Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Japan
Japan: Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) was 68,280 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in Japan, 1955–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
In 2025, employment by professional status in Japan stood at 68,280 Persons. That is the highest value across all 71 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Japan peaked at 68,280 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40,900 Persons, in 1955.
That places Japan 4th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 71 years of available data.
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Japan, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 40,900 Persons | — |
| 1956 | 41,710 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1957 | 42,810 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1958 | 42,980 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1959 | 43,350 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1960 | 44,360 Persons | +2.3% |
| 1961 | 44,980 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1962 | 45,560 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 45,950 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 46,550 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 47,300 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 48,270 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 49,200 Persons | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 50,020 Persons | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 50,400 Persons | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 50,940 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 51,210 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 51,260 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 52,590 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 52,370 Persons | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 52,230 Persons | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 52,710 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 53,420 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 54,080 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 54,790 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 55,360 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 55,810 Persons | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 56,380 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 57,330 Persons | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 57,660 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 58,070 Persons | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 58,530 Persons | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 59,110 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 60,110 Persons | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 61,280 Persons | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 62,490 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 63,690 Persons | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 64,360 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 64,500 Persons | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 64,530 Persons | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 64,570 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 64,860 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 65,570 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 65,140 Persons | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 64,620 Persons | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 64,460 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 64,120 Persons | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 63,300 Persons | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 63,160 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 63,290 Persons | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 63,560 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 63,820 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 64,120 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 63,850 Persons | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 62,820 Persons | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 62,570 Persons | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 59,770 Persons | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 62,700 Persons | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 63,110 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 63,510 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 63,760 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 64,400 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 65,300 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 66,640 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 67,240 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 66,760 Persons | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 66,670 Persons | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 67,230 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 67,470 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 67,810 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 68,280 Persons | +0.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 68,280 Persons is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,200 Persons, 13.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42,350 Persons | 40,900 Persons | 43,350 Persons | 5 |
| 1960s | 47,259 Persons | 44,360 Persons | 50,400 Persons | 10 |
| 1970s | 52,560 Persons | 50,940 Persons | 54,790 Persons | 10 |
| 1980s | 57,964 Persons | 55,360 Persons | 61,280 Persons | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,433 Persons | 62,490 Persons | 65,570 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,650 Persons | 62,820 Persons | 64,460 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,900 Persons | 59,770 Persons | 67,240 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,370 Persons | 66,670 Persons | 68,280 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 1 United States 163,493 Persons compare
- 1 Türkiye 32,569 Persons compare
- 2 Poland 17,241 Persons compare
- 2 Brazil 103,224 Persons compare
- 3 Netherlands 9,899 Persons compare
- 3 Russia 70,601 Persons compare
- 3 Croatia 1,702 Persons compare
- 4 Lithuania 1,463 Persons compare
- 5 Mexico 59,440 Persons compare
- 5 Slovenia 996.6 Persons compare
- 6 Germany 42,726 Persons compare
- 6 Latvia 889.67 Persons compare
- 7 Estonia 698.77 Persons compare
- 7 United Kingdom 34,160 Persons compare
More work & labour data for Japan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4984 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5262 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4728 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.4618 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 103,039 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,756 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 39,867 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 36,979 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 76,846 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in Japan?
- Employment by professional status in Japan was 68,280 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 68,280 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,900 Persons in 1955.
- How does Japan rank for employment by professional status?
- Japan ranks 4th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.