Changes in the Prices of Lettuce in Japan, 1970-2014
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications monitors the price of lettuce monthly.
The data below show the changes in the price indexes of lettuce between 1970 and 2014, if the price in 2010 is taken as 100.
| Year | Index (2010 = 100) | Price of 1kg lettuce (yen) |
| 1970 | 42.6 | 225 |
| 1971 | 36.1 | 190 |
| 1972 | 39.9 | 210 |
| 1973 | 45.3 | 239 |
| 1974 | 58.6 | 309 |
| 1975 | 51.8 | 273 |
| 1976 | 71.3 | 376 |
| 1977 | 67.3 | 355 |
| 1978 | 64.3 | 339 |
| 1979 | 66.8 | 352 |
| 1980 | 92.8 | 489 |
| 1981 | 93.9 | 495 |
| 1982 | 74 | 390 |
| 1983 | 85.4 | 450 |
| 1984 | 77.9 | 411 |
| 1985 | 90.2 | 475 |
| 1986 | 79.3 | 418 |
| 1987 | 77.5 | 408 |
| 1988 | 100.2 | 528 |
| 1989 | 80.8 | 426 |
| 1990 | 106.1 | 559 |
| 1991 | 123.5 | 651 |
| 1992 | 78.6 | 414 |
| 1993 | 114.6 | 604 |
| 1994 | 103.3 | 544 |
| 1995 | 91.8 | 484 |
| 1996 | 91.4 | 482 |
| 1997 | 92 | 485 |
| 1998 | 131 | 690 |
| 1999 | 88.5 | 466 |
| 2000 | 91.6 | 483 |
| 2001 | 94.1 | 496 |
| 2002 | 83.6 | 441 |
| 2003 | 90.4 | 476 |
| 2004 | 105.3 | 555 |
| 2005 | 81.2 | 428 |
| 2006 | 86 | 453 |
| 2007 | 91.2 | 481 |
| 2008 | 85 | 448 |
| 2009 | 85.1 | 448 |
| 2010 | 100 | 527 |
| 2011 | 91.4 | 482 |
| 2012 | 95.5 | 503 |
| 2013 | 100.6 | 530 |
| 2014 | 96.1 | 685 |
The next graph shows the changes in 1 kg lettuce price from 1970 to 2014.
Source is Statistics Bureau. 消費者物価指数 (CPI) 結果
www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/historic.htm
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Csvdl.do?sinfid=000011288549
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