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

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:27:10.003Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Japan: 107 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q380.51
2026-Q280.50
2026-Q180.20
2025-Q480.30
2025-Q380.13
2025-Q280.10
2025-Q179.91
2024-Q479.73
2024-Q379.58
2024-Q279.27
2024-Q179.16
2023-Q479.18
2023-Q379.04
2023-Q278.89
2023-Q178.64
2022-Q478.53
2022-Q378.63
2022-Q278.54
2022-Q178.10
2021-Q477.92
2021-Q378.02
2021-Q277.80
2021-Q177.77
2020-Q477.47
2020-Q377.18
2020-Q277.08
2020-Q178.07
2019-Q478.10
2019-Q377.93
2019-Q277.70
2019-Q177.52
2018-Q477.38
2018-Q377.04
2018-Q276.91
2018-Q176.44
2017-Q475.84
2017-Q375.54
2017-Q275.20
2017-Q174.92
2016-Q474.85
2016-Q374.66
2016-Q274.29
2016-Q174.08
2015-Q473.79
2015-Q373.46
2015-Q273.21
2015-Q173.13
2014-Q472.98
2014-Q372.85
2014-Q272.72
2014-Q172.51
2013-Q472.21
2013-Q371.93
2013-Q271.64
2013-Q171.26
2012-Q470.91
2012-Q370.70
2012-Q270.50
2012-Q170.38
2011-Q470.51
2011-Q370.83
2011-Q271.12
2011-Q170.85
2010-Q470.41
2010-Q370.35
2010-Q270.13
2010-Q170.25
2009-Q470.06
2009-Q370.02
2009-Q270.12
2009-Q170.51
2008-Q470.90
2008-Q370.87
2008-Q270.95
2008-Q170.77
2007-Q470.87
2007-Q370.84
2007-Q270.92
2007-Q170.48
2006-Q470.22
2006-Q370.09
2006-Q270.00
2006-Q169.84
2005-Q469.52
2005-Q369.59
2005-Q269.28
2005-Q169.11
2004-Q469.05
2004-Q368.83
2004-Q268.71
2004-Q168.67
2003-Q468.69
2003-Q368.50
2003-Q268.31
2003-Q168.36
2002-Q468.33
2002-Q368.29
2002-Q268.22
2002-Q168.43
2001-Q468.47
2001-Q368.72
2001-Q269.01
2001-Q169.18
2000-Q469.18
2000-Q369.02
2000-Q268.97
2000-Q168.80

Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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