Avg price of fuel 1989-2009 !!
Discussion
Put £20 in the car the other day and noticed the dial did not move very far. Got me thinking when I bought my first car in 1999 I could fill the tank for less than £30 seems I am correct. Corsa 1.2 40L tank at 70.2p was a £28 fill up. Same car today would cost over £50
Tax % is interesting though, up and down so much. Would be nice if anyone knew the 2010 and 2011 avg price.
Changing price of Fuel
year/petrol pence/diesel pence/petrol tax%/diesel tax%
1989 38.5 36.1 59.6% 62.8%
1990 42.3 40.4 58.0% 60.9%
1991 45.4 44.0 62.3% 62.9%
1992 46.2 45.4 65.2% 64.7%
1993 49.3 49.2 66.8% 65.7%
1994 50.7 50.9 71.0% 69.8%
1995 53.5 53.7 74.0% 73.7%
1996 56.4 57.4 76.1% 75.0%
1997 61.8 62.5 77.3% 76.6%
1998 64.8 65.5 81.4% 81.8%
1999 70.2 72.5 81.4% 83.0%
2000 79.9 81.3 75.6% 75.2%
2001 75.7 77.8 76.1% 74.4%
2002 73.2 75.5 77.5% 75.6%
2003 76.0 77.9 75.6% 74.1%
2004 80.9 82.5 73.1% 72.0%
2005 87.2 91.3 68.9% 66.5%
2006 92.0 95.7 66.2% 64.2%
2007 95.0 97.4 66.3% 65.0%
2008 107.5 118.1 61.7% 57.5%
2009 108.3 109.9 65.9% 65.1%
And its going to get worse!!
Tax % is interesting though, up and down so much. Would be nice if anyone knew the 2010 and 2011 avg price.
Changing price of Fuel
year/petrol pence/diesel pence/petrol tax%/diesel tax%
1989 38.5 36.1 59.6% 62.8%
1990 42.3 40.4 58.0% 60.9%
1991 45.4 44.0 62.3% 62.9%
1992 46.2 45.4 65.2% 64.7%
1993 49.3 49.2 66.8% 65.7%
1994 50.7 50.9 71.0% 69.8%
1995 53.5 53.7 74.0% 73.7%
1996 56.4 57.4 76.1% 75.0%
1997 61.8 62.5 77.3% 76.6%
1998 64.8 65.5 81.4% 81.8%
1999 70.2 72.5 81.4% 83.0%
2000 79.9 81.3 75.6% 75.2%
2001 75.7 77.8 76.1% 74.4%
2002 73.2 75.5 77.5% 75.6%
2003 76.0 77.9 75.6% 74.1%
2004 80.9 82.5 73.1% 72.0%
2005 87.2 91.3 68.9% 66.5%
2006 92.0 95.7 66.2% 64.2%
2007 95.0 97.4 66.3% 65.0%
2008 107.5 118.1 61.7% 57.5%
2009 108.3 109.9 65.9% 65.1%
And its going to get worse!!
richrebel said:
Just goes to show how much we are overtaxed for petrol, I can't believe it was less than 50p a litre when I was born. It is now at least £1.26 here so why has it gone so far above the rate of inflation.
£1.26 is less than the cost here in NW London.Those stats (avg cost) depress me. 1986 it was <40p!
I'm not defending the price of petrol here, but the average wage in 1989 was £7975, so to a fair degree, it's all relative.
1989, ave wage £7975, petrol ave 41p litre.
2011, ave wage £25900, petrol ave 130p litre.
It looks about the same to me, or is petrol actually less now as a proportion of income?
How much was milk or a telly twenty years ago, in relative terms?
1989, ave wage £7975, petrol ave 41p litre.
2011, ave wage £25900, petrol ave 130p litre.
It looks about the same to me, or is petrol actually less now as a proportion of income?
How much was milk or a telly twenty years ago, in relative terms?
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