# Japan Unemployment Rate, Age 45-54 (original series)

Japan Unemployment Rate, Age 45-54 (original series) was 2.1% in September 2026, unchanged from August 2026 and up 0.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.7% (Feb 2019) to 3.0% (May 2017), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: Statistics Bureau of Japan (e-Stat)
- Makrognosis code: `JP.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-45-54`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (303 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/japan/unemployment-rate-age-45-54-original-series

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 2.1% |
| August 2026 | 2.1% |
| July 2026 | 1.9% |
| June 2026 | 2.0% |
| May 2026 | 2.0% |
| April 2026 | 2.2% |
| March 2026 | 2.2% |
| February 2026 | 2.2% |
| January 2026 | 2.1% |
| December 2025 | 1.9% |
| November 2025 | 2.0% |
| October 2025 | 1.9% |
| September 2025 | 2.0% |
| August 2025 | 2.0% |
| July 2025 | 2.0% |
| June 2025 | 2.0% |
| May 2025 | 2.0% |
| April 2025 | 2.3% |
| March 2025 | 2.1% |
| February 2025 | 1.9% |
| January 2025 | 1.9% |
| December 2024 | 1.9% |
| 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-45-54"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.UNEMP.M.NSA.AGE-45-54",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```