GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 vs Japan: School age population, tertiary education, female

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
119.81 million
in 2024
Japan
2.87 million
in 2025
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank
17th
Japan rank
20th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

  • GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
  • Japan
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M197019972025

How they compare

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 currently reports 119.81 million against 2.87 million in Japan, a difference of 116.94 million.

That makes GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024's figure about 41.7 times Japan's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 17th and Japan ranks 20th of 221 groups.

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 Japan Difference Ahead
2000s 89.44 million 3.67 million 85.77 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
2010s 103.93 million 3.05 million 100.89 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
2020s 116.68 million 2.98 million 113.70 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 or Japan?
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, at 119.81 million against 2.87 million in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and Japan?
116.94 million, with GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and Japan?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and Japan rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 17th and Japan ranks 20th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
442 places, 20,404 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release