Japan Productivity Center has been publishing labor productivity statistics (tangible labor productivity index) of mining & manufacturing industry and major industrial sectors on monthly, quarterly or annual basis since 1958 to measure efficiency of different sectors.

< Note: Labor Productivity Statistics August 2024 Data Release >  (05.11.2024) update!

・The index of Labor productivity has been updated.(29.10.2024)

・The index of non-manufacturing "Gas" in "Labor productivity index of different products" and "Construction industry" has been updated.(05.11.2024) update!

Time-series Data

Please download Excel format time-series data from below links.

Mining & Manufacturing industry

<Facilities with 5 or more employees/Updated monthly/1990~>

• Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload (29.10.2024)
• Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload (29.10.2024)
• Index of output of different sectorsDownload (29.10.2024)
• Labor productivity index of different productsDownload (29.10.2024)

<Facilities with 30 or more employees/Updated monthly/1980~>

• Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(29.10.2024)

Non-manufacturing (Service industry, Construction)

<Facilities with 5 or more employees/Updated monthly/1990~>

• Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(05.11.2024) update!
• Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload(05.11.2024) update!
• Index of output of different sectorsDownload(05.11.2024) update!
• Labor productivity index of different productsDownload(05.11.2024) update!

Check here for explanation of labor productivity index.

Brief Summary

・Labor productivity index of Manufacturing was 97.1 (2020=100). The growth rate was down -4.6% from the same month the year before. Labor productivity index of Service Industry (the entire service industries) was 99.2 (2020=100). The growth rate was down -0.6%.

・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (Mining and Manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in only one industry, which was Electrical parts & devices (+14.2%), out of the 21 industries compared with the same month last year.　Labor productivity growth rate of Electrical parts & devices went up for consecutive 2 months.

・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (non-manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 5 of the 14 industries excluding Construction industry, for example, Learning support (+3.5%), Finance & insurance (+3.2%), Transport & postal Activities (+3.0%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Finance & insurance went up for consecutive 15 months.

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