Japan vs Netherlands: Share of population with no formal education
Japan
0.2%
in 2020
Netherlands
0.2%
in 2020
Japan rank
104th
Netherlands rank
104th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Japan
- Netherlands
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 104th and Netherlands ranks 104th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 10 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 78.8% | 27.4% | 51.4% | Japan |
| 1880s | 70.1% | 24.5% | 45.6% | Japan |
| 1890s | 53.5% | 22.1% | 31.4% | Japan |
| 1900s | 39.4% | 19.2% | 20.2% | Japan |
| 1910s | 26.7% | 14.2% | 12.5% | Japan |
| 1920s | 16.8% | 8.4% | 8.4% | Japan |
| 1930s | 10.1% | 5.4% | 4.6% | Japan |
| 1940s | 4.6% | 2.8% | 1.8% | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.0% | 1.6% | 0.6% | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 1.8% | 1.6% | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Japan or Netherlands?
- Japan, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Netherlands as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Japan and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Japan ranks 104th and Netherlands ranks 104th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.