Education in Japan

2,491 indicators covering education for Japan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 96,337 2023 down 13.9% 19th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.86 years 2023 up 5.1% 48th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 49 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 3.7% 32nd
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 down 0.0% 5th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 modelled data 2025 unchanged 122nd
Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 down 0.0% 3rd
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 32.7% 1995 up 18.8% 178th
Teachers in secondary education, female 229,645 1995 up 38.4% 20th
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 9.3% 2023 down 8.9% 78th
Teachers in secondary education, male 472,930 1995 up 8.2% 7th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.3% 2025 down 25.7% 165th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.6% 2025 down 28.5% 156th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 27.6% 164th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 63.6% 2023 up 6.5% 76th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 65.3% 2023 down 0.2% 33rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9742 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% 148th
Primary education, teachers 70.4% 1998 up 24.3% 128th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 102,459 number 2018 down 5.8% 15th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8156 % change on previous year 2005 up 293.3% 119th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.18 years 2023 up 6.5% 77th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.27 years 2023 down 0.2% 34th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9742 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% 149th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 15.4 years 2023 up 1.0% 62nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 560,123 number 2017 up 8.6% 4th
Persistence to grade 5, total 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 1st
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 1st
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 356 2024 down 20.5% 76th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 489 2024 down 3.2% 72nd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,387 2024 up 10.8% 65th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,321 2024 up 3.5% 59th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 5.2% 2023 up 112.1% 119th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 94.0% 1997 up 6.6% 139th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 6,235 1997 down 50.6% 21st
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 97,283 1997 up 3.3% 17th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 87,357 1995 up 157.9% 12th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 21.8% 1995 up 52.8% 147th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 314,152 1995 up 54.0% 4th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 19.5% 166th
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
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.13 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 1.1% 60th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.36 years 2023 up 1.7% 68th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.43 years 2023 up 0.5% 48th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9955 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% 140th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.8% 2005 up 10.2% 82nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 102,945 number 2005 up 3.2% 12th
School enrollment, secondary, private 22.4% 2023 up 14.7% 56th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1 GPIA 1998 down 0.0% 115th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 6th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% 4th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% 86th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 9,980 2023 down 19.9% 37th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 14,093 2023 down 6.7% 53rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,359 2023 up 18.6% 23rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 21 2023 down 63.2% 122nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 686 2023 up 77.3% 85th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 20 2023 up 150.0% 79th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 65 2023 up 97.0% 59th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 12 2023 up 33.3% 53rd