In 2021, the number of employees in the Japanese plastic products manufacturing industry amounted to approximately 440.66 thousand, the third highest amount of the past decade. Within the observed period, employment numbers in this field increased steadily, starting at only about 451.65 thousand people in fiscal 2020.
Number of persons engaged in the plastic products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
refers to establishments with four or more persons engaged
Supplementary notes
*Excluding establishments in enumeration districts which include restricted areas designated due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
No figures were reported for 2015 by the source.
The category plastic products excludes plastic furniture, plastic plate making for printing, etc., which are included in other classifications.
Persons employed refer to the regular employees, working proprietors and unpaid family workers.
Figures have been rounded.
Data prior to 2021 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan.
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