Japan vs Low income: Enrolment in primary education, male

Japan
3.34 million number
in 2018
Low income
56.70 million number
in 2019
Japan rank
23rd
Low income rank
22nd

Enrolment in primary education, male over time

  • Japan
  • Low income
020.0M40.0M60.0M197019942019

How they compare

Low income currently reports 56.70 million number against 3.34 million number in Japan, a difference of 53.36 million number.

That makes Low income's figure about 17.0 times Japan's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Low income has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 23rd and Low income ranks 22nd of 202 countries.

Low income has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Low income Difference Ahead
1970s 5.24 million number 11.71 million number 6.47 million number Low income
1980s 5.76 million number 15.47 million number 9.71 million number Low income
1990s 4.43 million number 20.51 million number 16.08 million number Low income
2000s 3.73 million number 35.32 million number 31.59 million number Low income
2010s 3.46 million number 50.25 million number 46.79 million number Low income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, male, Japan or Low income?
Low income, at 56.70 million number against 3.34 million number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, male between Japan and Low income?
53.36 million number, with Low income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Low income?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Japan and Low income rank globally for enrolment in primary education, male?
Japan ranks 23rd and Low income ranks 22nd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Low income: Enrolment in primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-male-number/japan/low-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-male-number/japan/low-income/">Japan vs Low income: Enrolment in primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 9,575 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.