£6,600 in 1915 is worth £850,281.76 today

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Value of £6,600 from 1915 to 2024

£6,600 in 1915 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £850,281.76 today, an increase of £843,681.76 over 109 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 4.56% per year between 1915 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 12,783.06%.

This means that today's prices are 128.83 times as high as average prices since 1915, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index. A pound today only buys 0.776% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1915 was 12.24%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 3.90%. If this number holds, £6,600 today will be equivalent in buying power to £6,857.40 next year.

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Inflation from 1915 to 2024
Cumulative price change12,783.06%
Average inflation rate4.56%
Converted amount
£6,600 base		£850,281.76
Price difference
£6,600 base		£843,681.76
CPI in 191511.000
CPI in 20241,417.136
Inflation in 191512.24%
Inflation in 20243.90%
£6,600 in 1915£850,281.76 in 2024
GBP inflation since 1915
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
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Buying power of £6,600 in 1915

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £6,600 in 1915 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £6,600, you would need to end with £850,281.76 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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When £6,600 is equivalent to £850,281.76 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 1915 dollars, the chart below shows how £6,600 is worth less over 109 years.

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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: 1915-2024
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1915£6,600.0012.24%
1916£7,800.0018.18%
1917£9,780.0025.38%
1918£11,940.0022.09%
1919£13,140.0010.05%
1920£15,180.0015.53%
1921£13,860.00-8.70%
1922£11,940.00-13.85%
1923£11,220.00-6.03%
1924£11,160.00-0.53%
1925£11,160.000.00%
1926£11,100.00-0.54%
1927£10,800.00-2.70%
1928£10,800.000.00%
1929£10,680.00-1.11%
1930£10,380.00-2.81%
1931£9,960.00-4.05%
1932£9,720.00-2.41%
1933£9,480.00-2.47%
1934£9,480.000.00%
1935£9,540.000.63%
1936£9,600.000.63%
1937£9,960.003.75%
1938£10,080.001.20%
1939£10,380.002.98%
1940£12,120.0016.76%
1941£13,440.0010.89%
1942£14,400.007.14%
1943£14,880.003.33%
1944£15,300.002.82%
1945£15,720.002.75%
1946£16,200.003.05%
1947£17,340.007.04%
1948£18,660.007.61%
1949£19,200.002.89%
1950£19,800.003.13%
1951£21,600.009.09%
1952£23,580.009.17%
1953£24,300.003.05%
1954£24,780.001.98%
1955£25,860.004.36%
1956£27,180.005.10%
1957£28,140.003.53%
1958£29,040.003.20%
1959£29,160.000.41%
1960£29,460.001.03%
1961£30,480.003.46%
1962£31,800.004.33%
1963£32,400.001.89%
1964£33,480.003.33%
1965£35,040.004.66%
1966£36,420.003.94%
1967£37,380.002.64%
1968£39,120.004.65%
1969£41,220.005.37%
1970£43,860.006.40%
1971£48,000.009.44%
1972£51,420.007.13%
1973£56,100.009.10%
1974£65,100.0016.04%
1975£80,880.0024.24%
1976£94,260.0016.54%
1977£109,200.0015.85%
1978£118,260.008.30%
1979£134,100.0013.39%
1980£158,220.0017.99%
1981£177,000.0011.87%
1982£192,240.008.61%
1983£201,060.004.59%
1984£211,080.004.98%
1985£223,920.006.08%
1986£231,540.003.40%
1987£241,200.004.17%
1988£253,020.004.90%
1989£272,700.007.78%
1990£298,500.009.46%
1991£316,020.005.87%
1992£327,840.003.74%
1993£333,060.001.59%
1994£341,100.002.41%
1995£352,920.003.47%
1996£361,440.002.41%
1997£372,780.003.14%
1998£385,560.003.43%
1999£391,500.001.54%
2000£403,080.002.96%
2001£410,220.001.77%
2002£417,060.001.67%
2003£429,120.002.89%
2004£441,900.002.98%
2005£454,380.002.82%
2006£468,900.003.20%
2007£489,000.004.29%
2008£508,500.003.99%
2009£505,800.00-0.53%
2010£529,140.004.61%
2011£556,680.005.20%
2012£574,560.003.21%
2013£592,020.003.04%
2014£606,000.002.36%
2015£612,000.000.99%
2016£622,620.001.74%
2017£644,940.003.58%
2018£662,353.382.70%
2019£678,912.212.50%
2020£691,132.631.80%
2021£708,353.362.49%
2022£764,313.277.90%
2023£818,365.517.07%
2024£850,281.763.90%*
* 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 1915 amounts in today's pounds, based on the 12,783.06% change in prices:

Conversion: 1915 pounds today
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1915£128.83 pounds today
£5 pounds in 1915£644.15 pounds today
£10 pounds in 1915£1,288.31 pounds today
£50 pounds in 1915£6,441.53 pounds today
£100 pounds in 1915£12,883.06 pounds today
£500 pounds in 1915£64,415.29 pounds today
£1,000 pounds in 1915£128,830.57 pounds today
£5,000 pounds in 1915£644,152.85 pounds today
£10,000 pounds in 1915£1,288,305.70 pounds today
£50,000 pounds in 1915£6,441,528.51 pounds today
£100,000 pounds in 1915£12,883,057.01 pounds today
£500,000 pounds in 1915£64,415,285.06 pounds today
£1,000,000 pounds in 1915£128,830,570.12 pounds today

How to calculate inflation rate for £6,600 since 1915

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1915 and today:

CPI today CPI in 1915
×
1915 GBP value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 11 in the year 1915 and 1417.136271298791 in 2024:

1417.13627129879111
×
£6,600
=
£850,281.76

£6,600 in 1915 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £850,281.76 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 109 years between 1915 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1915CPI in 1915
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (109 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

1417.136271298791 - 1111
×
100
=
12,783%

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: “£6,600 in 1915 → 2024 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 27 Nov. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/uk/inflation/1915?amount=6600.

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 1915 to 2024
Cumulative price change12,783.06%
Average inflation rate4.56%
Converted amount
£6,600 base		£850,281.76
Price difference
£6,600 base		£843,681.76
CPI in 191511.000
CPI in 20241,417.136
Inflation in 191512.24%
Inflation in 20243.90%
£6,600 in 1915£850,281.76 in 2024