Result: ¥100 in 2019 → ¥108.53 in 2024
Value of ¥100 from 2019 to 2024
Updated: May 15, 2024¥100 in 2019 is equivalent in purchasing power to about ¥108.53 today, an increase of ¥8.53 over 5 years. The yen had an average inflation rate of 1.65% per year between 2019 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 8.53%.
This means that today's prices are 1.09 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 92.140% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2019 was 0.47%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 3.18%. If this number holds, ¥100 today will be equivalent in buying power to ¥103.18 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 8.53% |
| Average inflation rate | 1.65% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥108.53 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥8.53 |
| CPI in 2019 | 101.824 |
| CPI in 2024 | 110.505 |
| Inflation in 2019 | 0.47% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 3.18% |
| ¥100 in 2019 | ¥108.53 in 2024 |
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 ¥108.53 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When ¥100 is equivalent to ¥108.53 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 5 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 8.53% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| ¥1 yen in 2019 | ¥1.09 yen today |
| ¥5 yen in 2019 | ¥5.43 yen today |
| ¥10 yen in 2019 | ¥10.85 yen today |
| ¥50 yen in 2019 | ¥54.26 yen today |
| ¥100 yen in 2019 | ¥108.53 yen today |
| ¥500 yen in 2019 | ¥542.63 yen today |
| ¥1,000 yen in 2019 | ¥1,085.25 yen today |
| ¥5,000 yen in 2019 | ¥5,426.25 yen today |
| ¥10,000 yen in 2019 | ¥10,852.50 yen today |
| ¥50,000 yen in 2019 | ¥54,262.51 yen today |
| ¥100,000 yen in 2019 | ¥108,525.02 yen today |
| ¥500,000 yen in 2019 | ¥542,625.08 yen today |
| ¥1,000,000 yen in 2019 | ¥1,085,250.17 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 110.5045128870026 in 2024:
110.5045128870026101.824
×
¥100
=
¥108.53
¥100 in 2019 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as ¥108.53 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 5 years between 2019 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2019CPI in 2019
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (5 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
110.5045128870026 - 101.824101.824
×
100
=
9%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “¥100 in 2019 → 2024 | Japan Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 15 May. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/japan/inflation/2019?amount=100.
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in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
| Cumulative price change | 8.53% |
| Average inflation rate | 1.65% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥108.53 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥8.53 |
| CPI in 2019 | 101.824 |
| CPI in 2024 | 110.505 |
| Inflation in 2019 | 0.47% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 3.18% |
| ¥100 in 2019 | ¥108.53 in 2024 |