Pint Price vs Inflation (2011-Present) | GetPint

Pints vs Inflation

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The average reported pint price in Republic of Ireland is 6.54, based on 738 tracked pubs. The median reported price is 6.50. Prices are community-reported and updated regularly. Source: CSO CPI baseline (2011) vs Republic of Ireland GetPint data.

In 2011, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) stopped officially tracking the price of a pint of stout. At the time, the national average was roughly €4.30. If pint prices had strictly followed general inflation (the Consumer Price Index), a pint today should cost 5.72.

According to GetPint data for Republic of Ireland pubs, the current comparison average is 6.54, based on 738 pubs with 2026 price data. The chart uses one latest price per pub per year and trims the lowest and highest outliers before averaging, so unusually cheap or expensive rows do not distort the trend. The wider index stores 1,476 underlying price records separately. That means pint prices have outpaced inflation by 14.3%.

The Widening Gap

7.045.524.00
2011: €4.30
2024: €5.78 · 15 pubs
2025: €6.14 · 5 pubs
2026: €6.54 · 738 pubs
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Implied by Inflation (CSO)
Actual Pint Price

Inflation benchmark

5.72

ROI current average

6.54

ROI trimmed average, 592 pubs in sample

Frequently Asked Questions

Have pint prices outpaced inflation?

The current Republic of Ireland comparison average is €6.54. If pint prices had followed general CPI inflation from the 2011 baseline of €4.30, the implied price today would be €5.72.

Where does the inflation baseline come from?

The baseline of €4.30 comes from CSO data before the Central Statistics Office stopped tracking stout prices in 2011. We rebase the general Consumer Price Index to that starting point.

How does GetPint collect prices?

Prices come from community submissions and verified public sources. Every price is timestamped and tied to a specific pub. Read our full methodology.

Methodology: The baseline price of €4.30 was derived from historic CSO data before stout tracking ceased. The "Implied by Inflation" series rebases the CSO's general Consumer Price Index (CPI) to this starting point. Actual prices are derived from Republic of Ireland GetPint data, using one latest price per pub per year and a trimmed average to reduce the effect of outliers.