Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): Japan
The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 88.45% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.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
- 88.45
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 88.52
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 78.39
- % 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) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 88.45 |
| 2026-Q2 | 88.52 |
| 2026-Q1 | 88.19 |
| 2025-Q4 | 88.27 |
| 2025-Q3 | 88.14 |
| 2025-Q2 | 88.08 |
| 2025-Q1 | 87.80 |
| 2024-Q4 | 87.57 |
| 2024-Q3 | 87.46 |
| 2024-Q2 | 87.18 |
| 2024-Q1 | 87.03 |
| 2023-Q4 | 86.95 |
| 2023-Q3 | 86.96 |
| 2023-Q2 | 86.83 |
| 2023-Q1 | 86.54 |
| 2022-Q4 | 86.47 |
| 2022-Q3 | 86.76 |
| 2022-Q2 | 86.62 |
| 2022-Q1 | 86.16 |
| 2021-Q4 | 85.97 |
| 2021-Q3 | 86.19 |
| 2021-Q2 | 85.89 |
| 2021-Q1 | 85.92 |
| 2020-Q4 | 85.77 |
| 2020-Q3 | 85.12 |
| 2020-Q2 | 85.23 |
| 2020-Q1 | 86.18 |
| 2019-Q4 | 86.23 |
| 2019-Q3 | 86.20 |
| 2019-Q2 | 85.75 |
| 2019-Q1 | 85.74 |
| 2018-Q4 | 85.53 |
| 2018-Q3 | 85.46 |
| 2018-Q2 | 85.27 |
| 2018-Q1 | 85.09 |
| 2017-Q4 | 84.76 |
| 2017-Q3 | 84.29 |
| 2017-Q2 | 84.09 |
| 2017-Q1 | 83.83 |
| 2016-Q4 | 83.73 |
| 2016-Q3 | 83.66 |
| 2016-Q2 | 83.13 |
| 2016-Q1 | 83.24 |
| 2015-Q4 | 82.84 |
| 2015-Q3 | 82.69 |
| 2015-Q2 | 82.51 |
| 2015-Q1 | 82.57 |
| 2014-Q4 | 82.53 |
| 2014-Q3 | 82.15 |
| 2014-Q2 | 82.19 |
| 2014-Q1 | 81.94 |
| 2013-Q4 | 81.85 |
| 2013-Q3 | 81.43 |
| 2013-Q2 | 81.41 |
| 2013-Q1 | 80.97 |
| 2012-Q4 | 80.66 |
| 2012-Q3 | 80.45 |
| 2012-Q2 | 80.61 |
| 2012-Q1 | 80.33 |
| 2011-Q4 | 80.44 |
| 2011-Q3 | 80.60 |
| 2011-Q2 | 80.67 |
| 2011-Q1 | 80.53 |
| 2010-Q4 | 80.05 |
| 2010-Q3 | 80.19 |
| 2010-Q2 | 80.00 |
| 2010-Q1 | 79.96 |
| 2009-Q4 | 79.77 |
| 2009-Q3 | 79.69 |
| 2009-Q2 | 79.39 |
| 2009-Q1 | 80.06 |
| 2008-Q4 | 80.35 |
| 2008-Q3 | 80.28 |
| 2008-Q2 | 80.25 |
| 2008-Q1 | 80.30 |
| 2007-Q4 | 80.51 |
| 2007-Q3 | 80.28 |
| 2007-Q2 | 80.59 |
| 2007-Q1 | 79.96 |
| 2006-Q4 | 79.72 |
| 2006-Q3 | 79.78 |
| 2006-Q2 | 79.81 |
| 2006-Q1 | 79.58 |
| 2005-Q4 | 79.13 |
| 2005-Q3 | 79.30 |
| 2005-Q2 | 79.18 |
| 2005-Q1 | 78.99 |
| 2004-Q4 | 78.80 |
| 2004-Q3 | 78.87 |
| 2004-Q2 | 78.64 |
| 2004-Q1 | 78.75 |
| 2003-Q4 | 78.70 |
| 2003-Q3 | 78.41 |
| 2003-Q2 | 78.29 |
| 2003-Q1 | 78.22 |
| 2002-Q4 | 78.40 |
| 2002-Q3 | 78.01 |
| 2002-Q2 | 77.88 |
| 2002-Q1 | 78.17 |
| 2001-Q4 | 78.35 |
| 2001-Q3 | 78.49 |
| 2001-Q2 | 78.68 |
| 2001-Q1 | 79.03 |
| 2000-Q4 | 78.86 |
| 2000-Q3 | 78.76 |
| 2000-Q2 | 78.85 |
| 2000-Q1 | 78.39 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.