Table Data - Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Japan
| Title | Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Japan |
|---|---|
| Series ID | ULQEUL01JPQ657S |
| Source | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Release | Main Economic Indicators (Not a Press Release) |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Units | Growth rate previous period |
| Date Range | 1980-04-01 to 2026-01-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-07-16 3:14 PM CDT |
| Notes | OECD Data Filters: REF_AREA: JPN MEASURE: ULC UNIT_MEASURE: GR ACTIVITY: _T ADJUSTMENT: Y TRANSFORMATION: G1 FREQ: Q All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD (year), (dataset name), (data source) DOI or https://data-explorer.oecd.org/. (accessed on (date)). |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1980-04-01 | 2.301734054500000 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.473981700600000 |
| 1980-10-01 | -0.341172690800000 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.457412127600000 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.980704729100000 |
| 1981-07-01 | 1.865644219300000 |
| 1981-10-01 | 1.606067226200000 |
| 1982-01-01 | -1.612724909200000 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.521116029900000 |
| 1982-07-01 | 1.289790223700000 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.017767540100000 |
| 1983-01-01 | 1.200163089100000 |
| 1983-04-01 | -0.638662980000000 |
| 1983-07-01 | -0.801022730700000 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.268503828900000 |
| 1984-01-01 | -0.031898396900000 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.395301020300000 |
| 1984-07-01 | -0.700351636000000 |
| 1984-10-01 | 1.823560541500000 |
| 1985-01-01 | -2.173296220200000 |
| 1985-04-01 | -0.914499512000000 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.259003390100000 |
| 1985-10-01 | -0.876929347800000 |
| 1986-01-01 | 1.344305005500000 |
| 1986-04-01 | -0.223467020400000 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.651466964700000 |
| 1986-10-01 | -0.050132900400000 |
| 1987-01-01 | 1.294791586000000 |
| 1987-04-01 | -1.811860102200000 |
| 1987-07-01 | -1.212587311400000 |
| 1987-10-01 | -1.442408346700000 |
| 1988-01-01 | -0.494251564000000 |
| 1988-04-01 | 1.086735660800000 |
| 1988-07-01 | -0.833933087100000 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.108951085600000 |
| 1989-01-01 | -1.572597436700000 |
| 1989-04-01 | 3.594163265900000 |
| 1989-07-01 | -0.272605561100000 |
| 1989-10-01 | -1.283950550800000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 1.881205202900000 |
| 1990-04-01 | -1.391704630300000 |
| 1990-07-01 | -0.394026234000000 |
| 1990-10-01 | 2.577192020800000 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.185949488400000 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.737638907000000 |
| 1991-07-01 | 1.522664319600000 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.670777587800000 |
| 1992-01-01 | -0.364222407100000 |
| 1992-04-01 | -0.297929969900000 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.161098549800000 |
| 1992-10-01 | 1.282231500300000 |
| 1993-01-01 | -1.621352779100000 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.738649078800000 |
| 1993-07-01 | 2.122639909400000 |
| 1993-10-01 | -0.746311421000000 |
| 1994-01-01 | -0.028847278700000 |
| 1994-04-01 | 2.685414388400000 |
| 1994-07-01 | -2.615464028800000 |
| 1994-10-01 | 2.089663705200000 |
| 1995-01-01 | -1.143618163600000 |
| 1995-04-01 | -0.767316702800000 |
| 1995-07-01 | -0.508377983700000 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.193510654400000 |
| 1996-01-01 | -1.693564703900000 |
| 1996-04-01 | -0.445292714700000 |
| 1996-07-01 | 1.120168287200000 |
| 1996-10-01 | -0.760094619400000 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.468684043700000 |
| 1997-04-01 | 1.404201466700000 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.254252605800000 |
| 1997-10-01 | -0.248666192100000 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.824615725000000 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.113620560400000 |
| 1998-07-01 | -1.261990559900000 |
| 1998-10-01 | -1.334998891800000 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.725217794000000 |
| 1999-04-01 | -0.912895019700000 |
| 1999-07-01 | -0.532215801500000 |
| 1999-10-01 | -0.026402180700000 |
| 2000-01-01 | -2.038585247900000 |
| 2000-04-01 | -1.022580911200000 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.095546190700000 |
| 2000-10-01 | -0.610845219600000 |
| 2001-01-01 | -0.443417568200000 |
| 2001-04-01 | -1.122626619200000 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.299435023900000 |
| 2001-10-01 | -1.224028566000000 |
| 2002-01-01 | -0.181241071900000 |
| 2002-04-01 | -3.677325864200000 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.055310249200000 |
