Labor Market Statistics in Japan

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All Labor Market datasets for Japan (213)

Dataset
Labor Statistics (LS)
IMF
+0.7%
Annual employment and population (for 'Developer API')
OECD
−0.5%
Annual employment by economic activity, domestic concept
OECD
−4.4%
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept
OECD
−0.1%
Annual population and employment, national concept
OECD
−0.5%
Annual employment by detailed economic activity, domestic concept
OECD
0%
Quarterly compensation of employees by economic activity
OECD
+27.6%
Quarterly population and employment, national concept
OECD
−0.5%
Employed population by economic activity
OECD
−3.4%
Employed population by age groups
OECD
+1.3%
Employment rate
OECD
+1.4%
Labour force population
OECD
+1.1%
Labour force participation rate
OECD
+1.3%
Population outside the labour force
OECD
−1.6%
Monthly unemployment levels
OECD
−0.9%
Monthly unemployment rates
OECD
−2.7%
Unemployed population
OECD
−0.9%
Working-age population
OECD
−0.2%
Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies
OECD
+14.7%
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic concept
OECD
0%
Labour Market Programmes
OECD
−4.5%
Hourly earnings
OECD
+4.4%
Employment by activites and status (ALFS)
OECD
−3.4%
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)
OECD
+1.7%
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93)
OECD
+1.7%
Employment by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)
OECD
−3.4%
Unemployment rate (%) - monthly data
Eurostat
0%
Unemployment (1 000) - monthly data
Eurostat
+1.5%
Unemployment by sex
Eurostat
+4.1%
Unemployment rate by sex
Eurostat
0%
Unemployment rate by sex - age group 15-24
Eurostat
−2.3%
Wage gap by age
OECD
+2.9%
Average annual wages
OECD
−0.5%
Decile ratios of gross earnings
OECD
−0.7%
Gender wage gap
OECD
−1.4%
Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers
OECD
−0.7%
Incidence of low and high pay
OECD
0%
Real minimum wages at constant prices
OECD
+2.3%
Employment and population - international data cooperation annual data
Eurostat
−0.5%
Employment and population - international data cooperation quarterly data
Eurostat
−0.2%
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the overall median, by age group, gender and educational attainment level
OECD
–
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainment, by age group, gender and educational attainment level
OECD
0%
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level
OECD
+1.4%
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainment, by age group, gender and educational attainment level
OECD
−4.1%
Share of unemployed adults among all adults, by educational attainment level, age group and gender
OECD
−10.3%
Employment and activity by sex and age (1989-2020) - quarterly data
Eurostat
−2%
Average annual hours actually worked per worker
OECD
−1.3%
Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job
OECD
−0.7%
Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked
OECD
+0.7%
Incidence of employment by usual weekly hours worked
OECD
+6.2%
Long usual weekly working hours
OECD
+2.3%
Usual hours worked by weekly hour bands
OECD
+3.4%
Full-time and part-time employment
OECD
−0.1%
Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition
OECD
+1.2%
Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition
OECD
−0.1%
Gender share of part-time employment
OECD
−0.4%
Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition
OECD
+0.7%
Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national definitions
OECD
−1.2%
Long-term care resources and utilisation - workers
OECD
+2.3%
Strictness of employment protection
OECD
0%
Public employment and representation - government at a glance indicators, 2025 edition
OECD
+0.5%
Labour indicators rates - Regions
OECD
+1.8%
Temporary employees - Regions
OECD
–
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology
OECD
−0.4%
Employment by job tenure intervals - persons
OECD
0%
Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency
OECD
0%
Employment by permanency of the job
OECD
+4.5%
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence
OECD
+1.2%
Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job
OECD
+1.6%
Annual net earnings
Eurostat
−9.2%
Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children earning an average wage
Eurostat
+4%
Employment and activity by sex and age (1992-2020) - annual data
Eurostat
−0.3%
Public employment and representation - government at a glance indicators, yearly updates
OECD
0%
Unemployment by duration
OECD
0%
Incidence of unemployment by duration
OECD
+9.9%
Involuntary part time employment
OECD
0%
Incidence of involuntary part time employment
OECD
−6.8%
Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels
OECD
0%
Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - composition
OECD
0%
Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - indicators
OECD
0%
Public employment and representation - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 edition
OECD
+3.7%
Main indicators, government at a glance indicators, yearly updates
OECD
0%
Tax rate on low wage earners - Low wage trap
Eurostat
+4.2%
Tax rate
Eurostat
+2.4%
Tax rate on low wage earners: Tax wedge on labour costs
Eurostat
+1%
Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap
Eurostat
−3.1%
Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap
Eurostat
−3.1%
Annual labour force survey, summary tables
OECD
−3.4%
Labor Statistics (LS) 2026 April
IMF
+0.7%
Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex
Eurostat
0%
Labour indicators by access to city typology
OECD
−0.5%
Labor Statistics (LS) 2026 February
IMF
+0.7%
Labor Statistics (LS) 2026 January
IMF
+0.5%
Labour market - FUAs
OECD
+1%
Effective tax rates on taking up work when claiming minimum income benefits
OECD
0%
Hours of work needed to escape poverty
OECD
0%
Adequacy of minimum income benefits
OECD
0%
Unemployment rate,Percent,,,
Global Economic Monitor
−3.8%
Women, Business and the Law: Assets Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Entrepreneurship Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Mobility Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Marriage Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Pension Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Parenthood Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Pay Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Women, Business and the Law: Workplace Indicator Score (scale 1-100)
Gender Statistics
0%
Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment)
Gender Statistics
+16.5%
Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment)
