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Japan: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

82.28percent · 2025+7.9% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Japan from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202582.284
202482.038
202381.51
202280.93
202180.216
202079.841
201979.798
201879.074
201777.884
201677.122
201576.225
201475.902
201375.241
201274.37
201174.116
201074.064
200974.082
200874.023
200773.845
200673.432
200572.918
200472.415
200372.387
200272.436
200172.748
200072.623
199972.544
199872.692
199772.663
199672.092
199571.591
199471.467
199371.403
199271.23
199170.75
199070.188

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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