Databook of International Labour Statistics 2026

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1．Economy and Business (PDF:1.0MB)

Table 1-1-1: GDP in national currency
Table 1-1-2: GDP in U.S. dollars
Table 1-2-1: Nominal GDP growth rates
Table 1-2-2: Real GDP growth rates
Table 1-3-1: GDP per capita in national currency
Table 1-3-2: GDP per capita in U.S. dollars
Table 1-4-1: National income per capita in national currency
Table 1-4-2: National income per capita in U.S. dollars
Table 1-5: Compensation of employees
Table 1-6: GDP by economic activity
Table 1-7: GDP by expenditure approach
Table 1-8: GDP by income approach
Table 1-9: National savings rates
Table 1-10: Industrial production indices
Table 1-11-1: Current account
Table 1-11-2: Trade balance
Table 1-12: Exchange rates, annual average
Table 1-13: Producer price indices
Table 1-14: Consumer price indices
Table 1-15: Purchasing power parities (PPPs)
Table 1-16: Comparative price levels
Table 1-17: Comparative price levels and purchasing power parities (PPPs)
Table 1-18-1: Labour productivity levels, GDP per person employed
Table 1-18-2: Labour productivity levels, GDP per hour worked
Table 1-19: Labour share

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2. Population and Labour Force (PDF:0.9MB)

Table 2-1: Total population
Table 2-2: Population growth rates
Table 2-3: Youth population, 0-14 years old
Table 2-4: Working age population, 15-64 years old
Table 2-5: Older population, 65 years old or over
Table 2-6: Population by sex and age group
Table 2-7: Crude birth rates and crude death rates
Table 2-8: Life expectancy at birth by sex
Table 2-9: Total fertility rates
Table 2-10-1: Labour force
Table 2-10-2: Labour force by sex and age group
Table 2-11-1: Labour force participation rates
Table 2-11-2: Labour force participation rates by sex and age group
Table 2-12-1: Employment
Table 2-12-2: Employment by sex and age group
Table 2-13-1: Employment rates
Table 2-13-2: Employment rates by sex and age group
Table 2-14: Stock of foreign population

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3. Employment Structure (PDF:1.3MB)

Table 3-1: Employment by economic activity
Table 3-2: Sectoral composition of employment
Table 3-3: Employees by economic activity
Table A: International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC)
Table B: International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)
Table 3-4: Employment by occupation and sex
Table 3-5: Occupational composition of employment
Table 3-6: Women's share of managerial employment
Table 3-7-1: Employment by status in employment
Table 3-7-2: Composition by status in employment
Table 3-8: Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment
Table 3-9: Gender share of part-time employment
Table 3-10: Share of temporary employment
Table 3-11: Share of temporary employment by sex and age group
Table 3-12: Temporary agency workers as a proportion of total workforce
Table 3-13-1: Composition of employees by length of service
Table 3-13-2: Length of service by sex and age group
Table 3-14: Retirement age of older persons
Table 3-15: Public employment security services in Japanese
Table 3-16: Temporary employment agency services in Japanese
Table 3-17: Age-based legal mechanisms including mandatory retirement age in Japanese

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4．Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance and Employment Adjustment (PDF:1.1MB)

Table 4-1: Unemployment rates
Table 4-2-1: Unemployment by age group (All persons)
Table 4-2-2: Unemployment by age group (Male)
Table 4-2-3: Unemployment by age group (Female)
Table 4-3: Unemployment rates by age group
Table 4-4: Incidence of long-term unemployment among total unemployment
Table 4-5: Incidence of unemployment by duration
Table 4-6: Definitions of unemployed in Japanese
Table 4-7: Unemployment insurance schemes in Japanese
Table 4-8: Number of persons receiving unemployment benefit
Table 4-9: Reemployment support programmes, employment adjustment subsidies in Japanese

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5．Wages and Labour Costs (PDF:1.2MB)

