Share of foreign national workers Japan 2024, by industry

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 3, 2025

As of October 2024, about 26 percent of foreign workers in Japan were employed by the manufacturing industry. The manufacturing industry therefore continued to be the most important source of employment for the increasing number of foreign workers in the country.

Distribution of foreign nationals working in Japan in 2024, by industry

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January 2025

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Japan

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2024; as of the end of October

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