Japan | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Japan
Records
63
Source
Japan | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 18.9725686
1961 19.9911037
1962 21.35758367
1963 22.79001663
1964 23.65612602
1965 25.23067563
1966 26.50251161
1967 27.55992156
1968 29.0314651
1969 30.55556503
1970 32.67128546
1971 34.76072814
1972 36.44436996
1973 40.67505968
1974 50.12072202
1975 56.00051732
1976 61.25002618
1977 66.2491473
1978 69.03794888
1979 71.59363083
1980 77.16259995
1981 80.95295257
1982 83.17190615
1983 84.75193925
1984 86.66870071
1985 88.43004908
1986 88.95672678
1987 89.06896957
1988 89.67335381
1989 91.71099212
1990 94.53432995
1991 97.60805554
1992 99.32623361
1993 100.56090428
1994 101.26026319
1995 101.13075228
1996 101.26889725
1997 103.03887969
1998 103.72097048
1999 103.36697399
2000 102.66761508
2001 101.90781774
2002 100.96670513
2003 100.70768331
2004 100.69904925
2005 100.41412525
2006 100.66451301
2007 100.72495143
2008 102.1150352
2009 100.73358549
2010 100
2011 99.72754438
2012 99.68359993
2013 100.01757778
2014 102.77728951
2015 103.59465635
2016 103.46282299
2017 103.96378977
2018 104.99209
2019 105.48426789
2020 105.45790121
2021 105.21181227
2022 107.83969063
Japan | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Japan
Records
63
Source