Official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan

Japan: Official entrance age to early childhood educational development was 0.5 years in 2012. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2012)
0.5 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
50th
of 97 countries
All-time high
0.5 years
in 1998
All-time low
0.5 years
in 1998
Years of data
15
1998–2012

Official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan, 1998–2012

00.10.20.30.40.51998200520121998: 0.5 years1999: 0.5 years2000: 0.5 years2001: 0.5 years2002: 0.5 years2003: 0.5 years2004: 0.5 years2005: 0.5 years2006: 0.5 years2007: 0.5 years2008: 0.5 years2009: 0.5 years2010: 0.5 years2011: 0.5 years2012: 0.5 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2012, official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan stood at 0.5 years. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan peaked at 0.5 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.5 years, in 1998.

That places Japan 50th out of 97 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5 years 0.5 years 0.5 years 2
2000s 0.5 years 0.5 years 0.5 years 10
2010s 0.5 years 0.5 years 0.5 years 3

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 50 Zambia 0.5 years compare
  2. 52 Antigua and Barbuda 0 years compare
  3. 52 Argentina 0 years compare
  4. 52 Austria 0 years compare
  5. 52 Barbados 0 years
  6. 52 British Virgin Islands 0 years compare
  7. 52 Cambodia 0 years compare
  8. 52 Chile 0 years compare
  9. 52 Colombia 0 years
  10. 52 Costa Rica 0 years compare
  11. 52 Cuba 0 years compare
  12. 52 Cyprus 0 years
  13. 52 Denmark 0 years
  14. 52 Dominica 0 years
  15. 52 El Salvador 0 years
  16. 52 Estonia 0 years
  17. 52 Germany 0 years
  18. 52 Ghana 0 years compare
  19. 52 Greece 0 years
  20. 52 Grenada 0 years
  21. 52 Guatemala 0 years compare
  22. 52 Haiti 0 years
  23. 52 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0 years compare
  24. 52 Iceland 0 years
  25. 52 Israel 0 years
  26. 52 Jamaica 0 years
  27. 52 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 years compare
  28. 52 Lithuania 0 years compare
  29. 52 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 years compare
  30. 52 Mexico 0 years
  31. 52 Myanmar 0 years compare
  32. 52 New Zealand 0 years compare
  33. 52 Nicaragua 0 years compare
  34. 52 Oman 0 years
  35. 52 Panama 0 years
  36. 52 Peru 0 years
  37. 52 Puerto Rico 0 years
  38. 52 Qatar 0 years
  39. 52 Romania 0 years
  40. 52 Singapore 0 years compare
  41. 52 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0 years compare
  42. 52 South Africa 0 years compare
  43. 52 Spain 0 years
  44. 52 United Arab Emirates 0 years
  45. 52 Uruguay 0 years
  46. 52 Vietnam 0 years
  47. 52 Yemen, Republic of 0 years

See the full ranking of 97 places β†’

More reference data data for Japan

All data for Japan β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan?
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development in Japan was 0.5 years in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest official entrance age to early childhood educational development recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 0.5 years in 1998.
What is the lowest official entrance age to early childhood educational development recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5 years in 1998.
How does Japan rank for official entrance age to early childhood educational development?
Japan ranks 50th out of 97 countries with data for 2012.
Is official entrance age to early childhood educational development rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to early childhood educational development (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,319 data points, 1972–2020
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Age at which students would enter early childhood educational development. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/