East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Japan: Primary education, teachers, gaps filled

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
10.13 million
in 2024
Japan
440,864
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
11th
Japan rank
12th

Primary education, teachers, gaps filled over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Japan
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How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 10.13 million against 440,864 in Japan, a difference of 9.69 million.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 23.0 times Japan's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Japan ranks 12th of 43 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Japan Difference Ahead
1970s 6.27 million 400,276 5.87 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 7.68 million 466,101 7.21 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 8.31 million 432,155 7.88 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 9.79 million 415,806 9.37 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2020s 10.18 million 439,116 9.74 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, teachers, gaps filled, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Japan?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 10.13 million against 440,864 in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, teachers, gaps filled between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
9.69 million, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
40 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan rank globally for primary education, teachers, gaps filled?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Japan ranks 12th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, teachers, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Primary education, teachers, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
249 places, 10,197 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, teachers with 728 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.