Culture & recreation · code 9043
Camera
カメラ
Key facts
As of August 2026, camera prices in Japan are down 2.7% year on year and up 25.0% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 136.6 (2020 = 100), down 95.7% versus January 1970, when the series begins.
Camera sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 680 monthly observations from January 1970 to August 2026. The series peaked at 4490.2 in July 1976 and bottomed at 68.4 in January 2013; the latest reading is -97.0% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +49.6%.
Latest CPI
136.6
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
-2.7%
5y change %
+25.0%
Change since 1970-01
-95.7%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87.7 | +14.2% | 12 |
| 2016 | 90.3 | +3.0% | 12 |
| 2017 | 96.2 | +6.5% | 12 |
| 2018 | 91.0 | -5.4% | 12 |
| 2019 | 92.8 | +2.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +7.8% | 12 |
| 2021 | 107.5 | +7.5% | 12 |
| 2022 | 119.7 | +11.3% | 12 |
| 2023 | 125.7 | +5.0% | 12 |
| 2024 | 136.8 | +8.8% | 12 |
| 2025 | 142.1 | +3.9% | 12 |
| 2026 | 140.0 | -1.5% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have camera prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, -2.7% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have camera prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +25.0% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 136.6.
- When were camera prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 4490.2 in July 1976. The latest reading is -97.0% 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).