Employment rate during each mayor's tenure, worldwide
19 cities in 2 countries, ranked against one another by how the employment rate changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own state or country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | vs state or country | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ind Sōichirō Takashima | Fukuoka Mayor · Japan | 7 Dec 2010 – now | +8.4 pp 2010 → 2023 | −0.3 pp Japan +8.7 pp | +0.6 pp/yr | |
| 2 | Ind Katsuhiro Akimoto | Sapporo Mayor · Japan | 2 May 2015 – now | +7.6 pp 2014 → 2023 | +1.4 pp Japan +6.2 pp | +0.8 pp/yr | |
| 3 | N Ōmori Masao | Okayama Mayor · Japan | 9 Oct 2013 – now | +7.4 pp 2013 → 2023 | +0.3 pp Japan +7.1 pp | +0.7 pp/yr | |
| 4 | N Kazumi Matsui | Hiroshima Mayor · Japan | 12 Apr 2011 – now | +7.2 pp 2010 → 2023 | −1.5 pp Japan +8.7 pp | +0.6 pp/yr | |
| 5 | O Takashi Kawamura | Nagoya Mayor · Japan | 28 Apr 2009 – 25 Nov 2024 | +7.2 pp 2008 → 2023 | −1.0 pp Japan +8.2 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 6 | LDP Kazufumi Ōnishi | Kumamoto Mayor · Japan | 3 Dec 2014 – now | +6.2 pp 2014 → 2023 | +0.0 pp Japan +6.2 pp | +0.7 pp/yr | |
| 7 | N Emiko Okuyama | Sendai Mayor · Japan | 22 Aug 2009 – 22 Aug 2017 | +5.6 pp 2009 → 2017 | +0.1 pp Japan +5.5 pp | +0.7 pp/yr | |
| 8 | N Park Heong-joon | Busan Mayor · South Korea | 8 Apr 2021 – now | +5.5 pp 2020 → 2025 | +0.6 pp South Korea +4.9 pp | +1.1 pp/yr | |
| 9 | Ishin Tōru Hashimoto | Osaka Mayor · Japan | 19 Dec 2011 – 19 Dec 2015 | +5.4 pp 2011 → 2015 | +2.8 pp Japan +2.6 pp | +1.4 pp/yr | |
| 10 | Kibo Yuriko Koike | Tokyo Governor · Japan | 2 Aug 2016 – now | +5.3 pp 2016 → 2023 | +0.9 pp Japan +4.4 pp | +0.8 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 33 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure the share of working-age people in work: aged 20–64 in the EU, 16–64 in the UK, 15–64 in Japan and South Korea; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own state or country is measured over the same months. Changes are differences in pp; "per year" divides them by the years in office. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.