Result: ¥100 in 2019 → ¥105.92 in 2023
Value of ¥100 from 2019 to 2023
Updated: November 14, 2023¥100 in 2019 is equivalent in purchasing power to about ¥105.92 today, an increase of ¥5.92 over 4 years. The yen had an average inflation rate of 1.45% per year between 2019 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 5.92%.
This means that today's prices are 1.06 times as high as average prices since 2019, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Japan. A yen today only buys 94.411% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2019 was 0.47%. The current inflation rate compared to last year is now 3.01%. If this number holds, ¥100 today will be equivalent in buying power to ¥103.01 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 5.92% |
| Average inflation rate | 1.45% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥105.92 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥5.92 |
| CPI in 2019 | 101.824 |
| CPI in 2023 | 107.848 |
| Inflation in 2019 | 0.47% |
| Inflation in 2023 | 3.01% |
| ¥100 in 2019 | ¥105.92 in 2023 |
Buying power of ¥100 in 2019
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for ¥100 in 2019 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with ¥100, you would need to end with ¥105.92 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When ¥100 is equivalent to ¥105.92 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Japanese yen decreases over time. In other words, a yen will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a yen over time. By calculating the value in 2019 dollars, the chart below shows how ¥100 is worth less over 4 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these JPY amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2019 amounts in today's yen, based on the 5.92% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| ¥1 yen in 2019 | ¥1.06 yen today |
| ¥5 yen in 2019 | ¥5.30 yen today |
| ¥10 yen in 2019 | ¥10.59 yen today |
| ¥50 yen in 2019 | ¥52.96 yen today |
| ¥100 yen in 2019 | ¥105.92 yen today |
| ¥500 yen in 2019 | ¥529.58 yen today |
| ¥1,000 yen in 2019 | ¥1,059.16 yen today |
| ¥5,000 yen in 2019 | ¥5,295.78 yen today |
| ¥10,000 yen in 2019 | ¥10,591.57 yen today |
| ¥50,000 yen in 2019 | ¥52,957.85 yen today |
| ¥100,000 yen in 2019 | ¥105,915.70 yen today |
| ¥500,000 yen in 2019 | ¥529,578.49 yen today |
| ¥1,000,000 yen in 2019 | ¥1,059,156.98 yen today |
How to calculate inflation rate for ¥100 since 2019
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2019 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2019
×
2019 JPY value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Japanese CPI was 101.824 in the year 2019 and 107.8476 in 2023:
107.8476101.824
×
¥100
=
¥105.92
¥100 in 2019 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as ¥105.92 in 2023.
To get the total inflation rate for the 4 years between 2019 and 2023, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2023 - CPI in 2019CPI in 2019
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (4 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
107.8476 - 101.824101.824
×
100
=
6%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “¥100 in 2019 → 2023 | Japan Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 1 Dec. 2023, https://www.officialdata.org/japan/inflation/2019?amount=100.
Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.
in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
| Cumulative price change | 5.92% |
| Average inflation rate | 1.45% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥105.92 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥5.92 |
| CPI in 2019 | 101.824 |
| CPI in 2023 | 107.848 |
| Inflation in 2019 | 0.47% |
| Inflation in 2023 | 3.01% |
| ¥100 in 2019 | ¥105.92 in 2023 |