Count of cooks employed in school cafeterias in Japan 2010-2018

As of May 2018, a total of about 45.48 thousand cooks worked in and around Japan's school cafeterias. The number of cooks employed in school cafeterias in Japan has continuously declined and decreased by over 15 thousand in the span of less than a decade.

截至2018年5月，约45.48千名厨师在日本及其周边的学校食堂工作。在日本学校食堂中雇用的厨师人数持续下降，在不到十年的时间里，其数量减少了超过1.5万人。