Employment in services in Japan
74.0% of employed people in Japan worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Japan, 2025
74.0%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
73.5%
Position in 2025
41st of 182
Employment in services in Japan over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.0% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 73.8% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 73.3% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 73.3% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 73.1% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 72.8% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 72.4% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 72.0% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 71.8% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 71.7% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 71.3% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 71.1% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 70.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 70.6% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 70.4% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 70.1% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 69.3% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 68.7% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 68.1% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 67.9% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 67.8% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 67.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 66.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 66.2% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 65.1% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 73.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 71.3%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Japan has the 41st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Japan
All statistics for Japan
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2.8%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
23.2%
2025 · World Bank
Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
2.4%
September 2026 · Eurostat
Monthly youth unemployment
3.5%
September 2026 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT