Japanese inflation rate
Japan inflation summary for August 2021
Updated: September 24, 2021
Next update: October 22, 2021
Current Japan inflation rate
August 2021
0.4%
The Consumer Price Index for Japan is 102.4 for the month of August 2021. The inflation rate year over year is 0.4% (compared to 0.2% for the previous month). Inflation from July 2021 to August 2021 was 0.3%.
Previous Japan Inflation Rate
July 2021 to August 2021
0.3%
Month-to-Month Japan Inflation Rate
July 2021
0.2%
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% | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||||
| 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.