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 October 2024 Data Release >  (07.01.2025) update!

・The index of Labor productivity has been updated.(25.12.2024)

・The index of non-manufacturing "Gas" in "Labor productivity index of different products" and "Construction industry" has been updated.(07.01.2025) 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 (25.12.2024)
• Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload (25.12.2024)
• Index of output of different sectorsDownload (25.12.2024)
• Labor productivity index of different productsDownload (25.12.2024)

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

• Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(25.12.2024)

Non-manufacturing (Service industry, Construction)

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

• Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(07.01.2025) update!
• Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload(07.01.2025) update!
• Index of output of different sectorsDownload(07.01.2025) update!
• Labor productivity index of different productsDownload(07.01.2025) update!

Check here for explanation of labor productivity index.

Brief Summary

・Labor productivity index of Manufacturing was 105.0 (2020=100). The growth rate was up +1.7% from the same month the year before. Labor productivity index of Service Industry (the entire service industries) was 98.4 (2020=100). The growth rate was up +0.1%.

・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (Mining and Manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 13 of the 21 industries compared with the same month last year, for example, Production machinery (+17.1%), Business oriented machinery (+9.4%), Textiles (+6.8%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Electrical parts & devices (+6.0%) went up for consecutive 4 months.

・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (non-manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 6 of the 14 industries excluding Construction industry, for example, Transport & Postal Activities (+4.8%), Wholesale trade (+2.7%), Accommodations (+2.6%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Finance & insurance (+1.1%) went up for consecutive 17 months.

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