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Inflation rate in Japan

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Japan's inflation rate is 3.17 % — #38 of 123 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

3.17%

Checked 8 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.

Among 123 countries

22 of 123 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %30 of 123 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %29 of 123 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 123 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %4 of 123 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 123 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %6 of 123 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 123 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 123 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 123 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 123 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 123 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 123 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 123 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.21 %Japan: ahead of 69 % of the 123 countries with a published inflationJapan 3.17 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 123 countries sit between 1.66 % and 5.02 %. Japan is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#38 of 123
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
69 %
85 of 123 countries

In Asia: #14 of 36vs median 3.21 %: −0.04 pp (better)

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.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Japan
36 Norway3.06 %−0.11 pp
37 Qatar1.27 %−1.90 pp
38 Japan3.17 %—
39 United Arab Emirates1.25 %−1.92 pp
40 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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