Japan Capacity Utilization in Manufacturing Industry in Japan

Ministerio de Economia Comercio e Industria · Monthly · Importance 69

4.08% (Jun-26) MOM · % · Mensual · CSV
103.7 (Mar-26) ABS · indice · Mensual · 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%
Periodindice
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
Jun 2021 112.5
May 2021 107.0
Apr 2021 112.9

About this indicator

SourceMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry
FrequencyMonthly
Release Preliminar a principios de mes siguiente, final a mediados del mes siguiente. (04:30 GMT)
What it isIndicator 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 calculatedMETI (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 implicationsThe 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.
LimitationsThe data is then reviewed, so caution should be exercised when interpreting preliminary data.