Japan vs Samoa: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in
Japan
16.0%
in 2023
Samoa
9.6%
in 2024
Japan rank
19th
Samoa rank
20th
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in over time
- Japan
- Samoa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 16.0% against 9.6% in Samoa, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Samoa ranks 20th of 83 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.2% | 20.5% | 1.3% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 35.3% | 18.4% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in, Japan or Samoa?
- Japan, at 16.0% against 9.6% in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in between Japan and Samoa?
- 6.4%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Samoa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Samoa rank globally for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Japan ranks 19th and Samoa ranks 20th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release