Japan — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Japan, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.17%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -11.2% since 1960
Inflation for Japan was 3.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 23.22% in 1974. The lowest was -1.35% in 2009 (about -2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.18% per year.
Japan ranks 93 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Japan sits above it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 299%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.17%
First (1960)
3.57%
Change
-11.2%
Highest
23.22%
in 1974
Lowest
-1.35%
in 2009
Average
2.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.18%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.17% |
| 2024 | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2021 | -0.23% |
| 2020 | -0.02% |
| 2019 | 0.47% |
| 2018 | 0.99% |
| 2017 | 0.48% |
| 2016 | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 2.76% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.