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Inflation rate in Japan

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Japan's inflation rate is 3.17 % — #41 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

3.17%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

At 3.2 % a year, prices double in about 23 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Japan over time

3.27 %0.96 %-1.35 %2 % target3.27 % · 2023-1.35 % · 20092000: -0.68 %2001: -0.74 %2002: -0.92 %2003: -0.26 %2004: -0.01 %2005: -0.28 %2006: 0.25 %2007: 0.06 %2008: 1.38 %2009: -1.35 %2010: -0.73 %2011: -0.27 %2012: -0.04 %2013: 0.34 %2014: 2.76 %2015: 0.80 %2016: -0.13 %2017: 0.48 %2018: 0.99 %2019: 0.47 %2020: -0.02 %2021: -0.23 %2022: 2.50 %2023: 3.27 %2024: 2.74 %2025: 3.17 %2000201220253.17 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#41 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
67 %
85 of 126 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.43 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.10 pp
peak 3.27 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 3.85 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #15 of 37vs median 3.12 %: +0.05 pp (worse)

The doubling clock

At Japan's current 3.17 % — prices double in~22 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Japan: ahead of 67 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationJapan 3.17 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Japan is ahead of 67 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Japan
39 Norway3.06 %−0.11 pp
40 Qatar1.27 %−1.90 pp
41 Japan3.17 %—
42 United Arab Emirates1.25 %−1.92 pp
43 South Africa3.21 %+0.04 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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