Real effective exchange rate index in Japan
Japan: Real effective exchange rate index was 55.98 2010 = 100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real effective exchange rate index in Japan, 1980–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in 2010 = 100.
Analysis
In 2025, real effective exchange rate index in Japan stood at 55.98 2010 = 100.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real effective exchange rate index in Japan peaked at 134.83 2010 = 100 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 54.92 2010 = 100, in 2024.
Japan ranks 95th of 95 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 90.9 2010 = 100 | 71.53 2010 = 100 | 118.43 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 1990s | 114.43 2010 = 100 | 97.18 2010 = 100 | 134.83 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2000s | 100.91 2010 = 100 | 82.37 2010 = 100 | 124.78 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.93 2010 = 100 | 69.28 2010 = 100 | 101.24 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.9 2010 = 100 | 54.92 2010 = 100 | 77.09 2010 = 100 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Japan
- Net migration 140,579 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 14.01 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 1,825.99 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 115.9% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 70.71 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 117.4% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 116.3% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 187.4% (2025)
- Broad money 246.8% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 149.66 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real effective exchange rate index in Japan?
- Real effective exchange rate index in Japan was 55.98 2010 = 100 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 134.83 2010 = 100 in 1995.
- What is the lowest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.92 2010 = 100 in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for real effective exchange rate index?
- Japan ranks 95th out of 95 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real effective exchange rate index rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. This indicator is an index series where 2010=100.