Japan Unemployment Rate
Japan · Monthly series · ECONOMICS:JPUR
Latest, September 2026
2.4%
-0.10pp from August 2026
Recent history
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.4% |
| August 2026 | 2.5% |
| July 2026 | 2.4% |
| June 2026 | 2.5% |
| May 2026 | 2.5% |
| April 2026 | 2.5% |
| March 2026 | 2.7% |
| February 2026 | 2.6% |
| January 2026 | 2.7% |
| December 2025 | 2.6% |
| November 2025 | 2.6% |
| October 2025 | 2.6% |
| September 2025 | 2.6% |
| August 2025 | 2.6% |
| July 2025 | 2.3% |
| June 2025 | 2.5% |
| May 2025 | 2.5% |
| April 2025 | 2.5% |
| March 2025 | 2.5% |
| February 2025 | 2.4% |
| January 2025 | 2.5% |
| December 2024 | 2.4% |
| November 2024 | 2.5% |
| October 2024 | 2.5% |
Forecast
Forecast for September 2027: 2.4%, with an 80% interval of 2.1% to 2.7%.
| Period | Forecast | 80% low | 80% high |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| November 2026 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| December 2026 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| January 2027 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| February 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| March 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| April 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| May 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| June 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| July 2027 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| August 2027 | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| September 2027 | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
Reading
Japan Unemployment Rate was 2.4% in September 2026: -0.10pp from August 2026 and -0.20pp from September 2025. It is above 8% of the 119 earlier readings since October 2016.
The AR(1) + Chronos-2 blend forecast puts it at 2.4% in September 2027, +0.02pp from the latest, with an 80% band from 2.1% to 2.7%.
Source
Data: ECONOMICS feed via TradingView.
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