Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan

Japan: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 19.5% in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
19.5%
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
75th
of 155 countries
All-time high
20.1%
in 2013
All-time low
19.5%
in 2017
Years of data
5
2013–2017

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, 2013–2017

051015202013201520172013: 20.1 %2014: 20 %2015: 19.8 %2016: 19.7 %2017: 19.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.

Analysis

Japan recorded 19.5% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.9% over five years.

Japan ranks 75th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Japan, 2013 to 2017.
Year % Change
2013 20.1%
2014 20.0% -0.4%
2015 19.8% -1.1%
2016 19.7% -0.6%
2017 19.5% -0.9%

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 72 Iran 20.9% compare
  2. 73 Cameroon 20.7%
  3. 74 Lithuania 20.6% compare
  4. 76 Malaysia 19.3% compare
  5. 77 Hungary 18.1% compare
  6. 78 San Marino 17.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan?
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Japan was 19.5% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
What is the highest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2013.
What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2017.
How does Japan rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Japan ranks 75th out of 155 countries with data for 2017.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 3,299 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.