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Japan Construction Cost Deflator

Deflators converting nominal construction costs into real terms, by type of construction: residential and non-residential building by structure, building repair, and civil engineering by public works category (flood control, roads, sewerage, ports, airports) and private civil engineering (railways, electric power, telecommunications).

Source: 国土交通省「建設工事費デフレーター」Last updated: Sep 24, 2026, 15:16Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator06-202605-202604-202603-202602-202601-202612-202511-202510-202509-202508-202507-202506-202505-202504-202503-202502-202501-202512-202411-202410-202409-202408-202407-202406-202405-202404-202403-202402-202401-202412-202311-202310-202309-202308-202307-202306-2023
Construction total3125.9126.4125.7124.5122.5122.5122.6121.5121121.1120.7124.7121.1120.1120.1118.5119.8118.8119.9119.7118.3118.2118.3119.1118.1118.9116.8116114.4114.4113.5114.1114.5113.4113.6112.5112.8
Building construction total2126126.4125.7124.6122.8122.7122.9121.9121.3121.4121.1124.9121.4120.5120.5118.7119.9119120.1119.9118.5118.4118.6119.3118.3119.2117.2116.4114.9114.9114114.5114.9113.8114113.1113.4
Residential total2126.9127.1126.3125.2123.2123.3123.5122.4121.9121.9121.5125.1121.6120.8120.8119120.2119.2120.3120118.8118.9119119.7118.7119.6117.6116.9115.5115.6114.6115.1115.5114.5114.6113.8114.2
Wooden residential126.7126.7125.9124.8123123.1123.2122.2121.6121.7121.2124.8121.2120.4120.4118.4119.7118.7119.7119.4118.3118.5118.6119.4118.3119.3117.3116.7115.3115.4114.4115115.4114.2114.4113.6114.2
Non-wooden residential4127.3127.6126.8125.6123.6123.6123.8122.8122.2122.3121.9125.5122.2121.3121.4119.8120.9120121.1120.8119.6119.4119.6120.3119.3120.1118.1117.3115.8115.7114.9115.3115.7114.8115114114.3
Steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) residential127127.5126.7125.5123.5123.5123.3122.2121.5121.7121.3125.4121.9120.9120.8119.2120.3119.5120.4120.2118.9118.6118.8119.8118.8119.7117.5116.3114.6114.5113.5114114.5113.5113.9112.8112.9
Reinforced concrete (RC) residential126.4126.8126.2125122.8122.9123121.9121.3121.4120.9124.9121.2120.3120.3118.7119.9119120.1119.8118.4118.4118.6119.4118.3119.2117.1116.2114.6114.6113.6114.1114.6113.5113.8112.7113
Steel-frame (S) residential128.8128.9127.8126.5124.9124.6125124.2123.7123.7123.3126.4123.6123123.1121.5122.3121.5122.6122.4121.3121121.1121.7120.8121.5119.8119117.6117.6116.8117.3117.6116.9116.8116116.3
Concrete block and other residential127.3127.2127.2126.3124.5124.2124.7123.5123122.9121.8124.7122.1121.3121.9120.5120.2119.5120.2120118.8118.7119119.7118.8119.2118116.7114.1114113.1113.3113.3112.3112.4111.6111.8
Non-residential total2124.9125.6124.9124122.2122.1122.3121.2120.7120.8120.6124.6121.2120.1120118.4119.6118.7119.8119.7118.2117.9118118.8117.8118.6116.7115.7114.1114.1113.2113.8114.2113.1113.3112.2112.3
Wooden non-residential125.3125.7125.1124122.2122.2122.4121.3120.7120.7120.2123.7120.2119.5119.5117.4118.6117.7118.8118.6117.4117.4117.5118.2117.2118.3116.3115.6114.2114.3113.3113.9114.3113.1113.2112.3112.8
Non-wooden non-residential4124.9125.6124.9124122.2122.1122.3121.2120.7120.8120.6124.7121.3120.2120.1118.5119.7118.8119.9119.7118.3117.9118.1118.8117.8118.6116.7115.8114.1114.1113.2113.7114.1113.1113.3112.2112.3
Steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) non-residential124.5125.3124.6123.6121.8121.7121.9120.8120.2120.4120.1124.3120.7119.7119.6117.9119.2118.3119.5119.3117.8117.5117.6118.4117.3118.3116.2115.3113.7113.7112.8113.3113.8112.7112.9111.7111.9
Reinforced concrete (RC) non-residential125125.6125123.9122122122.2121.1120.5120.6120.2124.1120.5119.6119.6117.9119.2118.2119.4119.2117.8117.7117.8118.5117.5118.4116.4115.5114114113113.6114.1112.9113.1112.1112.4
Steel-frame (S) non-residential124.9125.7124.9124122.3122.1122.3121.3120.8121120.8125121.6120.4120.3118.7119.9119120.1120118.5118118.2119118118.8116.9115.9114.3114.2113.4113.9114.2113.2113.4112.3112.3
Concrete block and other non-residential123.8124.4124.1123.2121.3121.3121.3120.2119.5119.5118.9122.6119.3118.4118.5117117.8117118117.8116.6116.2116.3117.2116.2117115.1114112.1112.1111.3111.7112110.9111.1110110.2
Building repair127.2127.6126.9125.7123.6123.5123.6122.6122.1122.2121.9125.9122.3121.4121.3119.8121.1120.1121.2121119.6119.3119.4120.1119.1119.8117.7117115.6115.6114.8115.3115.8114.7114.9113.8113.9
Civil engineering total2125.1125.9125.3123.9121.7121.8121.8120.6120.1120.2119.8124120.2119.1119.2117.8119.1118.1119.1118.9117.4117.4117.5118.5117.4118.3116115.1113.4113.3112.5113113.4112.3112.7111.4111.6
Public works3125.1125.8125.3123.7121.4121.5121.7120.7120.2120.4119.9123.8120.2119.3119.5118119.1118.1119118.7117.3117.3117.5118.3117.3118116115.1113.3113.3112.5112.9113.2112.1112.5111.2111.4
Civil engineering 1 (including disaster recovery)125.3125.9125.4123.8121.5121.6121.8120.8120.3120.5120123.9120.2119.4119.6118.1119.1118.1119118.7117.3117.4117.6118.3117.3118.1116115.1113.3113.2112.5112.9113.2112.1112.5111.2111.4
Civil engineering 1 (excluding disaster recovery)8125.3125.9125.4123.7121.5121.6121.7120.7120.3120.5119.9123.9120.2119.4119.5118.1119.2118.2119.1118.8117.4117.4117.6118.4117.3118.1116115.2113.4113.3112.5112.9113.2112.2112.5111.3111.4
Flood control total3124.8125.4125.2124.2122122122.1121.1120.6120.7120.1123.9120.3119.2119.5117.9118.9118118.8118.5117.1117.1117.2118116.9117.7115.8114.7112.8112.7111.9112.2112.5111.5111.9110.7110.8
Rivers123.6124.2124.1123120.6120.6120.8119.9119.5119.7119.1123119.2118.4118.7117.1118.2117.2118.1117.8116.4116.4116.5117.3116.2117115.1114.1112.3112.2111.3111.7112111111.4110.1110.3
Integrated river development (including water resources)130.4130.7130128.9127.3127.2126.3125124.2123.9123.4126.7123.9122.6122.7121.4121.9121.1121.7121.7120.5119.9120.1121.3120.5121119.1117.3115.4115.2114.5114.8114.8114.1114.5113.4113.2
Erosion control125.4126126.2125.4123.4123.4123.7122.5121.9122.1121.3125.1121.5120.1120.1118.5119.4118.5119.4119117.5117.5117.6118.3117.2117.9116.2115.2113.1113112.1112.5112.8111.7112110.9110.9
Coasts124.9125.5125.2124.3122.6122.5122.7121.9121.4121.6121.2124.6121.6120.2120118.7119.6118.8119.5119.3118117.7117.7118.4117.2117.6116.2115113.4113.3112.6113113.2112.2112.4111.4111.2
Roads total2125.6126.2125.6123.8121.5121.6121.8120.8120.4120.6120.1124.1120.5119.6119.8118.4119.5118.5119.4119.1117.7117.7118118.7117.8118.5116.4115.6113.7113.7112.9113.3113.6112.6113111.7111.8
General roads2125.2125.8125.3123.5121.2121.2121.5120.5120120.2119.6123.6119.9119.1119.4117.9118.9117.9118.8118.5117.1117.2117.4118.2117.2118115.9115113.1113112.3112.6112.9111.9112.2110.9111.1
Roads 14125.2125.8125.3123.5121.1121.2121.4120.4120120.2119.6123.5119.8119119.3117.9118.9117.8118.8118.4117117.1117.4118.2117.2118115.8115113112.9112.2112.6112.9111.8112.2110.9111.1
