In 2021, the number of employees in the Japanese lumber and wood products manufacturing industry amounted to approximately 86.07 thousand, the lowest number of the past decade. Within the observed period, figures peaked in 2016 at around 95.54 thousand employees, but the industry has been shrinking with each year since then.
Number of persons engaged in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
refers to establishments with four or more persons engaged; excluding furniture
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 2021 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 27, 2023). Number of persons engaged in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638378/japan-lumber-and-wood-manufacturing-industry-employed-people/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of persons engaged in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638378/japan-lumber-and-wood-manufacturing-industry-employed-people/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Number of persons engaged in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638378/japan-lumber-and-wood-manufacturing-industry-employed-people/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Persons Engaged in The Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638378/japan-lumber-and-wood-manufacturing-industry-employed-people/
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Number of persons engaged in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/638378/japan-lumber-and-wood-manufacturing-industry-employed-people/
