Japan vs United States of America: Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition
Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition over time
- Japan
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 134,927 Persons against 48,630 Persons in Japan, a difference of 86,297 Persons.
That makes United States of America's figure about 2.8 times Japan's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 2nd of 40 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50,881 Persons | 115,842 Persons | 64,961 Persons | United States of America |
| 2010s | 48,154 Persons | 120,450 Persons | 72,296 Persons | United States of America |
| 2020s | 48,280 Persons | 130,823 Persons | 82,543 Persons | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full-time and part-time employment based on national definition, Japan or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 134,927 Persons against 48,630 Persons in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full-time and part-time employment based on national definition between Japan and United States of America?
- 86,297 Persons, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States of America?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Japan and United States of America rank globally for full-time and part-time employment based on national definition?
- Japan ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 2nd of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on full-time and part-time employment based on national definition. Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - sex and standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55+, total). National definitions of part-time work vary considerably across OECD countries. Essentially three main approaches can be distinguished: i) a classification based on the worker’s perception of his/her employment situation; ii) a cut-off (generally 30 or 35 hours per week) based on usual working hours, with persons usually working fewer hours being considered part-timers; iii) a comparable cut-off based on actual hours worked during the reference week. A criterion based on actual hours will generally yield a part-time rate higher than one based on usual hours, particularly if there are temporary reductions in working time as a result of holidays, illness, short-timing, etc. On the other hand, it is not entirely clear whether a classification based on the worker’s perception will necessarily yield estimates of part-time work that are higher or lower than one based on a fixed cut-off. In one country (France) which changed from 1981 to 1982 from a definition based on an actual hours cut-off (30 hours) to one based on the respondent’s perception, the latter criterion appeared to produce slightly higher estimates. Other factors as well affect the international comparability of the estimates. In some countries, the hours’ cut-off is based on hours for the main job, in others on total hours for all jobs. Certain countries do not consider unpaid family workers to be employed unless they work more than a minimum number of hours, so that such workers do not enter into counts for part-time workers. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates. For detailed information on labour force surveys for all countries please see LFS_NOTES_SOURCES.