Male Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Japan
The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 84.61% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.MALE.RT.Q · JPN
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 84.61
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 84.81
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 80.92
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 107
- Every reading SOTW holds
Japan · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 84.61 | |
| 2026-Q2 | 84.81 | |
| 2026-Q1 | 84.52 | |
| 2025-Q4 | 84.65 | |
| 2025-Q3 | 84.55 | |
| 2025-Q2 | 84.82 | |
| 2025-Q1 | 84.71 | |
| 2024-Q4 | 84.61 | |
| 2024-Q3 | 84.69 | |
| 2024-Q2 | 84.41 | |
| 2024-Q1 | 84.44 | |
| 2023-Q4 | 84.57 | |
| 2023-Q3 | 84.53 | |
| 2023-Q2 | 84.36 | |
| 2023-Q1 | 84.11 | |
| 2022-Q4 | 84.15 | |
| 2022-Q3 | 84.45 | |
| 2022-Q2 | 84.49 | |
| 2022-Q1 | 84.01 | |
| 2021-Q4 | 83.99 | |
| 2021-Q3 | 84.18 | |
| 2021-Q2 | 84.07 | |
| 2021-Q1 | 84.15 | |
| 2020-Q4 | 83.83 | |
| 2020-Q3 | 83.80 | |
| 2020-Q2 | 83.60 | |
| 2020-Q1 | 84.46 | |
| 2019-Q4 | 84.51 | |
| 2019-Q3 | 84.37 | |
| 2019-Q2 | 84.20 | |
| 2019-Q1 | 84.23 | |
| 2018-Q4 | 84.33 | |
| 2018-Q3 | 83.94 | |
| 2018-Q2 | 84.07 | |
| 2018-Q1 | 83.66 | |
| 2017-Q4 | 83.28 | |
| 2017-Q3 | 83.11 | |
| 2017-Q2 | 82.93 | |
| 2017-Q1 | 82.79 | |
| 2016-Q4 | 82.84 | |
| 2016-Q3 | 82.73 | |
| 2016-Q2 | 82.54 | |
| 2016-Q1 | 82.32 | |
| 2015-Q4 | 82.18 | |
| 2015-Q3 | 81.97 | |
| 2015-Q2 | 81.70 | |
| 2015-Q1 | 81.89 | |
| 2014-Q4 | 81.62 | |
| 2014-Q3 | 81.73 | |
| 2014-Q2 | 81.68 | |
| 2014-Q1 | 81.56 | |
| 2013-Q4 | 81.14 | |
| 2013-Q3 | 80.96 | |
| 2013-Q2 | 80.82 | |
| 2013-Q1 | 80.48 | |
| 2012-Q4 | 80.55 | |
| 2012-Q3 | 80.42 | |
| 2012-Q2 | 80.24 | |
| 2012-Q1 | 80.29 | |
| 2011-Q4 | 80.34 | |
| 2011-Q3 | 80.50 | Series break (B) |
| 2011-Q2 | 80.91 | |
| 2011-Q1 | 80.56 | Series break (B) |
| 2010-Q4 | 80.17 | |
| 2010-Q3 | 80.23 | |
| 2010-Q2 | 80.14 | |
| 2010-Q1 | 80.28 | |
| 2009-Q4 | 80.07 | |
| 2009-Q3 | 80.00 | |
| 2009-Q2 | 80.26 | |
| 2009-Q1 | 80.98 | |
| 2008-Q4 | 81.61 | |
| 2008-Q3 | 81.74 | |
| 2008-Q2 | 81.85 | |
| 2008-Q1 | 81.65 | |
| 2007-Q4 | 81.78 | |
| 2007-Q3 | 81.91 | |
| 2007-Q2 | 82.02 | |
| 2007-Q1 | 81.66 | |
| 2006-Q4 | 81.13 | |
| 2006-Q3 | 81.10 | |
| 2006-Q2 | 81.17 | |
| 2006-Q1 | 80.93 | |
| 2005-Q4 | 80.77 | |
| 2005-Q3 | 80.76 | |
| 2005-Q2 | 80.29 | |
| 2005-Q1 | 80.21 | |
| 2004-Q4 | 80.36 | |
| 2004-Q3 | 80.02 | |
| 2004-Q2 | 80.01 | |
| 2004-Q1 | 79.98 | |
| 2003-Q4 | 80.19 | |
| 2003-Q3 | 79.94 | |
| 2003-Q2 | 79.70 | |
| 2003-Q1 | 79.98 | |
| 2002-Q4 | 79.82 | |
| 2002-Q3 | 79.91 | |
| 2002-Q2 | 79.94 | |
| 2002-Q1 | 80.15 | |
| 2001-Q4 | 79.94 | |
| 2001-Q3 | 80.49 | |
| 2001-Q2 | 80.79 | |
| 2001-Q1 | 80.98 | |
| 2000-Q4 | 81.21 | |
| 2000-Q3 | 81.05 | |
| 2000-Q2 | 81.11 | |
| 2000-Q1 | 80.92 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.