Improving productivity is an issue for Japan, but it was found that Japan's "labor productivity" remains at the lowest level among the seven major countries such as Europe and the United States.
"Labor productivity" is a quantification of how many products and services an employee produces in an hour, and is an indicator of whether or not employees are working efficiently.
According to the Japan Productivity Center, of the 37 countries that are members of the OECD = Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Japan ranked 21st in "labor productivity" last year (2019), and of the seven major countries such as Europe and the United States. It was the lowest among them.
The level is only about 60% of France and the United States, and the situation has been the lowest since 1970 when statistics can be grasped.
In addition, when comparing labor productivity between Japan and the United States by industry, assuming that the United States in 2017, which has the latest data, is 100, 43.1 for "transportation / mail", 36.6 for "accommodation / food service", and "wholesale".・ Retail is 32.3, which is far below that of the service industry.
Yasuhiro Kiuchi, senior researcher at the Japan Productivity Center, said, "Even if Japanese companies improve the quality of their products and services, they do not lead to increased sales or wages. I think management needs more effort." I'm pointing out.