Japan vs UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in
Japan
21.1%
in 2023
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
23.2%
in 2024
Japan rank
85th
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank
87th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time
- Japan
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
How they compare
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean currently reports 23.2% against 21.1% in Japan, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1998 it was UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ahead.
Japan ranks 85th and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 87th of 168 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.9% | 23.6% | 2.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 22.5% | 22.1% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 22.7% | 1.1% | UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Japan or UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, at 23.2% against 21.1% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Japan and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- 2.1%, with UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
- How do Japan and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Japan ranks 85th and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 87th of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
February 2026 Data Release