Japan vs Mexico: Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment

Japan
61,850 Persons
in 2025
Mexico
41,026 Persons
in 2025
Japan rank
4th
Mexico rank
5th

Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
020.0k40.0k60.0k195519902025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 61,850 Persons against 41,026 Persons in Mexico, a difference of 20,824 Persons.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Mexico's.

Across all 38 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 33 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Mexico Difference Ahead
1970s 33,060 Persons 8,231 Persons 24,829 Persons Japan
1980s 39,710 Persons 9,771 Persons 29,939 Persons Japan
1990s 52,069 Persons 19,016 Persons 33,053 Persons Japan
2000s 54,118 Persons 26,665 Persons 27,453 Persons Japan
2010s 56,487 Persons 33,996 Persons 22,491 Persons Japan
2020s 60,618 Persons 39,103 Persons 21,515 Persons Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment, Japan or Mexico?
Japan, at 61,850 Persons against 41,026 Persons in Mexico as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment between Japan and Mexico?
20,824 Persons, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mexico?
38 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Japan and Mexico rank globally for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment?
Japan ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 2,002 data points, 1955–2025
Last refreshed

The dataflow "Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)" 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 shows the number of employees broken down by economic activities (ISIC Rev. 4). 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). 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. Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 2 are also available from 1970 to 2014 Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 3 are available from 1983 to 2023. Data for Canada are currently only available in ISIC Rev. 3