Road improvement125.7126.3126124.4121.9121.9122.2121.3120.9121.1120.5124.2120.6119.8120.2118.6119.6118.6119.4119.1117.7117.8118118.7117.6118.4116.4115.6113.8113.7112.9113.2113.5112.5112.9111.6111.7
Road paving127.8128.2127.1124.1122.3122.6122.8121.9121.5121.3120.7123.7120.6120.1120.2118.3119118.1118.8118.4117.3117.6118118.5117.8118.3116.2115.3113.8113.7113.3113.7113.9112.9113111.8112.1
Road bridges126.8127.4126.8125.5123.3123.2123.5122.6122.3122.6122.2126.2123121.9122.1121121.9121121.9121.7120.3120.2120.4121.2120.3120.9119.2118.2116.4116.3115.6115.9116.1115.3115.8114.5114.4
Road repair124124.7124121.8119.5119.7119.9118.6118.1118.3117.7122118.1117.3117.6116.1117.2116.2117.2116.9115.4115.5115.9116.8115.8116.7114.2113.3111.2111.1110.4110.9111.2110.1110.4109.2109.5
Streets 14125.2126125.3123.9121.9121.9122121120.5120.7120.4124.2120.8119.8119.7118.4119.4118.4119.2119117.7117.5117.7118.5117.5118.1116.1115.4113.7113.5112.9113.3113.5112.2112.4111.2111.3
Street improvement125.4126.2125.5124.3122.3122.2122.4121.4120.9121.1120.8124.8121.3120.3120.2118.8119.8118.8119.6119.4118117.8118118.8117.8118.4116.5115.7113.9113.7113.1113.5113.7112.4112.6111.4111.4
Street paving124.9125.5123.7119.8117.7118.1118.2117.3116.9117116.4119.8116.5116.1116.3115.2116.3115.1115.9115.5114.3114.7115.3115.9115.1115.6112.9112.1110.5110.5110.2110.7110.9109.7109.7108.6109.1
Street bridges126.1126.9126.3125.5123.9123.6124123.2122.9123.3123.4127.7124.9123.4123.2122.1123122.2123.1123.1121.6121.1121.3122.1121.1121.6120.2119.2117.3117.1116.7117.1117.1116.3116.7115.6115.3
Land readjustment124.5125.2124.4122.7120.5120.7120.7119.7119.1119.2118.8122.4118.9118.2118.2116.8118117117.8117.6116.3116.4116.5117.3116.2117114.8114.2112.8112.6112112.3112.6111.3111.5110.3110.5
Toll roads4127.3127.9127125.1122.9123123.3122.4122122.4122.2126.2122.9121.8121.7120.6121.9120.9121.9121.6120.2120.2120.4121.1120.2120.8118.9118.2116.6116.5115.9116.4116.6115.8116.2115114.9
Expressway companies127.9128.5127.5125.5123.3123.4123.6122.8122.4122.8122.6126.6123.3122.2122.1121.1122.3121.3122.3122120.6120.6120.8121.5120.6121.2119.3118.6117117116.4116.8117116.2116.7115.5115.3
Metropolitan Expressway Company123.8124.7124123121.2121.1121.4120.4120120.2119.9124120.7119.5119.5117.8119.1118.2119.2119117.5117.1117.4118117117.8116115.2113.6113.6112.7113.3113.8112.5112.7111.6111.7
Hanshin Expressway Company122.2122.8122.1120.5118.6119119.2118.2117.9118.3118122118.7117.9118117118.8117.8119.3119.1118118.4118.5119.2118.2119116.9116.3115115114114.7115.2114114.3113.5114
Local road public corporations125.8126.6125.6123.6121.1121.3121.2120.1119.6119.7119.3123.7119.6118.7118.9117.5119117.8118.9118.6117.2117.2117.4118.4117.3118.3115.7114.9113.3113.3112.6113.1113.5112.4112.8111.4111.7
Roads 2 (memo item)125.7126.3125.7123.8121.5121.6121.8120.8120.4120.7120.1124.1120.5119.6119.9118.4119.5118.5119.4119.1117.7117.8118118.8117.8118.6116.5115.6113.7113.7112.9113.3113.6112.6113111.7111.9
Streets 2 (memo item)124.9125.6124.9123.6121.6121.6121.7120.8120.2120.5120.2124.1120.6119.7119.6118.2119.3118.3119.2119117.7117.5117.7118.5117.5118.1116.2115.4113.8113.6112.9113.4113.6112.4112.6111.4111.5
Parks123.4124123.2121.3119.2119.4119.5118.5118118.1117.7121.5117.9117.2117.3115.8117116117116.7115.4115.3115.5116.2115.2116113.8112.9111.4111.3110.6111.1111.5110.4110.6109.4109.7