Gender Statistics
+51.7%
Labor force, female
Gender Statistics
+0.7%
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate)
Gender Statistics
+7.1%
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
Gender Statistics
+5.9%
Received wages (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
+7.3%
Received wages, women (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
+4%
Received private sector wages (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
+7.4%
Received private sector wages, women (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
+3.8%
Received private sector wages, men (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
+9.2%
Received private sector wages: in cash only (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
−24.8%
Physicians
OECD
+1.9%
Physicians by categories
OECD
+12.4%
Physicians by age and sex
OECD
−0.5%
Healthcare human resources
OECD
+1.1%
Health and social employment
OECD
+0.8%
Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100)
World Development Indicators
0%
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−5%
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−1.8%
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−3.1%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.4%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.3%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+2.3%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+2%
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−1.6%
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−8.6%
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−18.2%
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−14.9%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.3%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.8%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.7%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.5%
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−9.4%
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−21.9%
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−17.2%
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+2.7%
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.9%
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−6.1%
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−4%
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.7%
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
0%
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−0.3%
Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−0.1%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.8%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.2%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+2.3%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.7%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.8%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.9%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.5%
Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education)
World Development Indicators
−0.5%
Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education)
World Development Indicators
−0.6%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+1.5%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.8%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.1%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.6%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.5%
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
−0.5%
Labor force with intermediate education, male (% of male working-age population with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
−0.2%
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age population with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
−0.3%
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
World Development Indicators
+0.4%
Labor force, total
World Development Indicators
+0.3%
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
−2.6%
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−1.7%
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
−9.1%
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−7.1%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
−2.4%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−4.6%
Unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education)
World Development Indicators
+17.2%
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)
World Development Indicators
+21.7%
Unemployment with intermediate education, female (% of female labor force with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
+3.5%
Unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
+17.3%
Unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education)
World Development Indicators
+11.8%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of female youth population)
World Development Indicators
+5.6%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population)
World Development Indicators
+21.9%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)
World Development Indicators
+5.7%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
+4.3%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−0.4%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
−3.6%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−2.1%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
World Development Indicators
−3.8%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
−1.4%
Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Development Indicators
+0.6%
Collective bargaining coverage
OECD
−1.3%
Trade union density
OECD
−1.2%
Population and Employment: Employment Indicators: Agriculture and agrifood systems
FAO
−4%
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Jobs
−4.2%
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Jobs
−4.5%
Own-account workers, total (% of total employment)
Jobs
−4.6%
Central administration employment by age, gender, education and position - government at a glance indicators, 2025 edition
OECD
–
Strictness of activation requirements for benefit recipients
OECD
0%
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by occupation
OECD
+1.2%
Historical gross replacement rates of unemployment benefits
OECD
0%
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of the economy
OECD
−3.1%
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 36 - Employment by business activity and skill level
OECD
–
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 35 - Employment by occupation
OECD
–
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 07 - Labour force characteristics
OECD
–

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