Employment Report in Japan

Oficina de Estadistica de Japon · Monthly · Importance 98

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 2.5% 2027: 2.5% 2028: 2.5% 2029: 2.5% 2030: 2.5% 2031: 2.5%

1.18 (Jun-26) ABS · points · Mensual · CSV

Period	points
Jun 2026	1.18
May 2026	1.17
Apr 2026	1.18
Mar 2026	1.18
Feb 2026	1.19
Jan 2026	1.18
Dec 2025	1.20
Nov 2025	1.19
Oct 2025	1.19
Sep 2025	1.20
Aug 2025	1.21
Jul 2025	1.22
Jun 2025	1.22
May 2025	1.23
Apr 2025	1.25
Mar 2025	1.25
Feb 2025	1.25
Jan 2025	1.25
Dec 2024	1.25
Nov 2024	1.26
Oct 2024	1.26
Sep 2024	1.25
Aug 2024	1.24
Jul 2024	1.24

Period	%
Jun 2026	2.5%
May 2026	2.6%
Apr 2026	2.7%
Mar 2026	2.8%
Feb 2026	2.6%
Jan 2026	2.6%
Dec 2025	2.4%
Nov 2025	2.4%
Oct 2025	2.6%
Sep 2025	2.6%
Aug 2025	2.6%
Jul 2025	2.4%
Jun 2025	2.5%
May 2025	2.6%
Apr 2025	2.7%
Mar 2025	2.6%
Feb 2025	2.4%
Jan 2025	2.3%
Dec 2024	2.2%
Nov 2024	2.4%
Oct 2024	2.4%
Sep 2024	2.5%
Aug 2024	2.5%
Jul 2024	2.7%
Jun 2024	2.6%
May 2024	2.8%
Apr 2024	2.8%
Mar 2024	2.7%
Feb 2024	2.6%
Jan 2024	2.4%
Dec 2023	2.3%
Nov 2023	2.4%
Oct 2023	2.5%
Sep 2023	2.6%
Aug 2023	2.7%
Jul 2023	2.6%
Jun 2023	2.6%
May 2023	2.7%
Apr 2023	2.7%
Mar 2023	2.8%
Feb 2023	2.5%
Jan 2023	2.4%
Dec 2022	2.3%
Nov 2022	2.4%
Oct 2022	2.6%
Sep 2022	2.7%
Aug 2022	2.6%
Jul 2022	2.5%
Jun 2022	2.7%
May 2022	2.8%
Apr 2022	2.7%
Mar 2022	2.6%
Feb 2022	2.6%
Jan 2022	2.7%
Dec 2021	2.5%
Nov 2021	2.7%
Oct 2021	2.7%
Sep 2021	2.8%
Aug 2021	2.8%
Jul 2021	2.8%

Period	%
Jun 2026	2.5%
May 2026	2.5%
Apr 2026	2.5%
Mar 2026	2.7%
Feb 2026	2.6%
Jan 2026	2.7%
Dec 2025	2.6%
Nov 2025	2.6%
Oct 2025	2.6%
Sep 2025	2.6%
Aug 2025	2.6%
Jul 2025	2.4%
Jun 2025	2.5%
May 2025	2.5%
Apr 2025	2.5%
Mar 2025	2.5%
Feb 2025	2.4%
Jan 2025	2.5%
Dec 2024	2.5%
Nov 2024	2.5%
Oct 2024	2.5%
Sep 2024	2.4%
Aug 2024	2.5%
Jul 2024	2.7%
Jun 2024	2.5%
May 2024	2.6%
Apr 2024	2.6%
Mar 2024	2.6%
Feb 2024	2.6%
Jan 2024	2.5%
Dec 2023	2.5%
Nov 2023	2.6%
Oct 2023	2.5%
Sep 2023	2.6%
Aug 2023	2.6%
Jul 2023	2.6%
Jun 2023	2.5%
May 2023	2.5%
Apr 2023	2.6%
Mar 2023	2.7%
Feb 2023	2.6%
Jan 2023	2.5%
Dec 2022	2.5%
Nov 2022	2.5%
Oct 2022	2.6%
Sep 2022	2.6%
Aug 2022	2.5%
Jul 2022	2.5%
Jun 2022	2.6%
May 2022	2.6%
Apr 2022	2.6%
Mar 2022	2.6%
Feb 2022	2.7%
Jan 2022	2.8%
Dec 2021	2.7%
Nov 2021	2.8%
Oct 2021	2.7%
Sep 2021	2.7%
Aug 2021	2.8%
Jul 2021	2.8%

Period	%
Jun 2026	2.5%
May 2026	2.6%
Apr 2026	2.7%
Mar 2026	2.8%
Feb 2026	2.6%
Jan 2026	2.6%
Dec 2025	2.4%
Nov 2025	2.4%
Oct 2025	2.6%
Sep 2025	2.6%
Aug 2025	2.6%
Jul 2025	2.4%
Jun 2025	2.5%
May 2025	2.6%
Apr 2025	2.7%
Mar 2025	2.6%
Feb 2025	2.4%
Jan 2025	2.3%
Dec 2024	2.2%
Nov 2024	2.4%
Oct 2024	2.4%
Sep 2024	2.5%
Aug 2024	2.5%
Jul 2024	2.7%
Jun 2024	2.6%
May 2024	2.8%
Apr 2024	2.8%
Mar 2024	2.7%
Feb 2024	2.6%
Jan 2024	2.4%
Dec 2023	2.3%
Nov 2023	2.4%
Oct 2023	2.5%
Sep 2023	2.6%
Aug 2023	2.7%
Jul 2023	2.6%
Jun 2023	2.6%
May 2023	2.7%
Apr 2023	2.7%
Mar 2023	2.8%
Feb 2023	2.5%
Jan 2023	2.4%
Dec 2022	2.3%
Nov 2022	2.4%
Oct 2022	2.6%
Sep 2022	2.7%
Aug 2022	2.6%
Jul 2022	2.5%
Jun 2022	2.7%
May 2022	2.8%
Apr 2022	2.7%
Mar 2022	2.6%
Feb 2022	2.6%
Jan 2022	2.7%
Dec 2021	2.5%
Nov 2021	2.7%
Oct 2021	2.7%
Sep 2021	2.8%
Aug 2021	2.8%
Jul 2021	2.8%

About this indicator

Source	Statistics Bureau
Frequency	Monthly
Release	Un mes más tarde al mes al que se refiere. (23:30 GMT)
What it is	Main source of information on the labor market in Japan. It is an indicator of the labor market, which represents the percentage of unemployed people over the total working population. (Unemployed * 100 / pop. Active). So the result is comparable with the rest of the unemployment rates in other countries. It is based on the Labour Force Survey, conducted since 1964.
How it's calculated	a survey of about 100,000 people living in any part of the country, the last day of each month, except in December, which is usually performed on 26 of the same is done. The following data are available: unemployment rate, employment rate, percentage of people who are self-employed, those working for others, participation rate ((active population / population over 15 years) * 100) etc .. .
Market implications	The evolution of the unemployment rate allows to know the degree of dynamism of the economy, ie, the ability to create jobs. Also informs about the structure of the labor market, it ie the distribution by sex, type of contract ... etc.
Limitations	It is important to distinguish when the unemployment rate increases by decreasing demand or by technological improvements that create the same output with fewer employees.