# Japan Unemployment Rate, Age 35-44 (original series)

Japan Unemployment Rate, Age 35-44 (original series) was 2.0% in September 2026, down 0.5 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since July 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8% (Nov 2019) to 2.9% (Sep 2017), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: Statistics Bureau of Japan (e-Stat)
- Makrognosis code: `JP.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-35-44`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (303 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/japan/unemployment-rate-age-35-44-original-series

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 2.0% |
| August 2026 | 2.5% |
| July 2026 | 2.3% |
| June 2026 | 2.1% |
| May 2026 | 2.5% |
| April 2026 | 2.7% |
| March 2026 | 2.5% |
| February 2026 | 2.4% |
| January 2026 | 2.4% |
| December 2025 | 2.2% |
| November 2025 | 2.1% |
| October 2025 | 2.1% |
| September 2025 | 2.5% |
| August 2025 | 2.4% |
| July 2025 | 2.0% |
| June 2025 | 2.3% |
| May 2025 | 2.3% |
| April 2025 | 2.5% |
| March 2025 | 2.5% |
| February 2025 | 2.3% |
| January 2025 | 2.3% |
| December 2024 | 2.1% |
| November 2024 | 2.1% |
| October 2024 | 2.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-35-44"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-35-44",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```