Number of full-time care workers at child welfare facilities Japan 2015-2021, by type

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 9, 2023

In 2021, there were around 406.01 thousand child care workers regularly employed in child welfare facilities in Japan. The majority of the child care workers were employed in nursery centers including integrated centers for early childhood education and care, daycare centers with educational classes, and daycare centers.

Number of full-time equivalent care workers at child welfare facilities in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s), by institution type

Characteristic	Child welfare facilities*	Nursery centers**	Community based child care business establishments***
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2021; as of October 1 each year

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based on survey results

Supplementary notes

*Including midwifery facilities, nursery centers for newborns, maternal and child living support centers, foster homes, institutions for disabled children, child development support centers, child psychotherapy facilities, child independence support centers, child and family support centers, activity centers for children, playgrounds for children.
**Including integrated centers for early childhood education and care that offer combined services of nursing care and educational classes to children before they enter primary schools, daycare centers with educational classes that operate as welfare facilities and offer educational classes at the same time, and daycare centers.
***Including small-sized child care facilities, home-like child care businesses that offer care services at the home of child care workers, home-visit child care businesses, and child care facilities within business facilities.

Full-time equivalent care workers = [total number of hours worked per week of full-time employees (those who work the full number of hours specified by the facility) and part-time employees who engage in multiple duties including child care services / standard weekly working hours] + number of full-time employees who only engage in child care services

Figures have been rounded.
Figures prior to 2021 are from the previous reporting.

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