Japan: plastic manufacturing industry employee number

In 2020, the number of employees in the Japanese plastic products manufacturing industry amounted to approximately 451.7 thousand, the highest amount of the past decade. Within the observed period, employment numbers in this field increased steadily, starting at only about 406 thousand people in fiscal 2011.

Number of persons engaged in the plastic products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2011 to 2020

Special properties

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.

The category plastic products excludes plastic furniture, plastic plate making for printing, etc., which are included in other classifications.
Persons employed refer to the regular employees, working proprietors and unpaid family workers.

Figures have been rounded.
Data prior to 2020 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan.

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