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Japan Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Mar 31, 2025
Actual
2.5
Units In
%
Previous
2.4
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
May 29, 2025
Time to Release
27 Days 2 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
5.5 Jun 2002 | 1 Nov 1968 | 2.72 % | 1953-2025 | Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications |
In Japan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Latest Updates
Japan's unemployment rate edged up to 2.5% in March 2025, slightly above both February's figure and market expectations of 2.4%. The number of unemployed increased by 50 thousand to 1.73 million while employment declined by 80 thousand to 68.08 million. The labor force fell by 50 thousand to 69.81 million, and those detached from the labor force rose by 30 thousand to 39.94 million. The non-seasonally adjusted labor force participation rate increased to 63.3% in March from 62.8% in the same month a year earlier. Meanwhile, the jobs-to-applications ratio went up 1.26 from February's 5-month low of 1.24, slightly above consensus of 1.26.
Japan Unemployment Rate History
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