Japan Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Japan increased to 60.90 percent in August from 60.70 percent in July of 2019. Employment Rate in Japan averaged 60.16 percent from 1972 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 65.40 percent in October of 1973 and a record low of 55.90 percent in January of 2012.

Employment Rate in Japan is expected to be 59.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in Japan to stand at 59.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Employment Rate is projected to trend around 60.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Japan Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.20	2.20	5.50	1.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	67350.00	67160.00	67350.00	38370.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1540.00	1540.00	3680.00	490.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	22068.00	22211.00	22384.00	19397.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	7532.00	7339.00	7532.00	1988.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	60.90	60.70	65.40	55.90	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.30	62.10	74.00	58.50	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.40	10.90	1.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.90	97.00	117.70	66.80	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	963.44	957.81	1026.96	266.29	Thousand	[+]
Wages	305988.00	427395.00	883791.00	52914.00	JPY/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	342888.00	590607.00	868487.00	9785.00	JPY/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	-0.20	-1.00	35.02	-7.10	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	901.00	874.00	901.00	663.00	JPY/Hour	[+]
Population	126.25	126.71	128.06	83.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Jobs To Applications Ratio	1.59	1.59	1.93	0.42		[+]

In Japan, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Japan Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Japan Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	60.90	60.70	65.40	55.90	1972 - 2019	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.26	Aug/19	96.29	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Jun/19	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	78.10	Jun/19	77.7	78.1 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Jun/19	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	75.90	Jul/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.00	Jun/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.49	Jun/19	63.58	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.70	Sep/19	62.7	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.10	Sep/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	Sep/19	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	61.00	Sep/19	60.9	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.90	Aug/19	60.7	65.4 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.90	Aug/19	59.7	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	59.10	Jul/19	59.2	59.2 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.70	Aug/19	54.7	57.3 : 53.1	%
India	46.80	Dec/18	47.8	50.8 : 46.8	%
Turkey	45.50	Jul/19	45.6	47.9 : 38.9	%
Argentina	42.60	Jun/19	42.3	43.4 : 36.3	%
South Africa	42.44	Jun/19	42.56	46.17 : 41	%