Culture & recreation · code 9079
Laptop PC
パソコン（ノート型）
Key facts
As of August 2026, laptop pc prices in Japan are down 3.2% year on year and up 12.9% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 107.1 (2020 = 100), down 98.8% versus January 2000, when the series begins.
Laptop PC sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 320 monthly observations from January 2000 to August 2026. The series peaked at 8969.7 in January 2000 and bottomed at 88.4 in October 2012; the latest reading is -98.8% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is -1.8%.
Latest CPI
107.1
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
-3.2%
5y change %
+12.9%
Change since 2000-01
-98.8%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 107.1 | -2.7% | 12 |
| 2016 | 110.0 | +2.7% | 12 |
| 2017 | 101.7 | -7.5% | 12 |
| 2018 | 104.4 | +2.7% | 12 |
| 2019 | 104.3 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | -4.1% | 12 |
| 2021 | 95.1 | -4.9% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.8 | +4.9% | 12 |
| 2023 | 103.1 | +3.3% | 12 |
| 2024 | 106.3 | +3.1% | 12 |
| 2025 | 109.1 | +2.6% | 12 |
| 2026 | 105.3 | -3.5% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have laptop pc prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, -3.2% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have laptop pc prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +12.9% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 107.1.
- When were laptop pc prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 8969.7 in January 2000. The latest reading is -98.8% 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).