Nikkei 225: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: +34.6% · 5th of 61 years
Nikkei 225 is up 34.6% in 2026 as of Oct 14: 5th of 61 years at this point since 1966. In the median year it was up 4.9% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Nikkei 225: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 14) | +34.6% |
| 2025 | +26.2% |
| 2024 | +19.2% |
| 2023 | +28.2% |
| 2022 | −9.4% |
| 2021 | +4.9% |
| 2020 | +16.0% |
| 2019 | +18.2% |
| 2018 | −12.1% |
| 2017 | +19.1% |
| 2016 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | +9.1% |
| 2014 | +7.1% |
| 2013 | +56.7% |
| 2012 | +22.9% |
| 2011 | −17.3% |
| 2010 | −3.0% |
| 2009 | +19.0% |
| 2008 | −42.1% |
| 2007 | −11.1% |
| 2006 | +6.9% |
| 2005 | +40.2% |
| 2004 | +7.6% |
| 2003 | +24.4% |
| 2002 | −18.6% |
| 2001 | −23.5% |
| 2000 | −27.2% |
| 1999 | +36.8% |
| 1998 | −9.3% |
| 1997 | −21.2% |
| 1996 | −2.5% |
| 1995 | +0.7% |
| 1994 | +13.2% |
| 1993 | +2.9% |
| 1992 | −26.4% |
| 1991 | −3.6% |
| 1990 | −38.7% |
| 1989 | +29.0% |
| 1988 | +39.9% |
| 1987 | +14.6% |
| 1986 | +43.8% |
| 1985 | +13.3% |
| 1984 | +16.7% |
| 1983 | +23.4% |
| 1982 | +4.4% |
| 1981 | +8.8% |
| 1980 | +7.5% |
| 1979 | +9.5% |
| 1978 | +23.4% |
| 1977 | −2.6% |
| 1976 | +14.9% |
| 1975 | +13.2% |
| 1974 | −10.9% |
| 1973 | −17.3% |
| 1972 | +91.9% |
| 1971 | +36.6% |
| 1970 | −15.4% |
| 1969 | +38.2% |
| 1968 | +32.4% |
| 1967 | −11.6% |
| 1966 | +2.4% |
| 1965 (since Jan 5) | +12.7% |