Transport & communication · code 7350
Roadside assistance
ロードサービス料
Key facts
As of August 2026, roadside assistance prices in Japan are flat year on year and up 74.1% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 174.1 (2020 = 100), up 77.5% versus January 2015, when the series begins.
Roadside assistance sits in the transport & communication group of Japan's CPI basket, with 140 monthly observations from January 2015 to August 2026. The series peaked at 174.1 in April 2024 and bottomed at 98.1 in January 2015; the latest reading is 0.0% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +77.5%.
Latest CPI
174.1
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
0.0%
5y change %
+74.1%
Change since 2015-01
+77.5%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98.1 | — | 12 |
| 2016 | 98.1 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2017 | 98.1 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2018 | 98.1 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2019 | 98.6 | +0.5% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +1.4% | 12 |
| 2021 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2022 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2023 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2024 | 155.6 | +55.6% | 12 |
| 2025 | 174.1 | +11.9% | 12 |
| 2026 | 174.1 | 0.0% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have roadside assistance prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, 0.0% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have roadside assistance prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +74.1% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 174.1.
- When were roadside assistance prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 174.1 in April 2024. The latest reading is 0.0% against that peak.
- What is the difference between the index and the yen price?
- This page carries two kinds of number. The index (2020 = 100) measures percentage change over time and is not a yen amount; the yen figure is an actual average retail price from the government's retail price survey. Source: 総務省統計局 消費者物価指数 (e-Stat table 0003427113, nationwide, monthly).