What is the difference in secondary education, pupils, per capita between Japan and Republic of Korea?

0.0017 units per person, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Republic of Korea?

39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Republic of Korea: Secondary education, pupils, per capita

Japan

0.0531 units per person

in 2023

Republic of Korea

0.0514 units per person

in 2024

Japan rank

184th

Republic of Korea rank

186th

Secondary education, pupils, per capita over time

Japan
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.0531 units per person against 0.0514 units per person in Republic of Korea, a difference of 0.0017 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 184th and Republic of Korea ranks 186th of 206 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Republic of Korea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0797 units per person	0.0802 units per person	0.0006 units per person	Republic of Korea
1980s	0.0869 units per person	0.1142 units per person	0.0273 units per person	Republic of Korea
1990s	0.0808 units per person	0.1012 units per person	0.0203 units per person	Republic of Korea
2010s	0.0561 units per person	0.0632 units per person	0.0072 units per person	Republic of Korea
2020s	0.0534 units per person	0.0512 units per person	0.0021 units per person	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, pupils, per capita, Japan or Republic of Korea?: Japan, at 0.0531 units per person against 0.0514 units per person in Republic of Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in secondary education, pupils, per capita between Japan and Republic of Korea?: 0.0017 units per person, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Republic of Korea?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do Japan and Republic of Korea rank globally for secondary education, pupils, per capita?: Japan ranks 184th and Republic of Korea ranks 186th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Secondary education, pupils, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 251 places, 10,025 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Secondary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.