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Distribution of the workforce in Japan from 1991 to 2025, by economic sector

Characteristic	Services	Industry	Agriculture
2025	74%	23.2%	2.8%
2024	73.8%	23.3%	2.9%
2023	73.3%	23.7%	3%
2022	73.3%	23.6%	3.1%
2021	73.1%	23.7%	3.2%
2020	72.8%	23.9%	3.3%
2019	72.4%	24.2%	3.4%
2018	72%	24.4%	3.5%
2017	71.8%	24.6%	3.6%
2016	71.7%	24.6%	3.7%
2015	71.3%	24.9%	3.8%
2014	71.1%	25.1%	3.8%
2013	70.9%	25.2%	3.9%
2012	70.6%	25.3%	4.1%
2011	70.4%	25.4%	4.2%
2010	70.1%	25.5%	4.4%
2009	69.3%	26.1%	4.6%
2008	68.7%	26.8%	4.6%
2007	68.1%	27.3%	4.6%
2006	67.9%	27.5%	4.6%
2005	67.8%	27.4%	4.8%
2004	67.2%	27.8%	4.9%
2003	66.3%	28.7%	5%
2002	66.2%	28.8%	5%
2001	65.1%	29.7%	5.2%
2000	64.1%	30.4%	5.5%
1999	63.8%	30.6%	5.6%
1998	63.4%	30.9%	5.7%
1997	62.3%	32%	5.7%
1996	62%	32.1%	5.9%
1995	61.5%	32.3%	6.1%
1994	60.9%	32.9%	6.2%
1993	60.5%	33.1%	6.4%
1992	59.7%	33.4%	6.9%
1991	59.5%	33.3%	7.2%

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July 2026

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Japan

Survey time period

1991 to 2025

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In 2025, approximately 74 percent of the Japanese workforce were employed in services, compared with 23.2 percent in industry and just 2.8 percent in agriculture.

Employment and standard of living in Japan

Japan’s economy is one of the strongest in the world, and the country’s standard of living is eminently high. Japan ranks third among the countries with the largest gross domestic product / GDP worldwide; a look at the distribution of gross domestic product / GDP across economic sectors in Japan shows that the vast majority of Japan’s GDP is generated by the services sector. The majority of Japan’s workforce is employed in this sector, with less than a third working in industry and only a little more than 1 percent working in agriculture.

Similarly to its gross domestic product, the unemployment rate in Japan has been quite steady for the past few years, and even decreased slightly. The inflation rate in Japan, on the other hand, has been fluctuating in recent years, and is currently one of the lowest worldwide.

Japan is famous for a high life expectancy, and the median age (i.e. one half of the population is younger and the other half is older) of the Japanese population is thus also among the highest in the world, as can be seen in a comparison of the median age of the population of selected countries. The median age in Japan is significantly higher than in other developed countries, like France or the United States.