Labour Force Survey Basic Tabulation Whole Japan Monthly — unemployment rate — Both sexes (Rate, Unemployed person, 15 years old or more)
Latest value
2.60% as of 2026-08
±0.000ptYoY
Labour Force Survey Basic Tabulation Whole Japan Monthly — unemployment rate — Both sexes (Rate, Unemployed person, 15 years old or more): history
Unit: %
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About Labour Force Survey Basic Tabulation Whole Japan Monthly — unemployment rate — Both sexes (Rate, Unemployed person, 15 years old or more)
The Labour Force Survey, run monthly by the Statistics Bureau, measures employment and unemployment. This table holds the unemployment rate (unemployed as a share of the labour force) by sex.
Recent values
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 2.60% |
| 2026-07 | 2.40% |
| 2026-06 | 2.50% |
| 2026-05 | 2.60% |
| 2026-04 | 2.70% |
| 2026-03 | 2.80% |
| 2026-02 | 2.60% |
| 2026-01 | 2.60% |
| 2025-12 | 2.40% |
| 2025-11 | 2.40% |
| 2025-10 | 2.60% |
| 2025-09 | 2.60% |
Source and data handling
- Source
- e-Stat
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Last ingested
- 2026-10-05
- License
- Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0)