Japan: Unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 89% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Japan in the 2020 ranking

• Montenegro — 1st of 3: 17.82%
• New Zealand — 2nd of 3: 4.23%

What this measures

The percentage of the labor force with an intermediate level of education who are unemployed. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education) in nearby economies

• Australia — 4.27% (2024)
• Cambodia — 0.92% (2019)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.88% (2024)
• Indonesia — 5.54% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 2.92% (2025)
• Malaysia — 4.13% (2022)
• Mongolia — 7.07% (2024)

More social protection & labor data for Japan

• Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate) — 55.14% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (national estimate) — 69.8% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) — 62.23% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 56.4% (2025)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 78.66% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 71.7% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 63.8% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Japan's unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education)?

3.59% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is down 2.87 percentage points from 6.46% in 2009. The highest value was 6.46% in 2009 and the lowest 3.06% in 2019.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.INTM.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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