269.46%
1991£31,403.255.87%
1992£32,577.813.74%
1993£33,096.531.59%
1994£33,895.472.41%
1995£35,070.043.47%
1996£35,916.682.41%
1997£37,043.553.14%
1998£38,313.513.43%
1999£38,903.771.54%
2000£40,054.492.96%
2001£40,764.001.77%
2002£41,443.701.67%
2003£42,642.112.89%
2004£43,912.082.98%
2005£45,152.232.82%
2006£46,595.093.20%
2007£48,592.454.29%
2008£50,530.193.99%
2009£50,261.89-0.53%
2010£52,581.214.61%
2011£55,317.895.20%
2012£57,094.643.21%
2013£58,829.663.04%
2014£60,218.872.36%
2015£60,815.090.99%
2016£61,870.421.74%
2017£64,088.383.58%
2018£65,818.762.70%
2019£67,464.232.50%
2020£68,678.591.80%
2021£70,389.832.49%
2022£75,950.637.90%
2023£81,321.867.07%
2024£84,493.413.90%*
* 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 1935 amounts in 2022 pounds, based on the 7,911.67% change in prices:

Conversion: 1935 pounds in 2022
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1935£80.12 pounds in 2022
£5 pounds in 1935£400.58 pounds in 2022
£10 pounds in 1935£801.17 pounds in 2022
£50 pounds in 1935£4,005.83 pounds in 2022
£100 pounds in 1935£8,011.67 pounds in 2022
£500 pounds in 1935£40,058.35 pounds in 2022
£1,000 pounds in 1935£80,116.70 pounds in 2022
£5,000 pounds in 1935£400,583.48 pounds in 2022
£10,000 pounds in 1935£801,166.95 pounds in 2022
£50,000 pounds in 1935£4,005,834.77 pounds in 2022
£100,000 pounds in 1935£8,011,669.53 pounds in 2022
£500,000 pounds in 1935£40,058,347.66 pounds in 2022
£1,000,000 pounds in 1935£80,116,695.31 pounds in 2022

How to calculate inflation rate for £948, 1935 to 2022

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1935 and 2022:

CPI in 2022 CPI in 1935
×
1935 GBP value
=
2022 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 15.9 in the year 1935 and 1273.85545547 in 2022:

1273.8554554715.9
×
£948
=
£75,950.63

£948 in 1935 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £75,950.63 in 2022.

To get the total inflation rate for the 87 years between 1935 and 2022, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2022 - CPI in 1935CPI in 1935
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (87 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

1273.85545547 - 15.915.9
×
100
=
7,912%

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: “£948 in 1935 → 2022 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 28 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/uk/inflation/1935?amount=948&endYear=2022.

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 1935 to 2022
Cumulative price change7,911.67%
Average inflation rate5.17%
Converted amount
£948 base
£75,950.63
Price difference
£948 base
£75,002.63
CPI in 193515.900
CPI in 20221,273.855
Inflation in 19350.63%
Inflation in 20227.90%
£948 in 1935£75,950.63 in 2022