Japan's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 100.5 % in 2013 to 101.1 % in 2023.
Japan · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Japan's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 101.0 % in 2013 to 101.5 % in 2023.
Japan's tertiary enrolment rose from 62.6 % in 2013 to 64.5 % in 2023.
Japan's children out of school, primary fell from 77,384 in 2013 to 4,225 in 2023.
Japan's tertiary attainment rose from 30.5 % in 1997 to 57.9 % in 2025.
Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)
% of population ages 25–34
3rd of 45 · 2nd in East Asia & Pacific
Japan's tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34) rose from 45.7 % in 1997 to 67.5 % in 2025.
At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)
% of population ages 25–64
24th of 96 · 3rd in East Asia & Pacific*
Japan's at least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64) rose from 38.6 % in 1970 to 85.2 % in 2020.
Japan's expected years of schooling rose from 14.6 yrs in 1994 to 15.5 yrs in 2023.
Japan's mean years of schooling (ages 25+) rose from 0.6 yrs in 1875 to 12.8 yrs in 2020.
Japan's learning poverty fell from 5.4 % in 2003 to 3.6 % in 2019.
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Education spendingup +0.0 pts117th of 168*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.4 pts57th of 87*
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.3 %55th of 135
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Japan.
- Adult literacyNo data
- Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)No data
- Primary completion rateNo data