Japan Unemployment Rate

Japan · Monthly series · ECONOMICS:JPUR

Latest, September 2026

2.4%

-0.10pp from August 2026

Recent history

The 24 most recent observations, newest first.
PeriodValue
September 20262.4%
August 20262.5%
July 20262.4%
June 20262.5%
May 20262.5%
April 20262.5%
March 20262.7%
February 20262.6%
January 20262.7%
December 20252.6%
November 20252.6%
October 20252.6%
September 20252.6%
August 20252.6%
July 20252.3%
June 20252.5%
May 20252.5%
April 20252.5%
March 20252.5%
February 20252.4%
January 20252.5%
December 20242.4%
November 20242.5%
October 20242.5%

Forecast

Forecast for September 2027: 2.4%, with an 80% interval of 2.1% to 2.7%.

Forecast path with the 80% interval.
PeriodForecast80% low80% high
October 20262.4%2.3%2.5%
November 20262.4%2.3%2.6%
December 20262.4%2.3%2.6%
January 20272.4%2.3%2.6%
February 20272.4%2.2%2.6%
March 20272.4%2.2%2.6%
April 20272.4%2.2%2.6%
May 20272.4%2.2%2.7%
June 20272.4%2.2%2.7%
July 20272.4%2.2%2.7%
August 20272.4%2.1%2.7%
September 20272.4%2.1%2.7%

Model: AR(1) + Chronos-2 blend. Forecast generated 2026-10-31.

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%.

Written from the figures by a fixed template; no AI model is involved.

Source

Data: ECONOMICS feed via TradingView.

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