According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on working styles for men and women, the percentage of women in managerial positions at the manager level and above at companies was 12.7% last fiscal year, the highest since the survey began using the current method, but only an increase of 0.4 points compared to the previous year. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare states that "long-term efforts are necessary in the future at a low level compared to the international level."
As of October last year, the survey was conducted on 10,10 companies nationwide with 6000 or more employees, and more than 3000,12 companies responded.
As a result, the percentage of women in managerial positions at the manager level and above was 7.0%, 4.21 percentage points higher than the previous year.
Since FY13, when the survey was started using the current method, there has been an overall upward trend, albeit with a slight increase or decrease, and this time it was the highest, but it has only increased by 2.5 points from 10 years ago.
By company size, companies with 30 to less than 21 employees had the highest percentage at 3.300%, while companies with 1000 to less than 6,2 employees accounted for 1000.5000%, companies with 7,2 to 5000,8 employees accounted for 2.53%, and companies with 24,6 or more employees tended to have a lower percentage of female managers.
Looking at the percentage of female managers by industry, the ratio of female managers is 17% in medical care and welfare, 5.4% in lifestyle-related services and entertainment, and 1.8% in accommodation and food and beverage services.
On the other hand, the electricity, gas, and water industries had the lowest percentages at 8.7%, followed by the manufacturing industry, mining, quarrying, and gravel extraction industries at 7%, and the construction industry at <>.<>%.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, "The percentage of women in managerial positions is the lowest in the G<> internationally, and although we are promoting policies such as requiring companies to disclose the wage gap between men and women, long-term efforts are needed in the future."