In 2019, the number of employees in the food manufacturing industry in Japan amounted to approximately 1.15 million. The number has remained stable above 1.1 million people employed in recent years.
Number of persons engaged in the food manufacturing industry in Japan from 2010 to 2019
(in millions)
refers to establishments with four or more persons engaged
Supplementary notes
*Excluding establishments in enumeration districts which include restricted areas designated due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
**No figures were reported for 2015 by the source.
Persons employed refer to the regular employees, working proprietors and unpaid family workers.
Figures have been rounded.
Data prior to 2019 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan.
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (September 21, 2021). Number of persons engaged in the food manufacturing industry in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638345/japan-food-manufacturing-industry-employee-number/
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (2021). Number of persons engaged in the food manufacturing industry in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638345/japan-food-manufacturing-industry-employee-number/
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