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Japan: Employment by economic activity and occupation

67,141Persons, thousands · 2023+7.3% since 2013

ILOSTAT EMP_TEMP_ECO_OCU_NB. Employment by economic activity and occupation (Persons, thousands). Annual figures for Japan from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (Persons, thousands)Note
202367,140.978
202266,853.454
202166,266.405
202066,329.864
201966,769.405
201866,129.955
201764,815.098
201663,957.626
201563,200.991
201462,998.469
201362,560.559
201262,176.734
201160,587.02
201061,935.129
200962,266.663
200863,232.769
200763,512.672
200663,062.613
200562,823.237
200462,545.383
200362,450.25
200262,623.499
200163,438.015
200063,685.45

Source

Published by ILO, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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ILO (2026). Employment by economic activity and occupation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ilo-emp-temp-eco-ocu-nb-eco-aggregate-total-ocu-skill-total-ps-3 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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