ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Japan
Japan: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total was 41.54 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Japan, 1987–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Japan recorded 41.54 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Japan peaked at 43.81 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 27.27 %, in 1987.
That places Japan 8th out of 97 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 27.27 % | — |
| 1988 | 28.89 % | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 28.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 40.21 % | +39.2% |
| 2001 | 39.98 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 38.67 % | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 40.08 % | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 40.13 % | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 39.22 % | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 41.85 % | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 43.03 % | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 42.16 % | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 43.38 % | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 42.65 % | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 39.61 % | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 38.57 % | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 39.85 % | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 39.7 % | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 39.06 % | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 39.08 % | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 42.48 % | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 43.8 % | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 43.81 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 43.36 % | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 41.3 % | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 41.34 % | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 40 % | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 40.91 % | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 41.54 % | +1.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 41.54 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.57 %, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Japan's 41.54 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 30.16 %, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +39.2% | 28.89 % | 40.21 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 28.35 % | 27.27 % | 28.89 % | 3 |
| 2000s | 40.87 % | 38.67 % | 43.38 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.86 % | 38.57 % | 43.81 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.41 % | 40 % | 43.36 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 5 Armenia 43.13 % compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22.5 % compare
- 6 Austria 42.75 % compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.9 % compare
- 7 India 42.36 % compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.56 % compare
- 9 Lithuania 41.13 % compare
- 10 Myanmar 39.18 % compare
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 38.25 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Japan?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Japan was 41.54 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 43.81 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.27 % in 1987.
- How does Japan rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total?
- Japan ranks 8th out of 97 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total employees in agriculture — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.