Primary school enrolment (gross) in Japan

Gross primary school enrolment in Japan was 101.1% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 2013 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2023 101.1% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 101.1%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 101.4% Middle value of 35 countries
Position in 2023 75th of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Japan over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 101.1% 100.7%
2022 101.1% 100.4%
2021 101.8% 99.4%
2020 101.8% 99.6%
2019 101.9% 99.1%
2018 101.8% 99.1%
2017 101.4% 101.8%
2016 101.6% 102.1%
2015 101.3% 101.0%
2014 100.9% 101.6%
2013 100.5% 103.0%
2012 – 102.9%
2011 – 102.4%
2010 – 102.5%
2009 – 102.7%
2008 – 102.9%
2007 – 102.7%
2006 – 101.7%
2005 – 101.7%
2004 – 101.6%
2003 – 100.9%
2002 – 99.4%
2001 – 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 101.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 100.5%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Japan has the 75th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2013 to 2023 for Japan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics