Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan
Japan: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 22.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan stood at 22.2%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan peaked at 26.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 2018.
Japan ranks 77th of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26.1% | — |
| 1999 | 25.7% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 25.3% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 25.1% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 24.9% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 24.7% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 24.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 24.6% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 24.3% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 23.8% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 23.5% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 23.3% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 23.1% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 23.0% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 22.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 22.2% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.9% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.6% | 23.8% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More education data for Japan
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.61 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7827 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 440,864 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5011 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.8205 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.39 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.7464 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.70 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.95 % change on previous year (2023)
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 22.2% in 2018, 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 26.1% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 2018.
- How does Japan rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Japan ranks 77th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.