Japan vs United States: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 100,465 Persons against 39,622 Persons in Japan, a difference of 60,843 Persons.
That makes United States's figure about 2.5 times Japan's.
Across all 48 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 4th and United States ranks 2nd of 33 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31,754 Persons | 59,861 Persons | 28,107 Persons | United States |
| 1980s | 34,352 Persons | 62,371 Persons | 28,019 Persons | United States |
| 1990s | 37,981 Persons | 65,969 Persons | 27,988 Persons | United States |
| 2000s | 42,963 Persons | 75,873 Persons | 32,909 Persons | United States |
| 2010s | 44,275 Persons | 91,470 Persons | 47,195 Persons | United States |
| 2020s | 41,223 Persons | 99,961 Persons | 58,738 Persons | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force, Japan or United States?
- United States, at 100,465 Persons against 39,622 Persons in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force between Japan and United States?
- 60,843 Persons, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Japan and United States rank globally for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- Japan ranks 4th and United States ranks 2nd of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The infra-annual dataflow on the outside the labour force population is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the outside the labour force population by age groups (15+, 15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 15-64 and 15-74 where available) and sex and associated statistical methodological information and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies. The persons outside the labour force comprise all persons of working age who, during the specified reference period, were not in the labour force (that is, were not employed or unemployed). The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable.