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Lining up the latest figures for all 47 prefectures
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Economy · National ranking
Unemployment rate
As of 2020
Official latest
Share of people who want to work but cannot find a job. Lower is better.
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Okinawa
5.5
%
2
Fukuoka
4.6
%
3
Aomori
4.6
%
4
Osaka
4.5
%
5
Miyagi
4.3
%
6
Oita
4.2
%
7
Tokushima
4.2
%
8
Hokkaido
4.2
%
9
Kochi
4.1
%
10
Nara
4.1
%
11
Kyoto
4.1
%
12
Tochigi
4.1
%
13
Fukushima
4.1
%
14
Akita
4.1
%
15
Kagoshima
4.0
%
16
Miyazaki
4.0
%
17
Hyogo
4.0
%
18
Saitama
4.0
%
19
Kumamoto
3.9
%
20
Wakayama
3.9
%
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