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Labor Force Participation Rate for Japan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.45%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +0.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Japan was 63.45% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.99% in 1992. The lowest was 59.01% in 2012 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.00% per year.
Japan ranks 80 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Japan sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.45%
First (1990)
63.39%
Change
+0.1%
Highest
63.99%
in 1992
Lowest
59.01%
in 2012
Average
61.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.00%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.45% |
| 2024 | 63.3% |
| 2023 | 62.9% |
| 2022 | 62.5% |
| 2021 | 62.05% |
| 2020 | 61.95% |
| 2019 | 62.01% |
| 2018 | 61.45% |
| 2017 | 60.44% |
| 2016 | 59.99% |
| 2015 | 59.5% |
| 2014 | 59.44% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.