Work & Labour in Japan 374 indicators covering work & labour for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -15.4 Percentage points 2024 up 23.4% 36th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -15.4 Percentage points 2024 up 23.4% 36th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 234.6 2023 up 6.6% 59th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1.32 2023 down 34.0% 62nd Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate -15.9 Percentage points 2024 up 25.0% 36th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force -15.9 Percentage points 2024 up 25.0% 36th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate -0.3 Percentage points 2024 unchanged 27th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term -0.3 Percentage points 2024 unchanged 27th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 33.12 million Persons 2025 down 3.3% 2nd Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 102,750 Hours 2024 up 2.5% 3rd Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 2.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 14.4% 39th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 4,230 Persons 2024 up 4.8% 6th Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 13,790 2023 up 20.1% 4th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.48 Factor of decile 1 2025 down 6.5% 27th Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 67,141 2023 up 7.3% 7th Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 13.33 million National currency 2024 up 173.3% 1st Employees 60,461 2023 up 9.8% 5th Public sector employees 5,263 2023 up 7.5% 7th Hospital employment 10.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1986 up 20.1% 26th Gender wage gap 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2025 down 26.1% 8th Annual working hours per person employed 1,713 Hours 2016 down 4.0% 22nd Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7,380 2023 up 34.8% 3rd Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 72.7% 2012 up 8.2% 9th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 99.2% 2024 up 1.1% 9th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 96.9% 2024 up 2.6% 14th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 2.5 2025 down 26.1% 69th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2.5 2025 down 26.1% 69th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 15.13 2025 down 7.0% 20th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 1,790 Thousand persons 2026 down 6.8% 7th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,760 2025 down 20.5% 5th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 62.23 2025 up 8.2% 15th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 68,280 2025 up 8.0% 4th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 39,620 2025 down 11.0% 4th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 63.8 2025 up 7.2% 22nd Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 70,040 2025 up 7.1% 4th Number of labour inspection visits 171,679 2023 down 3.6% 5th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -2.97 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 down 265.3% 12th Number of labour inspectors 3,122 2024 up 8.1% 2nd Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 66,430 Persons 2025 up 7.0% 3rd Trade union density rate 16.8 2019 down 9.0% 47th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 3.14 2019 down 16.0% 66th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 37.96 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2022 down 8.4% 15th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 380 2019 down 15.6% 17th Labour inspection visits per inspector 55.2 2023 down 10.8% 41st Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 25.6% 23rd [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 24.9% 2020 up 27.0% 48th SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 2 2025 down 33.3% 42nd Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 2 score 2025 down 33.3% 42nd Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.46 2024 unchanged 43rd Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,280 2020 down 22.4% 3rd Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3.44 2020 down 26.3% 27th Temporary employees - Regions — Fixed-term employment contracts 23.7 Percentage of employment in the same subgroup 2025 up 70.5% 3rd Capital intensity vs. labor productivity 161 2015 up 7.3% 16th Public employment 65,989 2006 down 1.9% 2nd Long-term care resources and utilisation - workers — Formal long-term 6.9 Per 100 inhabitants aged 65 years or over 2024 up 16.9% 7th Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 1.32 2023 down 34.0% 61st Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 8 2024 up 14.3% 84th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.01 2024 unchanged 90th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 234.6 2023 up 6.6% 58th Fatal occupational injury rates 1.32 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 34.0% 59th ← Previous Page 6 of 7 Next →