India vs Japan: Employees
Employees over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
India currently reports 120,546 against 60,461 in Japan, a difference of 60,085.
That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 5th of 73 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 86,192 | 57,726 | 28,466 | India |
| 2020s | 96,999 | 59,831 | 37,168 | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employees, India or Japan?
- India, at 120,546 against 60,461 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employees between India and Japan?
- 60,085, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2023.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for employees?
- India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 5th of 73 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Employees (15+). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.