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Japan Unemployment Rate (Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, Statistics Bureau Labour Force Survey): Japan

The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 2.4% for 2026-09, from Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), via e-Stat.

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Unemployment rate of Japan, both sexes: completely unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force, seasonally adjusted, as the Statistics Bureau publishes it in its Labour Force Survey long series (from January 1953). Months to June 1972 exclude Okinawa; March to August 2011 are supplementary estimates. The Bureau revises the past ten years of seasonally adjusted figures each January.

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Latest
2.4
% · 2026-09
Previous
2.5
% · 2026-08
Oldest shown
3.0
% · 2016-10
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

Japan · history

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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), via e-Stat. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:25:00.183Z (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

Japan Unemployment Rate (Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, Statistics Bureau Labour Force Survey): Japan: 120 readings, newest first. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), via e-Stat.
PeriodValue (%)
2026-092.4
2026-082.5
2026-072.4
2026-062.5
2026-052.5
2026-042.5
2026-032.7
2026-022.6
2026-012.7
2025-122.6
2025-112.6
2025-102.6
2025-092.6
2025-082.6
2025-072.4
2025-062.5
2025-052.5
2025-042.5
2025-032.5
2025-022.4
2025-012.5
2024-122.5
2024-112.5
2024-102.5
2024-092.4
2024-082.5
2024-072.7
2024-062.5
2024-052.6
2024-042.6
2024-032.6
2024-022.6
2024-012.5
2023-122.5
2023-112.6
2023-102.5
2023-092.6
2023-082.6
2023-072.6
2023-062.5
2023-052.5
2023-042.6
2023-032.7
2023-022.6
2023-012.5
2022-122.5
2022-112.5
2022-102.6
2022-092.6
2022-082.5
2022-072.5
2022-062.6
2022-052.6
2022-042.6
2022-032.6
2022-022.7
2022-012.8
2021-122.7
2021-112.8
2021-102.7
2021-092.7
2021-082.8
2021-072.8
2021-062.9
2021-052.9
2021-042.9
2021-032.7
2021-022.9
2021-013.0
2020-123.1
2020-113.0
2020-103.1
2020-093.0
2020-083.0
2020-072.9
2020-062.8
2020-052.8
2020-042.6
2020-032.5
2020-022.4
2020-012.4
2019-122.2
2019-112.3
2019-102.4
2019-092.4
2019-082.3
2019-072.3
2019-062.3
2019-052.3
2019-042.4
2019-032.5
2019-022.4
2019-012.5
2018-122.5
2018-112.5
2018-102.4
2018-092.3
2018-082.5
2018-072.5
2018-062.4
2018-052.2
2018-042.5
2018-032.5
2018-022.5
2018-012.4
2017-122.7
2017-112.7
2017-102.7
2017-092.8
2017-082.8
2017-072.8
2017-062.8
2017-053.0
2017-042.8
2017-032.8
2017-022.9
2017-013.0
2016-123.0
2016-113.0
2016-103.0

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), via e-Stat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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出典：「労働力調査」（総務省統計局）, 長期時系列データ 基本集計 表1 a-1 季節調整値, e-Stat (https://www.e-stat.go.jp/), updated 2026-10-30, accessed 2026-11-12. Reformatted by Statistics of the World.

Licence: Japan Government Standard Terms of Use 2.0 (CC BY 4.0 compatible). Reuse remains subject to the source terms. Publisher page: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?tclass=000001226526&cycle=0