Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan
Japan: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 88.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Japan recorded 88.1% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2023. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan peaked at 88.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 79.5%, in 1971.
Japan ranks 135th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 79.5% | — |
| 1972 | 80.2% | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 80.7% | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 81.4% | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 82.2% | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 82.8% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 83.6% | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 84.0% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 84.1% | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 84.5% | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 83.7% | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 86.1% | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 86.4% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 86.2% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 86.4% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 86.7% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 86.8% | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 86.6% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 86.3% | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 85.5% | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 85.4% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 84.4% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 84.3% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 85.7% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 87.2% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 87.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 87.1% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 87.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 87.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 88.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 81.8% | 79.5% | 84.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 85.7% | 83.7% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.4% | 84.3% | 86.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.1% | 87.0% | 87.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 87.3% | 88.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 132 Timor-Leste 88.7% compare
- 133 Tunisia 88.2% compare
- 134 Mozambique 88.1% compare
- 136 Andorra 87.6% compare
- 137 Albania 87.4% compare
- 138 Philippines 87.4% compare
More education data for Japan
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (1999)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.25 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0502 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.25 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.01 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Japan was 88.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 88.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.5% in 1971.
- How does Japan rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Japan ranks 135th out of 217 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release