Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Japan · % of total labor force · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
2.45
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
−1.96%
Lowest on record
2.06
Highest on record
5.39
Median
3.39
Standard deviation
1.02
Observations
35
Consecutive moves
5 down
Series
% of total labor force · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
35 of 35 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 2.45 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2.50 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2.60 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2.61 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2.81 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2.81 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2.35 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2.47 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2.82 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 3.13 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 3.39 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 3.59 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 4.04 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 4.36 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 4.55 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 5.10 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 5.07 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 4.00 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 3.89 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 4.19 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 4.45 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 4.73 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 5.25 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 5.39 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 5.02 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 4.75 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 4.68 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 4.08 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 3.37 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 3.38 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 3.15 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2.89 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 2.54 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.16 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 2.06 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13