Result: ¥100 in 2020 → ¥108.76 in 2024
Value of ¥100 from 2020 to 2024
Updated: April 10, 2025¥100 in 2020 is equivalent in purchasing power to about ¥108.76 today, an increase of ¥8.76 over 4 years. The yen had an average inflation rate of 2.12% per year between 2020 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 8.76%.
This means that today's prices are 1.09 times as high as average prices since 2020, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Japan. A yen today only buys 91.946% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2020 was -0.02%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 2.88%. If this number holds, ¥100 today will be equivalent in buying power to ¥102.88 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 8.76% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.12% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥108.76 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥8.76 |
| CPI in 2020 | 101.799 |
| CPI in 2024 | 110.714 |
| Inflation in 2020 | -0.02% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 2.88% |
| ¥100 in 2020 | ¥108.76 in 2024 |
Buying power of ¥100 in 2020
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for ¥100 in 2020 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with ¥100, you would need to end with ¥108.76 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When ¥100 is equivalent to ¥108.76 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 2020 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 2020 amounts in today's yen, based on the 8.76% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| ¥1 yen in 2020 | ¥1.09 yen today |
| ¥5 yen in 2020 | ¥5.44 yen today |
| ¥10 yen in 2020 | ¥10.88 yen today |
| ¥50 yen in 2020 | ¥54.38 yen today |
| ¥100 yen in 2020 | ¥108.76 yen today |
| ¥500 yen in 2020 | ¥543.79 yen today |
| ¥1,000 yen in 2020 | ¥1,087.57 yen today |
| ¥5,000 yen in 2020 | ¥5,437.87 yen today |
| ¥10,000 yen in 2020 | ¥10,875.75 yen today |
| ¥50,000 yen in 2020 | ¥54,378.74 yen today |
| ¥100,000 yen in 2020 | ¥108,757.48 yen today |
| ¥500,000 yen in 2020 | ¥543,787.39 yen today |
| ¥1,000,000 yen in 2020 | ¥1,087,574.77 yen today |
How to calculate inflation rate for ¥100 since 2020
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2020 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2020
×
2020 JPY value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Japanese CPI was 101.7986 in the year 2020 and 110.71358916166263 in 2024:
110.71358916166263101.7986
×
¥100
=
¥108.76
¥100 in 2020 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as ¥108.76 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 4 years between 2020 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2020CPI in 2020
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (4 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
110.71358916166263 - 101.7986101.7986
×
100
=
9%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “¥100 in 2020 → 2024 | Japan Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 23 Apr. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/japan/inflation/2020?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 | 8.76% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.12% |
| Converted amount ¥100 base | ¥108.76 |
| Price difference ¥100 base | ¥8.76 |
| CPI in 2020 | 101.799 |
| CPI in 2024 | 110.714 |
| Inflation in 2020 | -0.02% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 2.88% |
| ¥100 in 2020 | ¥108.76 in 2024 |
