Work & Labour in Japan 80 indicators covering work & labour for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 82.3% 2025 up 7.9% 14th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.2% 2025 up 19.2% 48th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 77.0% 2025 up 15.0% 21st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.9% 2025 up 16.8% 71st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 52.4% 2025 up 21.7% 34th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 87.5% 2025 up 2.5% 13th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.9% 2025 up 13.1% 76th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.2% 2025 up 11.1% 102nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.5% 2025 up 1.8% 81st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.4% 2025 up 6.6% 80th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 10.3% 2025 down 14.1% 172nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.9% 2025 down 28.8% 168th Employment in services (% of total employment) 74.0% 2025 up 3.7% 41st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 65.3% 2025 up 3.5% 40th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 84.3% 2025 up 2.6% 60th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.2% 2025 down 6.7% 54th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 31.4% 2025 down 3.9% 45th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 13.4% 2025 down 7.5% 61st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 1.7% 2025 down 33.3% 110th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.6% 2025 down 28.8% 129th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 3.0% 2025 down 37.4% 103rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 90.9% 2025 up 2.0% 16th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 89.7% 2025 up 1.9% 15th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.1% 2025 down 29.6% 164th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 7.5% 2025 down 19.3% 169th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 9.1% 2025 down 16.7% 171st Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.6% 2025 down 23.5% 151st Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.3% 2025 down 20.9% 143rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 down 23.3% 165th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.7% 2025 down 27.5% 171st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 92.5% 2025 up 2.0% 18th GDP per person employed 87,888 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 1.2% 44th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 26.1% 159th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 25.1% 141st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.3% 2025 down 25.6% 160th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.7% 2025 up 2.0% 87th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.4% 2025 up 14.0% 90th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.8% 2025 up 7.2% 88th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 52.8% 2025 up 22.5% 31st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% 2025 up 17.7% 68th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.7% 2025 up 11.8% 102nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.5% 2025 up 20.0% 45th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 3.8% 2025 down 30.5% 148th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.0% 2025 down 31.6% 137th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.7% 2025 down 27.0% 147th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 3.1% 2025 down 16.6% 186th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 2.6% 2025 up 0.5% 184th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 3.5% 2025 down 26.4% 186th Productivity: output per hour worked 49 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 3.7% 32nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 7.5% 2025 down 15.1% 165th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 50.5% 2025 up 23.5% 25th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 47.9% 2025 up 18.9% 51st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 49.2% 2025 up 21.2% 34th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 8.0% 2025 down 11.8% 168th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.6% 2025 up 14.1% 60th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.6% 2025 up 2.9% 62nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.9% 2025 up 7.7% 58th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 6.9% 2025 down 19.0% 158th Unemployment with intermediate education 3.2% 2020 down 45.7% 108th Unemployment with advanced education 2.5% 2020 down 38.1% 102nd Page 1 of 2 Next →