Education in Japan 84 indicators covering education for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 11.2% 2025 down 12.5% 213th Population ages 15-64 58.8% 2025 down 2.4% 175th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 101.1% 2023 up 0.7% 95th Primary education, teachers 440,864 2023 up 8.5% 12th School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% 2023 up 0.6% 89th School enrollment, primary, male 101.2% 2023 up 0.7% 98th Labor force, female 45.4% 2025 up 6.2% 95th Labor force, total 69.48 million 2025 up 5.4% 10th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2019 down 0.0% 61st School enrollment, secondary 101.5% 2023 up 0.5% 55th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 168th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 up 20.0% 170th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 up 25.0% 163rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 161st Secondary education, teachers 627,777 2023 down 0.6% 11th School enrollment, secondary, female 101.6% 2023 up 0.3% 58th School enrollment, secondary, male 101.4% 2023 up 0.6% 54th School enrollment, tertiary 64.5% 2023 up 3.0% 59th School enrollment, primary, private 1.3% 2023 up 10.9% 186th School enrollment, preprimary 86.7% 2015 — 65th School enrollment, tertiary, female 63.6% 2023 up 6.5% 76th School enrollment, tertiary, male 65.3% 2023 down 0.2% 33rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2019 down 0.4% 107th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9742 GPI 2023 up 6.7% 147th Secondary education, teachers, female 229,645 1995 up 38.4% 20th Government expenditure on education, total 3.3% 2021 down 7.5% 131st Secondary education, general pupils 6.28 million 2017 — 14th School enrollment, preprimary, male 80.8% 1999 up 80.6% 73rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 82.8% 1999 up 82.0% 71st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 1st Government expenditure on education, total 10.0% 1998 down 44.0% 150th Secondary education, general pupils 49.6% 2017 — 114th Children out of school 0.1% 2023 down 94.0% 192nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 6.25 million 2023 down 8.2% 23rd Secondary education, pupils 6.61 million 2023 down 9.2% 19th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 4th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 6th Secondary education, vocational pupils 812,494 2017 — 16th Number of under-five deaths, male 991 2024 down 36.8% 97th Number of under-five deaths, female 872 2024 down 35.4% 95th Number of infant deaths, male 724 2024 down 35.8% 99th Number of infant deaths, female 639 2024 down 34.6% 98th Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.6% 2017 — 83rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.6% 2025 down 28.5% 155th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 27.6% 163rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.3% 2025 down 25.7% 164th Primary education, teachers 70.4% 1998 up 24.3% 128th Persistence to grade 5, total 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 1st Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,387 2024 up 10.8% 65th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 489 2024 down 3.2% 72nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 356 2024 down 20.5% 76th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,321 2024 up 3.5% 59th Number of adults with no formal education by region 42,800 people 2100 down 24.9% 83rd Population by level of education 50.70 million people 2100 down 3.4% 13th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 19.5% 166th School enrollment, secondary, private 22.4% 2023 up 14.7% 56th Page 1 of 2 Next →