Youth Unemployment Rate in Japan increased to 4.30 percent in January 2026, the highest level since last August, from 2.70 percent in December 2025. Youth Unemployment Rate in Japan averaged 5.53 percent from 1970 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 10.80 percent in September of 2001 and a record low of 1.60 percent in May of 1970. source: Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications
Youth Unemployment Rate in Japan is expected to be 4.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Japan Youth Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 4.20 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.