Changes in the Prices of Spinach in Japan, 1970-2014
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications monitors the price of spinach monthly.
The data below show the changes in the price indexes of spinach between 1970 and 2014, if the price in 2010 is taken as 100. The price became almost 7 times of the price in 1970.
| Year | Index (2010 = 100) | Price of 1kg spinach (yen) |
| 1970 | 15.5 | 132 |
| 1971 | 15.2 | 130 |
| 1972 | 14.6 | 125 |
| 1973 | 21.2 | 181 |
| 1974 | 29.5 | 252 |
| 1975 | 30.4 | 259 |
| 1976 | 36.6 | 312 |
| 1977 | 33.8 | 288 |
| 1978 | 34.2 | 292 |
| 1979 | 40.7 | 347 |
| 1980 | 50.1 | 427 |
| 1981 | 54.2 | 462 |
| 1982 | 40.9 | 349 |
| 1983 | 50.9 | 434 |
| 1984 | 53.5 | 456 |
| 1985 | 54 | 461 |
| 1986 | 47.9 | 409 |
| 1987 | 47.3 | 403 |
| 1988 | 62.8 | 536 |
| 1989 | 54.6 | 466 |
| 1990 | 73.1 | 624 |
| 1991 | 89.1 | 760 |
| 1992 | 68.8 | 587 |
| 1993 | 71.8 | 612 |
| 1994 | 78.8 | 672 |
| 1995 | 70.7 | 603 |
| 1996 | 75 | 640 |
| 1997 | 71.9 | 613 |
| 1998 | 104 | 887 |
| 1999 | 75.3 | 642 |
| 2000 | 73.4 | 626 |
| 2001 | 78.6 | 670 |
| 2002 | 73.1 | 624 |
| 2003 | 75.8 | 647 |
| 2004 | 95.9 | 818 |
| 2005 | 81.6 | 696 |
| 2006 | 81.1 | 692 |
| 2007 | 82.8 | 706 |
| 2008 | 83.7 | 714 |
| 2009 | 84 | 717 |
| 2010 | 100 | 853 |
| 2011 | 94.8 | 809 |
| 2012 | 104.1 | 888 |
| 2013 | 106.7 | 910 |
| 2014 | 104.6 | 892 |
The next graph shows the changes in 1 kg spinach 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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