Japan - Consumer price index 118.04
World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 192 economies tracked
Latest value
118.04 (2025)
Global rank
##165 of 192 economies
Ranking Race — Consumer price index
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. Japan climbed from #8 to #165 (overtook Kiribati). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Japan ↓Key Events — Japan
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
1973Oil crisis shock curatedFirst oil shock ends rapid postwar growth; inflation surges.
1985Plaza Accord curatedYen revaluation agreed; asset bubble inflates through the late 1980s.
1991Asset bubble bursts curatedEquity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.
2010Fell 76 places in global rank auto
2011Fell 106 places in global rank auto
2011Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curatedTriple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.
2023Overtook Kiribati in global rank auto
2025Overtook United Arab Emirates in global rank auto
Consumer price index, 1960-2025
World Bank WDI · index (2010 = 100) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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