Japan’s unemployment rate stood at 2.4% in January 2024, unchanged from the previous month which was also the consensus forecast. It was the lowest jobless rate since January last year as the number of employed persons increased by 250,000 to 67.14 million, while the unemployed declined by 10,000 to 1.63 million. Meanwhile, the jobs-to-applications ratio stood at 1.27 in January, indicating there were 127 job openings for every 100 job seekers. source: Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications
Unemployment Rate in Japan decreased to 2.40 percent in January from 2.50 percent in December of 2023. Unemployment Rate in Japan averaged 2.72 percent from 1953 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 5.50 percent in June of 2002 and a record low of 1.00 percent in November of 1968. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2024.
Unemployment Rate in Japan decreased to 2.40 percent in January from 2.50 percent in December of 2023. Unemployment Rate in Japan is expected to be 2.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Japan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 2.70 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models.