Japan Education System

East Asia & Pacific — education profile and statistics for Japan.

Primary enrollment

101.13%

Secondary enrollment

101.54%

Tertiary enrollment

64.49%

Income group

High income

Region

East Asia & Pacific

Adult literacy rate

99.00%

Youth literacy rate

99.90%

PISA maths (2022)

536

PISA reading (2022)

516

PISA science (2022)

547

Education spend (% of GDP)

3.34%

Data sources: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank Open Data, OECD PISA.