East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Japan: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
31.50 million number
in 2019
Japan
2.01 million number
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
10th
Japan rank
10th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Japan
010.0M20.0M30.0M197119952019

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 31.50 million number against 2.01 million number in Japan, a difference of 29.49 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 15.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Japan ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Japan ranks 10th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Japan Difference Ahead
1970s 1.52 million number 1.52 million number 17.14 number Japan
1980s 4.30 million number 1.59 million number 2.71 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 6.70 million number 1.97 million number 4.73 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 15.95 million number 2.18 million number 13.77 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 27.33 million number 2.05 million number 25.28 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Japan?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 31.50 million number against 2.01 million number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
29.49 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
43 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Japan ranks 10th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 7,125 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The total number of male students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.