In 2022, the number of employees in the food manufacturing industry in Japan amounted to approximately 1.1 million. The number has remained stable above one million people employed in the last decade.
Number of persons engaged in the food manufacturing industry in Japan from 2013 to 2022
(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.
Data prior to 2022 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan. Figures have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2024). Number of persons engaged in the food manufacturing industry in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638345/japan-food-manufacturing-industry-employee-number/
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