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Annual Report on the Labour Force Survey 2020

Summary of the results 

 Summary of 2020 Annual Average (I Basic Tabulation) (PDF:203KB)

 Summary of 2020 Annual Average (II Detailed Tabulation) (PDF:200KB)

Statistical tables

Notes to statistical tables (PDF:122KB)

The statistical tables are formatted on excel files.

I Basic Tabulation

(Time series tables, Whole Japan)
Table I-A-1 Population by labour force status and main activity (Excel:35KB)
Table I-A-2 Population aged 15 years old and over in labour force and not in labour force by age group
     Both sexes (Excel:42KB)      Male (Excel:41KB)      Female (Excel:42KB)
Table I-A-3 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status and relationship to the head of household
     Both sexes (Excel:28KB)      Male (Excel:28KB)      Female (Excel:28KB)
Table I-A-4 Females aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, status in employment and marital status (Excel:33KB)
Table I-A-5 Employed person by agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, status in employment and age group (Excel:140KB)
Table I-A-6 Employed person by industry, status in employment and type of employment (Excel:127KB)
Table I-A-7 Employed person and employee by occupation (Excel:42KB)
Table I-A-8 Employee, excluding executive of company or corporation by type of employment and age group (Excel:39KB)
Table I-A-9 Employee in non-agricultural industries by major industry and number of persons engaged in enterprise (Excel:114KB)
Table I-A-10 Employee in non-agricultural industries by weekly hours of work (Excel:31KB)
Table I-A-11 Employee in non-agricultural industries by number of persons engaged in enterprise and weekly hours of work (excluding government employee)
     Both sexes (Excel:42KB)      Male (Excel:42KB)      Female (Excel:42KB)
Table I-A-12 Average weekly days and hours of work and aggregate weekly hours of work by major industry (Excel:73KB)
Table I-A-13 Unemployed person by age group and preference for employment as primary or secondary activity and unemployment rate by age group (Excel:52KB)
Table I-A-14 Unemployed person by age group and reason for seeking a job (Excel:54KB)
Table I-A-15 Unemployed person by reason for seeking a job and preference for employment as primary or secondary activity (Excel:39KB)
(Cross sectional tables, Whole Japan)
Table I-B-1 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, status in employment, type of employment, duration of employment contract, agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, number of persons engaged in enterprise and age group
     Both sexes (Excel:27KB)      Male (Excel:27KB)      Female (Excel:27KB)
Table I-B-2 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, status in employment, type of employment, duration of employment contract, agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, number of persons engaged in enterprise and relationship to the head of household (Excel:30KB)
Table I-B-3 Females aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, status in employment, type of employment, duration of employment contract, agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, number of persons engaged in enterprise, marital status and age group (Excel:34KB)
Table I-B-4 Employed person by industry, status in employment, type of employment and duration of employment contract
     Both sexes (Excel:47KB)      Male (Excel:45KB)      Female (Excel:45KB)
Table I-B-5 Employed person by age group and industry (actual figures and percentage distribution) (Excel:38KB)
Table I-B-6 Employed person by status in employment, type of employment, duration of employment contract and occupation (Excel:47KB)
Table I-B-7 Employed person by age group and occupation (actual figures and percentage distribution) (Excel:38KB)
Table I-B-8 Employed person by occupation and industry (Excel:28KB)
Table I-B-9 Employed person by agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries, age group and weekly days and hours of work (Excel:23KB)
Table I-B-10 Employed person by industry, occupation, status in employment, type of employment, duration of employment contract, weekly days and hours of work
     Both sexes (Excel:32KB)      Male (Excel:32KB)      Female (Excel:32KB)
Table I-B-11 Average weekly hours and days of work by industry, occupation and status in employment (Excel:19KB)
(Regional table)
Notes to Regional table (PDF:99KB)
Table I-C-1 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, status in employment and major industries - Regions (Excel:73KB)
(Time series data of major items)
Notes to time series tables of major items (PDF:175KB)
Table I-D-1 Seasonally adjusted series, Original series and Seasonal factors of monthly figures (Excel:40KB) [2016-2020] *Seasonal factors : 2020-2021
Table I-D-2 Annual average data (calendar/ fiscal) (Excel:53KB) [1953-2020]
[Labour force, Employed person, Employee, Employed person in agriculture and forestry, Employed person in non-agricultural industries, Employee engaged in non-agricultural industries [by number of persons engaged in enterprise], Unemployed person, Unemployment rate, Not in labour force, Aggregate weekly hours of work (Non-agricultural industries)]
(Notes) 1. "*" indicates that Okinawa-ken is not included in the figures.
  2. The data before 1977 is the compatible time-series data that are adjusted to the effects of the methodological reform in 1961 and 1967, and the benchmark revision in 1975.
On this account, the data before 1977 is different from the data of the annual report published in each year.
(Reference tables)
Notes to reference tables (PDF:129KB)
Table I-E-1 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status - Prefectures (model-based estimation) (Excel:74KB) [Calendar yearly average data; 2010-2020]
Table I-E-2 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status - Monthly results for Southern-Kanto and Kinki (Excel:24KB) [Monthly data; 2016-2020]

II Detailed Tabulation

(Cross sectional tables, Whole Japan)
Table II-B Summary Table: Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, employed persons, unemployed persons, persons not in labour force and labour underutilization (Excel:16KB)
Table II-B-1 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, began work for the past year,changed jobs for the past year, reason for taking a non-regular employment, reason for seeking a job,reason for leaving the previous job, duration of unemployment, kind of job sought, whether wishing to work,reason not to seek a job and age(Excel:116KB)
Table II-B-2 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, status in employment, type of employment, agri-/non-agriculture, reason for seeking a job, reason for leaving the previous job, kind of job sought, whether wishing to work, reason not to seek a job, age, education and relationship to the head of household(Excel:467KB)
(Time series data of Employed person and Employee by type of employment)
Notes to time series data of Employed person and Employee by type of employment (PDF:146KB)
Table II-C-1 Employed person and Employee by type of employment (Yearly average) (Excel:39KB)
Table II-C-2 Employed person and Employee by type of employment (Quarterly average) (Excel:56KB)

Appendices

  1. Outline of the Labour Force Survey (PDF:215KB)
  2. Concepts and Definitions (PDF:286KB)
  3. Sampling Method, Estimation Method, and Sampling Errors of Estimates (PDF:401KB)
  4. Labour Force Survey Questionnaire (PDF:403KB)
  5. Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (PDF:590KB)
  6. English Translation of the Table Stubs (PDF:310KB)
  7. List of Publications on the Labour Force Survey and the Special Survey (PDF:287KB)

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