Transport & communication · code 7363
Expressway toll
高速自動車国道料金
Key facts
As of August 2026, expressway toll prices in Japan are down 0.2% year on year and down 4.6% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 101.2 (2020 = 100), up 41.3% versus January 2000, when the series begins.
Expressway toll sits in the transport & communication group of Japan's CPI basket, with 320 monthly observations from January 2000 to August 2026. The series peaked at 106.1 in May 2020 and bottomed at 60.4 in December 2011; the latest reading is -4.6% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +4.5%.
Latest CPI
101.2
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
-0.2%
5y change %
-4.6%
Change since 2000-01
+41.3%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96.8 | +10.5% | 12 |
| 2016 | 96.8 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2017 | 96.9 | +0.1% | 12 |
| 2018 | 97.0 | +0.1% | 12 |
| 2019 | 97.4 | +0.4% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +2.7% | 12 |
| 2021 | 102.5 | +2.5% | 12 |
| 2022 | 98.9 | -3.5% | 12 |
| 2023 | 98.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2024 | 98.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2025 | 100.2 | +1.3% | 12 |
| 2026 | 100.3 | +0.1% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have expressway toll prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, -0.2% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have expressway toll prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- -4.6% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 101.2.
- When were expressway toll prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 106.1 in May 2020. The latest reading is -4.6% 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).