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 | ULQEUL01JPQ659S |
| 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 same period previous year |
| Date Range | 1981-01-01 to 2026-01-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-07-16 3:13 PM CDT |
| Notes | OECD Data Filters: REF_AREA: JPN MEASURE: ULC UNIT_MEASURE: GR ACTIVITY: _T ADJUSTMENT: Y TRANSFORMATION: GY 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 |
|---|---|
| 1981-01-01 | 2.904500095600000 |
| 1981-04-01 | 1.575687210900000 |
| 1981-07-01 | 2.982609424100000 |
| 1981-10-01 | 4.994792922900000 |
| 1982-01-01 | 2.831153576700000 |
| 1982-04-01 | 2.363143017300000 |
| 1982-07-01 | 1.784476624300000 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.193388053700000 |
| 1983-01-01 | 3.057912744600000 |
| 1983-04-01 | 1.868865022800000 |
| 1983-07-01 | -0.233901131300000 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.016204244900000 |
| 1984-01-01 | -1.201443133100000 |
| 1984-04-01 | -0.173335479200000 |
| 1984-07-01 | -0.072027382400000 |
| 1984-10-01 | 1.477748057100000 |
| 1985-01-01 | -0.695987617700000 |
| 1985-04-01 | -1.991550726300000 |
| 1985-07-01 | -1.044670249200000 |
| 1985-10-01 | -3.669091022400000 |
| 1986-01-01 | -0.205274800500000 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.490703897300000 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.884074462900000 |
| 1986-10-01 | 1.725559637000000 |
| 1987-01-01 | 1.675859949300000 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.057230521100000 |
| 1987-07-01 | -1.795818560400000 |
| 1987-10-01 | -3.163777063100000 |
| 1988-01-01 | -4.874074094200000 |
| 1988-04-01 | -2.065877441700000 |
| 1988-07-01 | -1.690493896300000 |
| 1988-10-01 | -0.143039489000000 |
| 1989-01-01 | -1.225191454300000 |
| 1989-04-01 | 1.224889459000000 |
| 1989-07-01 | 1.797870908600000 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.381469883200000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 3.903840448900000 |
| 1990-04-01 | -1.096931853800000 |
| 1990-07-01 | -1.217348888100000 |
| 1990-10-01 | 2.646398715900000 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.938410538400000 |
| 1991-04-01 | 3.118070488300000 |
| 1991-07-01 | 5.102343360000000 |
| 1991-10-01 | 3.148998563100000 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.582555061400000 |
| 1992-04-01 | 1.528020703700000 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.166383097000000 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.774773419500000 |
| 1993-01-01 | -0.496727957400000 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.537784235200000 |
| 1993-07-01 | 2.506702556100000 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.453635174300000 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2.079729566400000 |
| 1994-04-01 | 4.052411135500000 |
| 1994-07-01 | -0.775226883000000 |
| 1994-10-01 | 2.059922041800000 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.921859445600000 |
| 1995-04-01 | -2.471573243600000 |
| 1995-07-01 | -0.361373867700000 |
| 1995-10-01 | -2.212002795800000 |
| 1996-01-01 | -2.756005820600000 |
| 1996-04-01 | -2.440435407900000 |
| 1996-07-01 | -0.843514361900000 |
| 1996-10-01 | -1.787249610000000 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.372938539400000 |
| 1997-04-01 | 2.237633548400000 |
| 1997-07-01 | 1.362148750200000 |
| 1997-10-01 | 1.884514064100000 |
| 1998-01-01 | 2.245461624300000 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.944173919900000 |
| 1998-07-01 | -0.582503600900000 |
| 1998-10-01 | -1.665200675000000 |
| 1999-01-01 | -1.762144020900000 |
| 1999-04-01 | -2.769426438000000 |
| 1999-07-01 | -2.050793170700000 |
| 1999-10-01 | -0.751690059400000 |
| 2000-01-01 | -3.474968171200000 |
| 2000-04-01 | -3.581817939100000 |
| 2000-07-01 | -2.973302623900000 |
| 2000-10-01 | -3.540518159900000 |
| 2001-01-01 | -1.969807403800000 |
| 2001-04-01 | -2.068895661700000 |
| 2001-07-01 | -1.869415671300000 |
| 2001-10-01 | -2.474834242500000 |
| 2002-01-01 | -2.218007364400000 |
| 2002-04-01 | -4.744405206700000 |
| 2002-07-01 | -4.976253478000000 |
| 2002-10-01 | -4.589390201400000 |
| 2003-01-01 | -2.879462548700000 |
| 2003-04-01 | -1.499849294400000 |
| 2003-07-01 | -3.099159246600000 |
| 2003-10-01 | -3.021929997600000 |
