Price of a pound of navel oranges by year, 2003–2025
A pound of navel oranges cost $0.838 on average in 2003 and $1.60 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The price rose 91% over those years while prices in general rose 75%, so, measured in 2025 dollars, it cost 9% more in 2025 than in 2003.
- Average in 2003
- $0.838
- Average in 2025
- $1.60
- Highest year, 2024
- $1.62
- Biggest one-year rise, 2007
- +17%
- Against inflation
- Beat it by 9%
Every year
The table lists all 22 years with data, from 2003 to 2025. Select a year to see what everything else cost that year.
| Year | Average price | In 2025 dollars | Change from year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | $0.838 | $1.47 | — |
| 2004 | $0.859 | $1.46 | +3% |
| 2005 | $0.996 | $1.64 | +16% |
| 2006 | $1.09 | $1.74 | +9% |
| 2007 | $1.28 | $1.99 | +17% |
| 2008 | $1.12 | $1.67 | −12% |
| 2009 | $1.05 | $1.58 | −6% |
| 2010 | $1.06 | $1.57 | +1% |
| 2011 | $1.10 | $1.57 | +4% |
| 2012 | $1.05 | $1.47 | −5% |
| 2013 | $1.15 | $1.59 | +10% |
| 2014 | $1.32 | $1.80 | +15% |
| 2015 | $1.30 | $1.77 | −2% |
| 2016 | $1.25 | $1.68 | −4% |
| 2017 | $1.34 | $1.76 | +7% |
| 2018 | $1.41 | $1.81 | +5% |
| 2019 | $1.37 | $1.73 | −3% |
| 2021 | $1.36 | $1.62 | — |
| 2022 | $1.57 | $1.73 | +15% |
| 2023 | $1.58 | $1.67 | +1% |
| 2024 | $1.62 | $1.66 | +3% |
| 2025 | $1.60 | $1.60 | −1% |
Decade by decade
The 2000s averaged $1.03: the most expensive year was 2007 at $1.28 and the cheapest 2003 at $0.838. In the 2010s, a pound of navel oranges averaged $1.24, from a low of $1.05 in 2012 to a high of $1.41 in 2018. Across the 2020s the yearly average ran from $1.36 in 2021 to $1.62 in 2024, for a decade average of $1.55.
Every five years in this record: 2005 $0.996, 2010 $1.06, 2015 $1.30 and 2025 $1.60. From 2021 to 2025, the most recent years of data, the average rose 18%, from $1.36 to $1.60.
Against inflation
In 2025 dollars, the 2003 average of $0.838 is worth $1.47. The actual 2025 average was $1.60. So a pound of navel oranges outpaced prices in general: after adjusting for inflation, it cost 9% more in 2025 than in 2003.
Highs, lows and big moves
The highest yearly average in this record is $1.62 in 2024, and the lowest is $0.838 in 2003. The biggest one-year increase was 17%, from $1.09 in 2006 to $1.28 in 2007. The biggest one-year decrease was 12%, from $1.28 in 2007 to $1.12 in 2008.
Of the 9 items in fruit and vegetables tracked here, 4 rose faster than inflation over their full records, and this is one of them. This record starts in 2003, the first year with at least nine months of Bureau prices. The Bureau published fewer than nine months of prices for 2020, so that year is left out of the table and the chart.
Average prices are U.S. city averages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series APU0000711311), averaged over each calendar year. A year is included only when the Bureau published at least nine months of prices for it. Values in 2025 dollars use the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) annual average. See how Sticker Shock builds its data. Figures may contain errors and are not financial advice.