Japan vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Employment by professional status
Employment by professional status over time
- Japan
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 68,280 Persons against 34,160 Persons in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 34,120 Persons.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.
Across all 70 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 4th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 7th of 33 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42,712 Persons | 23,158 Persons | 19,554 Persons | Japan |
| 1960s | 47,259 Persons | 24,377 Persons | 22,882 Persons | Japan |
| 1970s | 52,560 Persons | 24,574 Persons | 27,986 Persons | Japan |
| 1980s | 57,964 Persons | 24,540 Persons | 33,424 Persons | Japan |
| 1990s | 64,433 Persons | 25,911 Persons | 38,522 Persons | Japan |
| 2000s | 63,650 Persons | 28,605 Persons | 35,045 Persons | Japan |
| 2010s | 63,900 Persons | 30,954 Persons | 32,946 Persons | Japan |
| 2020s | 67,370 Persons | 33,197 Persons | 34,173 Persons | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by professional status, Japan or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Japan, at 68,280 Persons against 34,160 Persons in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by professional status between Japan and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- 34,120 Persons, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2025.
- How do Japan and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for employment by professional status?
- Japan ranks 4th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 7th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.