Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Japan

Gross secondary school enrolment in Japan was 101.5% in 2023.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 2013 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2023 101.5% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 101.4%
World, 2023 77.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 107.6% Middle value of 35 countries
Position in 2023 49th of 147 See the full ranking

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Japan over time

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

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 – 77.3%
2023 101.5% 77.2%
2022 101.4% 77.5%
2021 101.7% 77.3%
2020 101.3% 76.5%
2019 100.7% 76.0%
2018 100.5% 75.5%
2017 100.3% 74.9%
2016 101.3% 75.2%
2015 101.7% 75.0%
2014 101.0% 74.9%
2013 101.0% 74.0%
2012 – 72.7%
2011 – 71.9%
2010 – 70.9%
2009 – 69.4%
2008 – 68.3%
2007 – 66.8%
2006 – 65.4%
2005 – 64.4%
2004 – 63.5%
2003 – 62.4%
2002 – 61.6%
2001 – 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 101.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 101.0%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 147 countries with data for 2023, Japan has the 49th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 77.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.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