Full-time equivalent child care workers = [total number of hours worked per week of full-time employees (those who work the full number of hours specified by the facility) and part-time employees who engage in multiple duties including child care services / standard weekly working hours] + number of full-time employees who only engage in child care services
Figures have been rounded.
Figures prior to 2022 are from the previous reporting.
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Number of full-time child care workers Japan 2013-2022
In 2022, there were around * thousand child care workers regularly employed in Japan. It is required to pass qualifying examinations and receive approval from prefectural governments to work as a child care worker in the country.
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MHLW (Japan). (December 26, 2023). Number of full-time equivalent child care workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/
MHLW (Japan). "Number of full-time equivalent child care workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 26, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/
MHLW (Japan). (2023). Number of full-time equivalent child care workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2026. /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/
MHLW (Japan). "Number of Full-time Equivalent Child Care Workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 26 Dec 2023, /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/
MHLW (Japan), Number of full-time equivalent child care workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/ (last visited July 27, 2026)
Number of full-time equivalent child care workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], MHLW (Japan), December 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1318983/japan-number-full-time-child-care-workers/
