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Japan: Inflation

Percent · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
3.13%percent
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 2.59%
Average, 2016–2025
1.30%10 years
Record high and low
975.6% (1945)low −29.1% (1839)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20311.97Forecast
20301.97Forecast
20291.98Forecast
20281.98Forecast
20272.34Forecast
20262.09Forecast
20253.13
20242.59
20233.25
20222.51
2021-0.258
20200.00833
20190.452
20180.989
20170.484
2016-0.119

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1800–2014
  • Clio Infra1819–2010
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • Asian Historical Statistics1880–1938
  • Bordo1881–1997
  • Bank of Japan1923–1936
  • Historical Financial Statistics1923–1944
  • Mitchell1923–2009
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • Bank for International Settlements1947–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1956–2020
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1956–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1961–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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