Years of schooling in Japan

12.7

years · 2023

28th highest of 193 countries

In 2013: 12.6

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. South Korea 12.7
  2. Georgia 12.7
  3. Belgium 12.7
  4. Japan 12.7
  5. Netherlands 12.7
  6. Luxembourg 12.6
  7. Cyprus 12.6

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About the data

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.

Unit
years
Years
1990–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Our World in Data
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
Our World in Data; UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0