Education in Japan 2,491 indicators covering education for Japan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 0.9% 2023 down 2.5% 109th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 51.5% 2023 up 1.3% 71st Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 0 number 2012 — 170th Current education expenditure, tertiary 87.3% 2021 down 0.8% 81st Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 0 number 2012 — 166th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 0 number 2012 — 169th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 0 number 1994 — 176th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 0.6742 GPIA 2023 down 7.9% 145th Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 61,925 2023 down 53.7% 77th Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 39,700 2023 down 57.4% 82nd Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 1.0% 2023 down 49.0% 163rd Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 0.6% 2023 down 53.0% 164th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, US$ 3,622 millions 1998 down 25.4% 18th International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 0.0% 2021 — 144th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male 0.0% 1998 — 145th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 0.7746 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% 78th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female 0.0% 1998 — 141st Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 0.0% 1993 — 162nd Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 0 2025 — 144th Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 0 number 1994 — 178th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 2,988 millions 1998 down 43.5% 20th Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 0.0% 1993 — 160th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 351,097 2023 up 3.7% 20th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 140,337 2023 up 12.9% 21st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 210,760 2023 down 1.7% 13th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 2.73 million 2023 up 1.8% 13th Government expenditure on primary education, US$ 53,602 millions 1998 up 40.8% 3rd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 1.47 million 2023 down 2.3% 11th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 1.26 million 2023 up 7.0% 13th Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 0.0% 1993 — 160th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 0 number 1994 — 178th Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ 62,443 millions 1998 up 25.3% 5th Theoretical duration of early childhood education 5 years 2019 down 16.7% 50th Official entrance age to early childhood education 1 years 2019 up 100.0% 120th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 0 number 2012 — 152nd Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 0 number 1994 — 173rd Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 49.6% 2023 up 0.7% 86th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 1.0% 2023 up 1.3% 86th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 50.4% 2023 down 0.6% 84th Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 3.39 million number 2018 down 7.1% 18th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 50.7% 2023 down 1.4% 64th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 49.3% 2023 up 1.5% 105th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 1.0% 2023 up 2.9% 105th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant US$ 51,514 millions 1998 down 5.1% 6th Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$ 44,221 millions 1998 up 6.6% 4th Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index 1 GPI 2016 up 0.0% 99th Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 1.65 million number 2018 down 7.2% 18th Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 0 number 1994 — 166th Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female 0 number 1994 — 175th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 31 2023 down 68.0% 126th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 66.9% 184th Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 3.61 million number 2018 down 2.7% 12th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 0 number 1994 — 176th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1998 — 130th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female 0.0% 2011 — 126th ← Previous Page 15 of 42 Next →