Sewerage125.1125.8125123.4121.2121.5121.5120.4119.9120119.6123.4119.8119119117.4118.7117.7118.5118.2116.9116.8117117.8116.7117.4115.3114.5113.1113112.2112.6113111.7112110.9111.2
Disaster recovery125.2125.7125.9124.7122.3122.3122.7121.6121121.2120.3124120.3119.5120118.3118.9118118.8118.4116.9117.1117.3118.1117117.7115.9114.9112.5112.4111.4111.7111.9110.9111.3110110.2
Civil engineering 24124.3125.1124.7123.5121121.2121.3120.3119.8120119.5123.7119.8118.8118.9117.4118.8117.7118.8118.5117.1117.2117.3118.1116.9117.8115.7115113.4113.3112.4112.9113.3112.2112.6111.3111.6
Ports and fishing ports124.3124.9124.4123.3121.2121.3121.2120.3119.9120.1119.6123.1119.8118.8118.8117.4118.7117.8118.7118.4117.2117.2117.1117.8116.7117.4115.5114.8113.5113.4112.7113.1113.5112.4112.7111.6111.7
Airports118119.4118.9117.4114.7115.5115.7114.3113.7114.1113.6119.4114.1113113111.1113.6112.2114113.6111.9112.4112.6113.6112.1113.7110.5110.2108.5108.5107.5108.4109.3107.5107.9106.6107.4
Environmental sanitation124.5125.1124.6123.4121.1121.3121.3120.2119.7119.8119.4123.5119.8118.8119117.6119.1118.1119.2119117.8117.9118118.9117.8118.7116.5115.7114.2114.1113.2113.8114.2113.1113.5112.4112.7
Agriculture and forestry public works125.2126125.8124.5121.8121.9122.2121.1120.6121120.3124.8120.6119.6119.9118.2119.6118.4119.5119.2117.6117.8117.9118.7117.5118.5116.3115.6113.8113.7112.7113.1113.6112.5113111.6111.8
Other civil engineering6125.2126125.2124.3122.1122.3121.8120.5119.9119.9119.6124.3120.2118.9118.8117.4119.1118119.2119.1117.6117.4117.5118.8117.7118.7116.1115.2113.5113.4112.7113.2113.7112.5112.9111.7111.9
Railways and tramways129129.6128.6127.7125.4125.7124.5122.8122121.7121.2126121.7120.3120.2119.1120.9119.8121.1121119.6119.3119.5121.2120.1121.3118.1117115.3115.2114.3114.9115.5114.3114.7113.5113.8
Electric power128.4129.2128127.4125.1125.4124.1122.2121.2120.9120.5126121.4119.6119.4118.2120118.8120.1120.1118.5117.9118.1120.1119120.3116.8115.5113.6113.4112.6113.3113.8112.5113111.7111.8
Telecommunications123.7124.7123.9123.2120.9121.3120.6118.8118117.9117.5122.7118.1116.7116.6114.9116.7115.6117116.8115.2115115.1116.7115.5116.8113.7112.8111110.9110110.6111.3109.8110.2109109.5
Water supply and industrial water123124123.4122.5120.6120.7120.7119.7119.3119.5119.5124.1120.5119.2118.9117.4119118119.1119117.5117.2117.4118.2117.1118115.9115.2113.6113.5112.8113.4113.8112.6113111.9111.9
Land development123.3124.2123.9122.5119.7119.9120.1119.1118.6118.9118.3122.8118.3117.4117.6115.9117.5116.4117.4117115.6115.7115.7116.6115.3116.4114113.5111.9111.9110.9111.4111.9110.8111.3109.8110.1
Other122.9123.8123.1122119.9120120.1119.2118.7119118.8123.2119.4118.3118.2116.7118.3117.3118.4118.2116.8116.7116.8117.6116.5117.4115.2114.5113112.9112.2112.7113.2112112.4111.3111.5
Reference: by building type and structure15
Wooden conventional houses126.6126.7125.9124.8122.9123.1123.2122.2121.6121.6121.2124.8121.2120.4120.4118.4119.6118.7119.7119.4118.2118.4118.6119.3118.2119.3117.2116.6115.3115.4114.3114.9115.3114.2114.3113.6114.1
Wooden mass-produced houses128.3128126.7125.8124.1123.9124.2123.4122.9122.8122.3125.2122.3121.7121.6120120.7119.9120.9120.7119.9119.9120120.6119.6120.4118.8118.6117.5117.7117117.6117.8116.8116.6116.2116.8
RC conventional houses126.4126.8126.2125122.8122.9123121.9121.3121.4120.9124.9121.2120.3120.3118.7119.9119120.1119.8118.4118.4118.6119.4118.3119.2117.1116.2114.6114.6113.6114.1114.6113.5113.8112.7113
