Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications monitors the price of chicken egg monthly.
The data below show the changes in the price indexes of eggs between 1970 and 2014, if the price in 2010 is taken as 100. Relatively egg prices are stable, but the price is gradually rising for past 30 years.
| Year | Index (2010 = 100) | Price of 10 eggs (yen) |
| 1970 | 70 | 152 |
| 1971 | 70.3 | 153 |
| 1972 | 73 | 158 |
| 1973 | 81.2 | 176 |
| 1974 | 103.1 | 224 |
| 1975 | 111.2 | 241 |
| 1976 | 102.9 | 223 |
| 1977 | 111 | 241 |
| 1978 | 95.7 | 208 |
| 1979 | 94.8 | 206 |
| 1980 | 114.9 | 249 |
| 1981 | 125 | 271 |
| 1982 | 107.5 | 233 |
| 1983 | 98.5 | 214 |
| 1984 | 102.4 | 222 |
| 1985 | 105.5 | 229 |
| 1986 | 109.9 | 238 |
| 1987 | 77.6 | 168 |
| 1988 | 75.4 | 164 |
| 1989 | 84.2 | 183 |
| 1990 | 96.4 | 209 |
| 1991 | 108.3 | 235 |
| 1992 | 82.1 | 178 |
| 1993 | 80.6 | 175 |
| 1994 | 81.5 | 177 |
| 1995 | 85.2 | 185 |
| 1996 | 91.3 | 198 |
| 1997 | 94.3 | 205 |
| 1998 | 87 | 189 |
| 1999 | 93.2 | 202 |
| 2000 | 93.8 | 204 |
| 2001 | 90 | 195 |
| 2002 | 91.4 | 198 |
| 2003 | 87.2 | 189 |
| 2004 | 90.7 | 197 |
| 2005 | 103.4 | 224 |
| 2006 | 95.8 | 208 |
| 2007 | 96 | 208 |
| 2008 | 102.2 | 222 |
| 2009 | 98.9 | 215 |
| 2010 | 100 | 217 |
| 2011 | 103.9 | 225 |
| 2012 | 99 | 215 |
| 2013 | 102.2 | 222 |
| 2014 | 111.5 | 242 |
The next graph shows the changes in 10 eggs' 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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