Productivity Statistics

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 November 2024 Data Release >  (03.02.2025) update!

・The index of Labor productivity has been updated.(27.01.2025)

・The index of non-manufacturing "Gas" in "Labor productivity index of different products" and "Construction industry" has been updated.(03.02.2025) 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 (27.01.2025)
    • Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload (27.01.2025)
    • Index of output of different sectorsDownload (27.01.2025)
  • Labor productivity index of different productsDownload (27.01.2025)

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

  • Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(27.01.2025)

Non-manufacturing (Service industry, Construction)

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

  • Labor productivity index of different sectorsDownload(03.02.2025) update!
    • Index of labor input of different sectorsDownload(03.02.2025) update!
    • Index of output of different sectorsDownload(03.02.2025) update!
  • Labor productivity index of different productsDownload(03.02.2025) update!

Check here for explanation of labor productivity index.


Brief Summary

Productivity Statistics



・Labor productivity index of Manufacturing was 98.5 (2020=100). The growth rate was down -3.5% from the same month the year before. Labor productivity index of Service Industry (the entire service industries) was 97.0 (2020=100). The growth rate was down -0.3%.

・A look at labor productivity indices by industry (Mining and Manufacturing) shows that the labor productivity growth rate went up in the 4 of the 21 industries compared with the same month last year, for example, Business oriented machinery (+4.4%), Production machinery (+1.9%), Non-ferrous metals (+1.1%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Business oriented machinery went up for consecutive 3 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, Transport & Postal Activities (+3.3%), Learning support (+2.9%), Eating and drinking places (+1.6%). Especially, labor productivity growth rate of Learning support went up for consecutive 4 months.



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