Japan vs United States: Care employees
Care employees over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 40,693 against 12,825 in Japan, a difference of 27,868.
That makes United States's figure about 3.2 times Japan's.
Across all 21 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st of 60 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,861 | 31,372 | 23,512 | United States |
| 2010s | 10,734 | 35,337 | 24,603 | United States |
| 2020s | 12,597 | 37,630 | 25,033 | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher care employees, Japan or United States?
- United States, at 40,693 against 12,825 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in care employees between Japan and United States?
- 27,868, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2023.
- How do Japan and United States rank globally for care employees?
- Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st of 60 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Care employees. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.