Capacity Utilization shows the percentage of the production capacity currently used. This is an indicator of growth of production and demand for manufactured goods: if the used capacity is less than 80%, production is considered reduced.
Japan Capacity Utilization Rate
Last release
14 Apr 2026 04:30 GMT
Actual
-0.1%
Forecast
-0.7%
Previous
2.9%
Next release
19 May 2026 04:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 21 days
Forecast
-0.4%
Previous
-0.1%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
15 Aug 2024
Jun 2024
-3.1%
0.3%
4.1%
12 Jul 2024
May 2024
4.1%
—
0.3%
14 Jun 2024
Apr 2024
0.3%
—
1.3%
16 May 2024
Mar 2024
1.3%
—
-0.5%
12 Apr 2024
Feb 2024
-0.5%
—
-7.9%
19 Mar 2024
Jan 2024
-7.9%
—
0.2%
15 Feb 2024
Dec 2023
-0.1%
—
0.3%
18 Jan 2024
Nov 2023
0.3%
-0.5%
1.5%
14 Dec 2023
Oct 2023
1.5%
1.3%
0.4%
15 Nov 2023
Sep 2023
0.4%
-1.1%
0.5%
16 Oct 2023
Aug 2023
0.5%
0.4%
-2.2%
14 Sept 2023
Jul 2023
-2.2%
0.0%
3.8%
15 Aug 2023
Jun 2023
3.8%
-1.6%
-6.3%
14 Jul 2023
May 2023
-6.3%
-2.5%
3.0%
20 Jun 2023
Apr 2023
3.0%
0.3%
0.8%
17 May 2023
Mar 2023
0.8%
1.5%
3.9%
19 Apr 2023
Feb 2023
3.9%
0.5%
-5.5%
16 Mar 2023
Jan 2023
-5.5%
0.1%
-1.1%
14 Feb 2023
Dec 2022
-1.1%
0.8%
-1.4%
18 Jan 2023
Nov 2022
-1.4%
0.9%
2.2%