Transport & communication · code 7446
Mobile phone (handset)
携帯電話機
Key facts
As of August 2026, mobile phone (handset) prices in Japan are up 10.1% year on year and up 24.7% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 120.5 (2020 = 100), down 6.4% versus January 2005, when the series begins.
Mobile phone (handset) sits in the transport & communication group of Japan's CPI basket, with 260 monthly observations from January 2005 to August 2026. The series peaked at 131.3 in July 2005 and bottomed at 84.8 in March 2017; the latest reading is -8.2% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +4.4%.
Latest CPI
120.5
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
+10.1%
5y change %
+24.7%
Change since 2005-01
-6.4%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 113.2 | +5.4% | 12 |
| 2016 | 113.3 | +0.1% | 12 |
| 2017 | 102.6 | -9.4% | 12 |
| 2018 | 104.5 | +1.9% | 12 |
| 2019 | 100.4 | -3.9% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | -0.4% | 12 |
| 2021 | 94.7 | -5.3% | 12 |
| 2022 | 102.7 | +8.4% | 12 |
| 2023 | 112.7 | +9.7% | 12 |
| 2024 | 108.3 | -3.9% | 12 |
| 2025 | 107.6 | -0.6% | 12 |
| 2026 | 113.0 | +5.0% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have mobile phone (handset) prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, +10.1% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have mobile phone (handset) prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +24.7% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 120.5.
- When were mobile phone (handset) prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 131.3 in July 2005. The latest reading is -8.2% 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).