Japan vs Switzerland: Labor force, total, per capita
Japan
0.5632 units per person
in 2025
Switzerland
0.5681 units per person
in 2025
Japan rank
19th
Switzerland rank
17th
Labor force, total, per capita over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.5681 units per person against 0.5632 units per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0049 units per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 188 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5336 units per person | 0.5428 units per person | 0.0092 units per person | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.5239 units per person | 0.5663 units per person | 0.0425 units per person | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.5226 units per person | 0.5783 units per person | 0.0557 units per person | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.5533 units per person | 0.5724 units per person | 0.0191 units per person | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Japan or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.5681 units per person against 0.5632 units per person in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.0049 units per person, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?
- Japan ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 17th 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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About this data
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.