Japan vs Upper middle income: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)
Japan
92.5%
in 2025
Upper middle income
62.0%
in 2025
Japan rank
19th
Upper middle income rank
19th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Japan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 92.5% against 62.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 30.5%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 187 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.7% | 45.6% | 34.1% | Japan |
| 2000s | 86.0% | 51.7% | 34.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 90.5% | 58.5% | 32.0% | Japan |
| 2020s | 92.0% | 61.1% | 30.9% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment), Japan or Upper middle income?
- Japan, at 92.5% against 62.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) between Japan and Upper middle income?
- 30.5%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Japan ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.