The Immigration Services Agency announced in October, 2019 the most recent statistics of the issuance of certificate of eligibility for applicants of the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" statuses.
This statistics is also a good reference for applicants seeking to obtain the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" status by the "Change of Status of Residence".
| Vietnam | China | Korea | India | Taiwan |
| 9,927 (24％) | 8,209 (20％) | 4,606 (11％) | 3,341 (8%) | 2,316 (6%) |
| USA | Philippines | UK | Myanmar | Indonesia |
| 2,244 (5％) | 2,066 (5％) | 832 (2％) | 786 (2%) | 607 (2%) |
20's and 30's are in leading roles.
| 20 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 - 49 | 50 or above |
| 65％ | 27％ | 6％ | 2% |
Machinery, Electrical Machinery and Automobile businesses account for approximately 50%.
| Machinery | Electrical Machinery | Automobile | Food | Steel |
| 27％ | 12％ | 9％ | 4% | 3% |
| Telecommunication | Chemistry | Textile | Others |
| 3％ | 3％ | 1％ | 38% |
Computer Services, Dispatch of Personnel and Commerce/Trade businesses account for approximately 50%.
| Computer Services | Dispatch of Personnel | Commerce/Trade | Education | Construction |
| 25％ | 15％ | 15％ | 7％ | 4％ |
| Hotel | Transportation | Real Estate | Advertising | Restaurant |
| 4％ | 3％ | 2% | 2％ | 1％ |
| Finance | Agriculture/Forestry/Fishery | Others |
|---|---|---|
| 1% | 1% | 20% |
Information Processing, Translation/Interpretation and Design work types account for approximately 40%.
| Information Processing | Translation/ Interpretation | Design | Technological Development |
| 16％ | 14％ | 10％ | 10% |
| Overseas Business | Sales/ Business | Education | Trading Business |
| 8％ | 6％ | 5％ | 4％ |
| Advertising and Publicity | Research | Accounting | Others |
| 2％ | 1％ | 1％ | 23％ |
| Less than \200,000 | \200,000-\300,000 | \300,000-\400,000 | \400,000-\500,000 |
| 27% | 47％ | 9％ | 5％ |
| \500,000-\600,000 | Over \600,000 |
| 3% | 7％ |
| Under 10 million | 10 million - | 100 million - | 1 billion - 10 billion | Over 10 billion |
| 1% | 11％ | 28％ | 27% | 22％ |
| 49 or fewer | 50-99 | 100-299 | 300-999 | 1,000 or more |
| 37% | 11％ | 15％ | 14% | 19％ |
| Tokyo | Osaka | Aichi | Kanagawa | Chiba |
| 45% | 8％ | 7％ | 7% | 3％ |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 18,480 | 22,756 | 25,888 | 30,065 | 41,510 |