Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Japan
Japan: Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed was 100.83 Index in 2026. ▲ Rising
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Japan, 1980–2026
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Japan recorded 100.83 Index for productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in 2026.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Japan peaked at 102.93 Index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 65.45 Index, in 1980.
That places Japan 17th out of 23 countries with data for 2026, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Japan, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 65.45 Index | — |
| 1981 | 66.32 Index | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 67.94 Index | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 69.18 Index | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 71.25 Index | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 76.26 Index | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 76.69 Index | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 80.39 Index | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 83.43 Index | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 86.49 Index | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 88.26 Index | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 88.71 Index | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 87.61 Index | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 87.86 Index | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 86.45 Index | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 89.33 Index | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 91.22 Index | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 90.47 Index | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 90.19 Index | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 89.63 Index | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 92.06 Index | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 91.61 Index | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 93.86 Index | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 95.66 Index | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 96.41 Index | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 98.53 Index | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 99.38 Index | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 99.78 Index | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 96.68 Index | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 96 Index | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 98.86 Index | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 99.06 Index | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.18 Index | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 100.99 Index | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 100.86 Index | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 101.89 Index | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 101.54 Index | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 102.93 Index | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 100.86 Index | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 97.51 Index | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 97.74 Index | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 100.86 Index | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 100.99 Index | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 100.47 Index | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 100.43 Index | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 100.07 Index | -0.4% |
| 2026 | 100.83 Index | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.34 Index | 65.45 Index | 86.49 Index | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.97 Index | 86.45 Index | 91.22 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 96 Index | 91.61 Index | 99.78 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.37 Index | 97.51 Index | 102.93 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.2 Index | 97.74 Index | 100.99 Index | 7 |
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- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 895,261 constant LCU per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual -7.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2678 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 9,050 current US$ per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual -0.2994 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 40.53 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 1.37 million current LCU per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -4.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Japan?
- Productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Japan was 100.83 Index in 2026, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 102.93 Index in 2017.
- What is the lowest productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.45 Index in 1980.
- How does Japan rank for productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed?
- Japan ranks 17th out of 23 countries with data for 2026.
- Is productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Productivity Database aims at providing users with the most comprehensive and the latest productivity estimates. The update cycle is on a rolling basis: each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. The productivity database contains data on labour productivity both measured using employment or hours worked and the compenents of capital and labour inputs. The productivity database in levels, in growth rates and by industry contains annual data, while the database on productivity and unit labour costs are quarterly estimates. Further information for all datasets and the methodology may be found in the attached file OECD-Productivity-Statistics-Database-metadata