Japan Food Prices and Economic Indicators from FAO

Food Prices for Japan, sourced from the FAOSTAT bulk data service. The dataset covers categories including Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices. It was last updated on 2026-03-16 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Use Cases

• Modeling consumer price inflation based on Consumer Price Indices data.
• Analyzing producer price trends for agricultural goods based on Producer Prices data.
• Studying currency exchange rate impacts on food markets based on Exchange rates data.
• Calculating real price changes using Deflators data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative FAOSTAT service of the United Nations.
• Covers multiple economic indicator categories: Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open use with attribution.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Collection Method

Aggregated from the FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 11:57:12.228975; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan