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Soccer ticket price in Japan
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Key facts
As of September 2026, soccer ticket prices in Japan are up 17.0% year on year and up 3.3% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 116.4 (2020 = 100), up 50.6% versus January 1995, when the series begins.
Soccer ticket sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 381 monthly observations from January 1995 to September 2026. The series peaked at 122.1 in August 2026 and bottomed at 73.9 in April 1997; the latest reading is -4.7% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +24.0%.
Latest CPI
116.4
2026-09 (2020=100)
YoY %
+17.0%
5y change %
+3.3%
Change since 1995-01
+50.6%
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 | 103.9 | +4.4% | 9 |
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 September 2026, +17.0% 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?
- +3.3% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 116.4.
- When were soccer ticket prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 122.1 in August 2026. The latest reading is -4.7% 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).