Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan
Japan: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 78.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan is 78.9%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan peaked at 78.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.9%, in 1998.
Japan ranks 107th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 73.9% | — |
| 1999 | 74.3% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 77.0% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 77.1% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 77.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 77.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 77.9% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 78.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 78.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 78.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.1% | 73.9% | 74.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 77.0% | 77.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 78.0% | 78.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More education data for Japan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 440,864 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan was 78.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 78.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.9% in 1998.
- How does Japan rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Japan ranks 107th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release