RC mass-produced houses126.7126.9126.1125.1122.8123123.1122.4121.8121.7121.1124.4121.1120.5120.5119.1120119.1120119.7118.6118.4118.4119.1118118.8116.9116.6115.2115.1114.5114.9115.3114.1114113.2113.4
Steel-frame conventional houses127127.3126.8125.7123.9123.6123.9122.8122.3122.4122125.8122.8121.7121.8120.2120.8120.1120.8120.7119.3119119.3120.1119.2119.8118.1116.8114.7114.6113.8114.2114.4113.5113.8112.7112.8
Steel-frame mass-produced houses129.5129.5128.2126.9125.3125125.4124.8124.2124.2123.8126.6123.9123.5123.6122122.9122.1123.3123.1122.1121.8121.9122.3121.4122.1120.5119.8118.8118.9118118.5118.9118.2118.1117.3117.7
Wooden factories and warehouses125.8126.3125.7124.6122.5122.6122.7121.7121.1121.2120.6124.2120.6119.7119.7117.8119.1118.1119.3119117.7117.9118118.6117.6118.6116.6116114.6114.7113.8114.3114.8113.6113.7112.8113.3
Wooden offices and other125.2125.6125.1123.9122.1122.2122.3121.2120.6120.6120.1123.7120.2119.5119.5117.4118.6117.7118.7118.5117.3117.3117.5118.2117.2118.2116.2115.5114.1114.2113.2113.8114.3113113.1112.3112.8
SRC factories and warehouses125.1125.9125124.1122.4122.2122.5121.5121.1121.3121.2125.5122.1120.9120.7119.2120.4119.5120.6120.5119118.5118.7119.5118.4119.2117.4116.5114.9114.7114114.6114.9113.8114.1112.9112.9
SRC offices and other124.3125.1124.5123.5121.6121.6121.7120.6120120.1119.8123.9120.3119.3119.2117.4118.8117.9119.1118.9117.5117.1117.3118.1117118115.9114.9113.3113.3112.3112.9113.4112.3112.5111.3111.6
RC factories and warehouses124.8125.6124.9124122122122.2121.2120.7121120.7125.1121.4120.2120118.5119.9118.9120.1119.9118.4118.1118.3119118118.8116.9116.1114.5114.5113.6114.2114.6113.5113.8112.7112.7
RC schools124.7125.4124.8123.7121.8121.8122120.8120.2120.3119.9123.8120.1119.2119.3117.5118.8117.9119.1118.8117.5117.4117.5118.3117.2118.2116.1115.2113.7113.7112.7113.2113.8112.6112.8111.7112.1
RC offices and other125.1125.7125.1124122.1122.1122.2121.1120.5120.6120.1123.9120.4119.5119.6117.8119.1118.2119.3119.1117.7117.6117.8118.4117.4118.4116.3115.4113.9113.9112.9113.5114112.9113112112.3
Steel-frame factories and warehouses124.8125.7124.8124122.2122122.2121.2120.7121120.9125.4122120.6120.4118.9120.3119.3120.4120.4118.8118.3118.5119.3118.3119117.2116.2114.6114.5113.8114.3114.7113.6113.9112.7112.6
Steel-frame offices and other125125.6125124.1122.3122.2122.4121.4120.8121120.7124.7121.4120.3120.3118.6119.7118.8119.9119.8118.3117.9118.1118.8117.8118.6116.8115.7114113.9113.1113.6113.9112.9113.1112112.1

Latest reading

Construction total stood at 125.9 in Jun 2026. That is −0.4% from May 2026 and +4.0% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2016 to Jun 2026.

Latest
125.9
Jun 2026
vs previous period
−0.4%
May 2026
vs a year earlier
+4.0%

About this data

Deflators converting nominal construction costs into real terms, by type of construction: residential and non-residential building by structure, building repair, and civil engineering by public works category (flood control, roads, sewerage, ports, airports) and private civil engineering (railways, electric power, telecommunications). Monthly from April 2016, FY2020 = 100, compiled from input cost indices (materials and labour). Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

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