| 2004-01-01 | -5.004714216300000 |
| 2004-04-01 | -1.918693252000000 |
| 2004-07-01 | -0.592859315600000 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.420036929100000 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.871081059700000 |
| 2005-04-01 | -0.576840310300000 |
| 2005-07-01 | -0.574851252400000 |
| 2005-10-01 | -0.927341165900000 |
| 2006-01-01 | -1.391818553800000 |
| 2006-04-01 | -0.773842550300000 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.033980885900000 |
| 2006-10-01 | -0.521450203200000 |
| 2007-01-01 | -1.873984977000000 |
| 2007-04-01 | -1.377533150800000 |
| 2007-07-01 | -1.701511837900000 |
| 2007-10-01 | -1.114239931700000 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.544818885800000 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.858796743400000 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.274450466600000 |
| 2008-10-01 | 2.095269421800000 |
| 2009-01-01 | 5.168183505300000 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.067816493500000 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.762324157200000 |
| 2009-10-01 | -3.004522377000000 |
| 2010-01-01 | -6.524413258100000 |
| 2010-04-01 | -4.242716401600000 |
| 2010-07-01 | -6.533602356600000 |
| 2010-10-01 | -4.374999087800000 |
| 2011-01-01 | -1.701545102600000 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.782344311800000 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.427917053100000 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.328475109600000 |
| 2012-01-01 | -2.636301789800000 |
| 2012-04-01 | -3.273909948600000 |
| 2012-07-01 | -0.370619416700000 |
| 2012-10-01 | -0.858523655600000 |
| 2013-01-01 | -0.317374988700000 |
| 2013-04-01 | -1.079894389600000 |
| 2013-07-01 | -3.162704561800000 |
| 2013-10-01 | -1.836063842900000 |
| 2014-01-01 | -2.129248138500000 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1.257159713200000 |
| 2014-07-01 | 2.627832718900000 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1.034235306100000 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.338428868200000 |
| 2015-04-01 | -2.472029025300000 |
| 2015-07-01 | -1.890040346400000 |
| 2015-10-01 | -0.931124819600000 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.330669791300000 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.809175378700000 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1.275987755400000 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1.042722612100000 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.701097171500000 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.168010630742321 |
| 2017-07-01 | -0.874386992900000 |
| 2017-10-01 | -1.107914132700000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1.539704185000000 |
| 2018-04-01 | 2.012335184500000 |
| 2018-07-01 | 2.701433592377310 |
| 2018-10-01 | 3.394383625467180 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.977253858533600 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1.347419723757760 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.861937789523526 |
| 2019-10-01 | 4.310542754219650 |
| 2020-01-01 | 3.511809743690030 |
| 2020-04-01 | 7.647036092705610 |
| 2020-07-01 | 3.334821085351610 |
| 2020-10-01 | -1.742387430891410 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.402843464126290 |
| 2021-04-01 | -5.245388647345240 |
| 2021-07-01 | -0.380775440931513 |
| 2021-10-01 | -0.760567702585091 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.467416912237928 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.404461849551963 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.844791720141824 |
| 2022-10-01 | 2.509096469935000 |
| 2023-01-01 | -0.119406443782211 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.157125566613910 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.153675759196070 |
| 2023-10-01 | 1.019050712808810 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2.790180317172800 |
| 2024-04-01 | 4.322974704897490 |
| 2024-07-01 | 3.087443687386870 |
| 2024-10-01 | 3.641430443283800 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2.104799695413000 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.687599344174150 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2.586937071680650 |
| 2025-10-01 | 2.840969912567590 |
| 2026-01-01 | 3.058991436860900 |