| 2002-10-01 | -0.821889128700000 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.607688445500000 |
| 2003-04-01 | -2.309046389800000 |
| 2003-07-01 | -1.569250244500000 |
| 2003-10-01 | -0.742844912400000 |
| 2004-01-01 | -0.469751548400000 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.864546156200000 |
| 2004-07-01 | -0.238692641400000 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.268523073400000 |
| 2005-01-01 | -0.022703969500000 |
| 2005-04-01 | -0.583281410700000 |
| 2005-07-01 | -0.236696818500000 |
| 2005-10-01 | -0.086956837600000 |
| 2006-01-01 | -0.491422522600000 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.039761682900000 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.575499647200000 |
| 2006-10-01 | -0.641716429200000 |
| 2007-01-01 | -1.844365560100000 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.545895783700000 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.245105170500000 |
| 2007-10-01 | -0.048112909100000 |
| 2008-01-01 | -0.197556447300000 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.859877004200000 |
| 2008-07-01 | -0.335685557400000 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1.766848826100000 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2.806347025400000 |
| 2009-04-01 | -4.031549017800000 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.356021652900000 |
| 2009-10-01 | -2.037550338000000 |
| 2010-01-01 | -0.924415813100000 |
| 2010-04-01 | -1.689002471000000 |
| 2010-07-01 | -2.044883968800000 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.224889099000000 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.845508504400000 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.795203881300000 |
| 2011-07-01 | -2.389368545800000 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.125648190200000 |
| 2012-01-01 | -1.164097797300000 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.135123732900000 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.540472017000000 |
| 2012-10-01 | -0.364686366600000 |
| 2013-01-01 | -0.624617060400000 |
| 2013-04-01 | -0.630857044200000 |
| 2013-07-01 | -1.576455745400000 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1.000286328100000 |
| 2014-01-01 | -0.921419560200000 |
| 2014-04-01 | 2.807396361800000 |
| 2014-07-01 | -0.244140128300000 |
| 2014-10-01 | -0.568038664400000 |
| 2015-01-01 | -1.603757719300000 |
| 2015-04-01 | -0.072216782300000 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.351143260800000 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.403797955700000 |
| 2016-01-01 | -0.350530123700000 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.404367324100000 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.815834649400000 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.172541694100000 |
| 2017-01-01 | -0.687444976800000 |
| 2017-04-01 | -0.123258343609789 |
| 2017-07-01 | -0.232516228100000 |
| 2017-10-01 | -0.063451874500000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1.971430478800000 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.336931166600000 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.438192231722612 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.612664304092081 |
| 2019-01-01 | -0.416539547161321 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.710312969639060 |
| 2019-07-01 | -0.042934253476046 |
| 2019-10-01 | 4.052746273907610 |
| 2020-01-01 | -1.179076056571200 |
| 2020-04-01 | 4.733621429232900 |
| 2020-07-01 | -4.047097996842120 |
| 2020-10-01 | -1.059736468806960 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.978453457679263 |
| 2021-04-01 | -1.158241622620400 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.879034331863870 |
| 2021-10-01 | -1.436940232653080 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2.227956648135180 |
| 2022-04-01 | -1.220178012406100 |
| 2022-07-01 | 1.321445468922100 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.189707665834060 |
| 2023-01-01 | -0.393337375188796 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.042285497859496 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.317990057627960 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.056365560954474 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.353029351897560 |
| 2024-04-01 | 1.534103619718090 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.118048053461206 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.594063454909821 |
| 2025-01-01 | -0.149672614158425 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.119235133425290 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1.003504474888130 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.843161404856008 |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.062008786710854 |