Culture & recreation · code 9345
Soccer ticket
サッカー観覧料
Key facts
As of August 2026, soccer ticket prices in Japan are up 22.7% year on year and up 8.3% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 122.1 (2020 = 100), up 58.0% versus January 1995, when the series begins.
Soccer ticket sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 380 monthly observations from January 1995 to August 2026. The series peaked at 122.1 in August 2026 and bottomed at 73.9 in April 1997; the latest reading is at its highest recorded level. Against ten years ago it is +30.0%.
Latest CPI
122.1
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
+22.7%
5y change %
+8.3%
Change since 1995-01
+58.0%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 92.3 | +9.9% | 12 |
| 2016 | 93.9 | +1.7% | 12 |
| 2017 | 93.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2018 | 93.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2019 | 93.9 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +6.5% | 12 |
| 2021 | 112.7 | +12.7% | 12 |
| 2022 | 101.7 | -9.8% | 12 |
| 2023 | 99.5 | -2.2% | 12 |
| 2024 | 99.5 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2025 | 99.5 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2026 | 102.3 | +2.8% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have soccer ticket prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, +22.7% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have soccer ticket prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +8.3% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 122.1.
- When were soccer ticket prices in Japan at their highest?
- Right now. The latest month, August 2026, is the highest reading in the series at 122.1 — a record high since the series began.
- 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).