Japan vs Samoa: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in
Japan
84.0%
in 2023
Samoa
90.4%
in 2024
Japan rank
65th
Samoa rank
64th
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in over time
- Japan
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 90.4% against 84.0% in Japan, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Samoa ahead.
Japan ranks 65th and Samoa ranks 64th of 78 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.8% | 79.5% | 1.3% | Japan |
| 2020s | 83.1% | 64.7% | 18.4% | Japan |
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?
- Samoa, at 90.4% against 84.0% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in between Japan and Samoa?
- 6.4%, with Samoa 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 65th and Samoa ranks 64th of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in vocational 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