Productivity Statistics
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 February 2024 Data Release > (25.04.2024) update!
・The index of non-manufacturing "Gas" in "Labor productivity index of different products" and "Construction industry" will be updated on early May.(25.04.2024) 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 (25.04.2024) update!
- Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload (25.04.2024) update!
- Index of output of different sectorsDownload (25.04.2024) update!
- Labor productivity index of different productsDownload (25.04.2024) update!
<Facilities with 30 or more employees/Updated monthly/1980~>
- Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(25.04.2024) update!
Non-manufacturing (Service industry, Construction)
<Facilities with 5 or more employees/Updated monthly/1990~>
- Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(25.04.2024) update!
- Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload(25.04.2024) update!
- Index of output of different sectorsDownload(25.04.2024) update!
- Labor productivity index of different productsDownload(25.04.2024) update!
Check here for explanation of labor productivity index.
Brief Summary
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・Labor productivity index of Manufacturing was 97.0 (2020=100). The growth rate was down -4.1% from the same month the year before. Labor productivity index of Service Industry (the entire service industries) was 98.5 (2020=100). The growth rate was up +1.0%.
・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (Mining and Manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 3 of the 21 industries compared with the same month last year, for example, Electrical parts & devices (+5.9%), Non-ferrous metals (+1.8%), Foods & tobacco (+0.3%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Electrical parts & devices went up for consecutive 5 months.
・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (non-manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 7 of the 14 industries excluding Construction industry, for example, Finance & insurance (+7.2%), Accommodations (+6.8%), Transport & postal activities (+4.0%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Accommodations kept up for consecutive 29 months.
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