Miscellaneous · code 9921
Daycare fee
保育所保育料
Key facts
As of August 2026, daycare fee prices in Japan are down 16.8% year on year and down 20.4% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 79.5 (2020 = 100), down 67.7% versus January 2000, when the series begins.
Daycare fee sits in the miscellaneous group of Japan's CPI basket, with 320 monthly observations from January 2000 to August 2026. The series peaked at 249.8 in April 2014 and bottomed at 79.5 in April 2026; the latest reading is -68.2% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is -67.1%.
Latest CPI
79.5
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
-16.8%
5y change %
-20.4%
Change since 2000-01
-67.7%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 244.6 | -2.0% | 12 |
| 2016 | 242.6 | -0.8% | 12 |
| 2017 | 241.5 | -0.5% | 12 |
| 2018 | 240.0 | -0.6% | 12 |
| 2019 | 204.1 | -15.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | -51.0% | 12 |
| 2021 | 99.9 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.8 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2023 | 98.9 | -0.9% | 12 |
| 2024 | 97.6 | -1.3% | 12 |
| 2025 | 93.7 | -4.0% | 12 |
| 2026 | 82.8 | -11.6% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have daycare fee prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, -16.8% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have daycare fee prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- -20.4% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 79.5.
- When were daycare fee prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 249.8 in April 2014. The latest reading is -68.2% 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).