Capacity Utilization in Manufacturing Industry in Japan

METI · Monthly · Importance

4.08% (Jun-26) MOM · % · Monthly · CSV

Period	%
Jun 2026	4.08%
May 2026	0.10%
Apr 2026	-0.77%
Mar 2026	-1.24%
Feb 2026	-0.10%
Jan 2026	2.94%
Dec 2025	0.49%
Nov 2025	-3.70%
Oct 2025	2.63%
Sep 2025	1.28%
Aug 2025	-0.68%
Jul 2025	-0.87%
Jun 2025	0.59%
May 2025	0.10%
Apr 2025	0.89%
Mar 2025	-1.65%
Feb 2025	1.08%
Jan 2025	1.29%
Dec 2024	0.10%
Nov 2024	-1.95%
Oct 2024	1.48%
Sep 2024	3.69%
Aug 2024	-4.78%
Jul 2024	1.49%
Jun 2024	-3.16%
May 2024	3.78%
Apr 2024	-0.20%
Mar 2024	2.03%
Feb 2024	-2.18%
Jan 2024	-5.79%
Dec 2023	0.19%
Nov 2023	0.66%
Oct 2023	-0.38%
Sep 2023	0.09%
Aug 2023	0.09%
Jul 2023	-1.66%
Jun 2023	1.50%
May 2023	-2.56%
Apr 2023	0.92%
Mar 2023	0.37%
Feb 2023	2.96%
Jan 2023	-4.72%
Dec 2022	-1.52%
Nov 2022	0.18%
Oct 2022	1.36%
Sep 2022	-0.18%
Aug 2022	2.04%
Jul 2022	0.65%
Jun 2022	9.59%
May 2022	-8.75%
Apr 2022	0.28%
Mar 2022	-2.72%
Feb 2022	2.80%
Jan 2022	-3.60%
Dec 2021	-0.80%
Nov 2021	7.69%
Oct 2021	5.80%
Sep 2021	-6.91%
Aug 2021	-2.94%
Jul 2021	-3.29%

Period	index
Jun 2026	107.2
May 2026	103.0
Apr 2026	102.9
Mar 2026	103.7
Feb 2026	105.0
Jan 2026	105.1
Dec 2025	102.1
Nov 2025	101.6
Oct 2025	105.5
Sep 2025	102.8
Aug 2025	101.5
Jul 2025	102.2
Jun 2025	103.1
May 2025	102.5
Apr 2025	102.4
Mar 2025	101.5
Feb 2025	103.2
Jan 2025	102.1
Dec 2024	100.8
Nov 2024	100.7
Oct 2024	102.7
Sep 2024	101.2
Aug 2024	97.6
Jul 2024	102.5
Jun 2024	101.0
May 2024	104.3
Apr 2024	100.5
Mar 2024	100.7
Feb 2024	98.7
Jan 2024	100.9
Dec 2023	107.1
Nov 2023	106.9
Oct 2023	106.2
Sep 2023	106.6
Aug 2023	106.5
Jul 2023	106.4
Jun 2023	108.2
May 2023	106.6
Apr 2023	109.4
Mar 2023	108.4
Feb 2023	108.0
Jan 2023	104.9
Dec 2022	110.1
Nov 2022	111.8
Oct 2022	111.6
Sep 2022	110.1
Aug 2022	110.3
Jul 2022	108.1
Jun 2022	107.4
May 2022	98.0
Apr 2022	107.4
Mar 2022	107.1
Feb 2022	110.1
Jan 2022	107.1
Dec 2021	111.1
Nov 2021	112.0
Oct 2021	104.0
Sep 2021	98.3
Aug 2021	105.6
Jul 2021	108.8

Period	%
Jun 2026	4.0%
May 2026	0.5%
Apr 2026	0.5%
Mar 2026	2.2%
Feb 2026	1.7%
Jan 2026	2.9%
Dec 2025	1.3%
Nov 2025	0.9%
Oct 2025	2.7%
Sep 2025	1.6%
Aug 2025	4.0%
Jul 2025	-0.3%
Jun 2025	2.1%
May 2025	-1.7%
Apr 2025	1.9%
Mar 2025	0.8%
Feb 2025	4.6%
Jan 2025	1.2%
Dec 2024	-5.9%
Nov 2024	-5.8%
Oct 2024	-3.3%
Sep 2024	-5.1%
Aug 2024	-8.4%
Jul 2024	-3.7%
Jun 2024	-6.7%
May 2024	-2.2%
Apr 2024	-8.1%
Mar 2024	-7.1%
Feb 2024	-8.6%
Jan 2024	-3.8%
Dec 2023	-2.7%
Nov 2023	-4.4%
Oct 2023	-4.8%
Sep 2023	-3.2%
Aug 2023	-3.4%
Jul 2023	-1.6%
Jun 2023	0.7%
May 2023	8.8%
Apr 2023	1.9%
Mar 2023	1.2%
Feb 2023	-1.9%
Jan 2023	-2.1%
Dec 2022	-0.9%
Nov 2022	-0.2%
Oct 2022	7.3%
Sep 2022	12.0%
Aug 2022	4.5%
Jul 2022	-0.6%
Jun 2022	-4.5%
May 2022	-8.4%
Apr 2022	-4.9%
Mar 2022	-3.6%
Feb 2022	1.0%
Jan 2022	-2.7%
Dec 2021	4.3%
Nov 2021	5.3%
Oct 2021	-3.2%
Sep 2021	-4.0%
Aug 2021	8.3%
Jul 2021	15.4%

About this indicator

Source

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Frequency

Monthly

Release

Preliminary at the start of the following month, final in the middle of that month. (04:30 GMT)

What it is

Indicator that reflects the extent of plant and machinery of a particular country or area to which it relates are used. It is usually defined as the result of the division of production between maximum sustainable capacity.

How it's calculated

METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) collects monthly measure of business about industrial production, inventories, utilization of production capacity among other survey. With the data obtained an index for industrial production and one for Productive Capacity Utilization is performed.

Market implications

The utilization of production capacity is an indicator of production and inflationary pressures. Information on the utilization of production capacity enables companies to study the capabilities fututras them in case of changes in cycles.

Limitations

The data is then reviewed, so caution should be exercised when interpreting preliminary data.