A Big Mac cost £1.90 in a UK restaurant in 2000 and £5.49 in 2026 — +188.9%. Restaurant prices in general rose +147.1% over the same years, so if the Big Mac had only kept pace with eating-out inflation it would cost about £4.69 today.
£1.90Big Mac in 2000
£3.39in 2020
£5.49in 2026 (restaurant)
+188.9%since 2000
Big Mac price vs. restaurant inflation
The red line is the actual Big Mac price; the dashed blue line is the 2000 price carried forward by the ONS index for restaurants and cafés. For more than two decades the Big Mac rose more slowly than eating out in general — in the 2000s its price barely moved. That changed after 2022: three big rises took it from £3.69 to £5.09 in three years, and it now sits above the inflation-only line.
Actual Big Mac price 2000 price carried forward by restaurant inflation · hover a year for values
Big Mac price by year
Big Mac price by year
Big Mac: in-restaurant price from The Economist Big Mac Index (CC BY 4.0), last survey of each year. Restaurant inflation: annual change of CPI INDEX 11.1.1: Restaurants & cafes (2015=100), annual average, Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). The latest year is a partial-year average.
Year
Big Mac price
Change vs. previous year
Restaurant inflation
2026
£5.49
+7.9%
+3.8%
2025
£5.09
+10.9%
+4.2%
2024
£4.59
+9.5%
+5.4%
2023
£4.19
+13.6%
+9.2%
2022
£3.69
+5.7%
+7.5%
2021
£3.49
+2.9%
+2.8%
2020
£3.39
+3.0%
+1.9%
2019
£3.29
+3.1%
+2.7%
2018
£3.19
+0.0%
+2.8%
2017
£3.19
+6.7%
+2.9%
2016
£2.99
+3.5%
+2.3%
2015
£2.89
+0.0%
+1.7%
2014
£2.89
+7.4%
+2.5%
2013
£2.69
+0.0%
+2.8%
2012
£2.69
+12.6%
+3.2%
2011
£2.39
+4.4%
+4.8%
2010
£2.29
+0.0%
+3.2%
2009
£2.29
+0.0%
+3.0%
2008
£2.29
+15.1%
+4.2%
2007
£1.99
+2.6%
+3.5%
2006
£1.94
+3.2%
+3.0%
2005
£1.88
+0.0%
+3.0%
2004
£1.88
−5.5%
+2.6%
2003
£1.99
+0.0%
+3.0%
2002
£1.99
+0.0%
+3.2%
2001
£1.99
+4.7%
+3.3%
2000
£1.90
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Price changes in the last decade
Big Mac: actual vs. inflation-only price
Sources: The Economist Big Mac Index (CC BY 4.0); ONS CPI 11.1.1 Restaurants & cafés (Open Government Licence).
Year
Actual price
Change since 2000
2000 price + restaurant inflation
2016
£2.99
+57.4%
£3.09
2019
£3.29
+73.2%
£3.35
2022
£3.69
+94.2%
£3.77
2024
£4.59
+141.6%
£4.34
2026
£5.49
+188.9%
£4.69
Today's prices
For current prices across the menu see the McDonald's UK menu. We record delivery-menu prices at 77 restaurants and will add each new check to this page, so you can follow changes item by item from October 2026 onwards.
About the data
Big Mac prices: The Economist Big Mac Index, published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, last survey of each year. Restaurant inflation: ONS CPI index 11.1.1, restaurants & cafés (2015 = 100), annual average; 2026 is the average of the months published so far.
Frequently asked questions
How much was a Big Mac in 2000 in the UK?
£1.90, according to The Economist's Big Mac Index.
How much has a Big Mac gone up since 2010?
From £2.29 in 2010 to £5.49 in 2026: +139.7%.
When did McDonald's prices rise fastest?
The steepest rises came after 2021: the Big Mac went from £3.49 in 2021 to £4.59 in 2024, as food and energy costs surged.
How much more is a Big Mac on delivery?
On delivery apps the Big Mac was £6.29 on 12 October 2026 — about 15% above the in-restaurant price, because restaurants price delivery menus higher to cover the platform commission. Delivery fees come on top.
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AllRestaurantMenu Editorial Team
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