The reading right now

As of January 2022, Consumption expenditure for Japan stood at 55.5%. That is up 2 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 54.5%, ranging from a low of 53.5% in January 2021 to a high of 55.5% in January 2022. The current reading sits 0.17 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 55.3%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.