Japanese inflation rate
Japan inflation summary for April 2021
Updated: May 21, 2021
Next update: June 18, 2021
Current Japan inflation rate
April 2021
-0.5%
The Consumer Price Index for Japan is 101.4 for the month of April 2021. The inflation rate year over year is -0.5% (compared to -0.1% for the previous month). Inflation from March 2021 to April 2021 was -0.4%.
Previous Japan Inflation Rate
March 2021 to April 2021
-0.4%
Month-to-Month Japan Inflation Rate
March 2021
-0.1%
Recent inflation rates for Japan
| Year | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -0.6% | -0.4% | -0.1% | -0.5% | |||||||||
| 2020 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.4% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
Additional resources
All inflation rates are calculated using the Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI) series.