What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Japan and Malta?

0.0059 units per person, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Malta: Labor force, total, per capita

Japan

0.5632 units per person

in 2025

Malta

0.5573 units per person

in 2025

Japan rank

19th

Malta rank

22nd

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Japan
Malta

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.5632 units per person against 0.5573 units per person in Malta, a difference of 0.0059 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 19th and Malta ranks 22nd of 188 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.5336 units per person	0.3901 units per person	0.1435 units per person	Japan
2000s	0.5239 units per person	0.4075 units per person	0.1163 units per person	Japan
2010s	0.5226 units per person	0.4741 units per person	0.0484 units per person	Japan
2020s	0.5533 units per person	0.5506 units per person	0.0027 units per person	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Japan or Malta?: Japan, at 0.5632 units per person against 0.5573 units per person in Malta as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Japan and Malta?: 0.0059 units per person, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Japan and Malta rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Japan ranks 19th and Malta ranks 22nd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.