Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Japan
Japan: Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary was 27.68 in 2017. ▲ Rising
Latest (2017)
27.68
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
27th
of 182 countries
All-time high
27.68
in 2017
All-time low
25.19
in 2015
Years of data
5
2013–2017
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Japan, 2013–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Japan is 27.68, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over five years.
Japan ranks 27th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Countries ranked near Japan
- 24 Kenya 28.87 compare
- 25 Togo 28.44 compare
- 26 El Salvador 28.21 compare
- 28 Ethiopia 27.41 compare
- 29 Philippines 27.08 compare
- 30 Kyrgyzstan 26.93 compare
More education data for Japan
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.8% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 440,864 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.2% (2023)
- Labor force, total 69.48 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 45.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Japan?
- Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Japan was 27.68 in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 27.68 in 2017.
- What is the lowest pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.19 in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary?
- Japan ranks 27th out of 182 countries with data for 2017.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.