Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Japan
The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 80.51% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.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
- 80.51
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 80.50
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 68.80
- % 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 | 80.51 |
| 2026-Q2 | 80.50 |
| 2026-Q1 | 80.20 |
| 2025-Q4 | 80.30 |
| 2025-Q3 | 80.13 |
| 2025-Q2 | 80.10 |
| 2025-Q1 | 79.91 |
| 2024-Q4 | 79.73 |
| 2024-Q3 | 79.58 |
| 2024-Q2 | 79.27 |
| 2024-Q1 | 79.16 |
| 2023-Q4 | 79.18 |
| 2023-Q3 | 79.04 |
| 2023-Q2 | 78.89 |
| 2023-Q1 | 78.64 |
| 2022-Q4 | 78.53 |
| 2022-Q3 | 78.63 |
| 2022-Q2 | 78.54 |
| 2022-Q1 | 78.10 |
| 2021-Q4 | 77.92 |
| 2021-Q3 | 78.02 |
| 2021-Q2 | 77.80 |
| 2021-Q1 | 77.77 |
| 2020-Q4 | 77.47 |
| 2020-Q3 | 77.18 |
| 2020-Q2 | 77.08 |
| 2020-Q1 | 78.07 |
| 2019-Q4 | 78.10 |
| 2019-Q3 | 77.93 |
| 2019-Q2 | 77.70 |
| 2019-Q1 | 77.52 |
| 2018-Q4 | 77.38 |
| 2018-Q3 | 77.04 |
| 2018-Q2 | 76.91 |
| 2018-Q1 | 76.44 |
| 2017-Q4 | 75.84 |
| 2017-Q3 | 75.54 |
| 2017-Q2 | 75.20 |
| 2017-Q1 | 74.92 |
| 2016-Q4 | 74.85 |
| 2016-Q3 | 74.66 |
| 2016-Q2 | 74.29 |
| 2016-Q1 | 74.08 |
| 2015-Q4 | 73.79 |
| 2015-Q3 | 73.46 |
| 2015-Q2 | 73.21 |
| 2015-Q1 | 73.13 |
| 2014-Q4 | 72.98 |
| 2014-Q3 | 72.85 |
| 2014-Q2 | 72.72 |
| 2014-Q1 | 72.51 |
| 2013-Q4 | 72.21 |
| 2013-Q3 | 71.93 |
| 2013-Q2 | 71.64 |
| 2013-Q1 | 71.26 |
| 2012-Q4 | 70.91 |
| 2012-Q3 | 70.70 |
| 2012-Q2 | 70.50 |
| 2012-Q1 | 70.38 |
| 2011-Q4 | 70.51 |
| 2011-Q3 | 70.83 |
| 2011-Q2 | 71.12 |
| 2011-Q1 | 70.85 |
| 2010-Q4 | 70.41 |
| 2010-Q3 | 70.35 |
| 2010-Q2 | 70.13 |
| 2010-Q1 | 70.25 |
| 2009-Q4 | 70.06 |
| 2009-Q3 | 70.02 |
| 2009-Q2 | 70.12 |
| 2009-Q1 | 70.51 |
| 2008-Q4 | 70.90 |
| 2008-Q3 | 70.87 |
| 2008-Q2 | 70.95 |
| 2008-Q1 | 70.77 |
| 2007-Q4 | 70.87 |
| 2007-Q3 | 70.84 |
| 2007-Q2 | 70.92 |
| 2007-Q1 | 70.48 |
| 2006-Q4 | 70.22 |
| 2006-Q3 | 70.09 |
| 2006-Q2 | 70.00 |
| 2006-Q1 | 69.84 |
| 2005-Q4 | 69.52 |
| 2005-Q3 | 69.59 |
| 2005-Q2 | 69.28 |
| 2005-Q1 | 69.11 |
| 2004-Q4 | 69.05 |
| 2004-Q3 | 68.83 |
| 2004-Q2 | 68.71 |
| 2004-Q1 | 68.67 |
| 2003-Q4 | 68.69 |
| 2003-Q3 | 68.50 |
| 2003-Q2 | 68.31 |
| 2003-Q1 | 68.36 |
| 2002-Q4 | 68.33 |
| 2002-Q3 | 68.29 |
| 2002-Q2 | 68.22 |
| 2002-Q1 | 68.43 |
| 2001-Q4 | 68.47 |
| 2001-Q3 | 68.72 |
| 2001-Q2 | 69.01 |
| 2001-Q1 | 69.18 |
| 2000-Q4 | 69.18 |
| 2000-Q3 | 69.02 |
| 2000-Q2 | 68.97 |
| 2000-Q1 | 68.80 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.