Table 5-1: Hourly wages, manufacturing
Table 5-2-1: Wages in local currency per month
Table 5-2-2: Wages in U.S. dollars per month
Table 5-3: Wages by economic activity
Table 5-4: Annual hourly earnings indices, manufacturing
Table 5-5: Earnings gap between full-time and part-time workers
Table 5-6: Unit labour costs
Table 5-7: Competitive positions: relative unit labour costs
Table 5-8: Labour costs, manufacturing
Table 5-9: Structure of labour costs as a percentage of total costs, manufacturing
Table 5-10: Gender wage gap in median earnings of full-time employees
Table 5-11-1: Wage gap by age group (All workers)
Table 5-11-2: Wage gap by age group (Manual workers)
Table 5-11-3: Wage gap by age group (Non-manual workers)
Table 5-12: Wage gap by length of service
Table 5-13: Wage gap by size class of the enterprise
Table 5-14: Gini coefficients of income inequality
Table 5-15: Income share by quintiles
Table 5-16: Poverty rates based on disposable income
Table 5-17: Minimum wage-fixing mechanisms in Japanese
Table 5-18: Changes in the minimum wage

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6．Hours of Work and Working-time Arrangements (PDF:1.1MB)

Table 6-1: Average annual hours actually worked per person in employment
Table 6-2: Hours of work per week
Table 6-3: Proportion of workers working 49 hours or more per week
Table 6-4: Number of annual holidays
Table 6-5: Legal holidays in Japanese
Table 6-6: Working-time and paid leave arrangements in Japanese

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7．Trade Union, Industrial Relations and Occupational Accidents (PDF:0.7MB)

Table 7-1: Trade union membership
Table 7-2: Trade union density rates
Table 7-3: Number of labour disputes, workers involved and days lost
Table 7-4: Number of workers injured due to occupational accidents and days lost
Table 7-5: Incidence rates of occupational accidents

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8．Education and Human Resources Development (PDF:1.4MB)

Table 8-1-1: Adults' educational attainment distribution, Tertiary education
Table 8-1-2: Adults' educational attainment distribution by level of tertiary education
Table 8-2-1: School system, Japan
Table 8-2-2: School system, USA
Table 8-2-3: School system, UK
Table 8-2-4: School system, Germany
Table 8-2-5: School system, France
Table 8-2-6: School system, China
Table 8-2-7: School system, Republic of Korea
Table 8-3: Career development and job-search assistance for youth in Japanese

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9．Worklife and Welfare (PDF:1.2MB)

Table 9-1: Composition of households and NPISH, resources side/uses side
Table 9-2: Domestic final consumption expenditure of households per capita
Table 9-3-1: Household income and expenditure by age group of householder (Japan)
Table 9-3-2: Household income and expenditure by age group of householder (USA)
Table 9-3-3: Household income and expenditure by age group of householder (UK)
Table 9-4: Tax and social security burden as a percentage of national income
Table 9-5: Public social expenditure by policy area
Table 9-6: Public expenditure on labour market programmes as a percentage of GDP
Table 9-7: Employer-employee social security rates
Table 9-8: Public assistance systems in Japanese
Table 9-9: Childcare leave schemes in Japanese
Table 9-10: Average minutes spent in different activities
Table 9-11: Gender Inequality Index

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Databook of International Labour Statistics 2026

Table of Contents

1．Economy and Business (PDF:1.0MB)

2. Population and Labour Force (PDF:0.9MB)

3. Employment Structure (PDF:1.3MB)

4．Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance and Employment Adjustment (PDF:1.1MB)

5．Wages and Labour Costs (PDF:1.2MB)

6．Hours of Work and Working-time Arrangements (PDF:1.1MB)

7．Trade Union, Industrial Relations and Occupational Accidents (PDF:0.7MB)

8．Education and Human Resources Development (PDF:1.4MB)

9．Worklife and Welfare (PDF:1.2MB)

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