<Basic figures>
＊Rate of advancing to high school and university (2011 school year): high school 98.2% (male 98.0%, female 98.5%), university 56.7% (male 57.2%, female 56.1%)
＊Number of schools in Japan (2011 school year): total 57,845 (kindergarten 13,299, elementary school 21,721, junior high school 10,751, high school 5,060, secondary school 49, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 1,049, technical college 57, junior college 387, university 780, special training school 3,266, miscellaneous (vocational) school 1,426)
＊Number of students (2011 school year): total 19,430,606 (kindergarten 1,596,170, elementary school 6,887,292, junior high school 3,573,821, high school 3,349,255, secondary school 26,759, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 126,123, technical college 59,220, junior college 150,007, university 2,893,489, special training school 645,834, miscellaneous (vocational) school 122,636)
＊Number of teachers (2011 school year): total 1,337,391 (kindergarten: 110,402, elementary school 419,467, junior high school 253,104, high school 237,526, secondary school 2,046, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 74,854, technical college 4,357, junior college 9,274, university 176,684, special training school 40,509, miscellaneous (vocational) school 9,168)
＊Annual cost of attending school per student (2010 school year): kindergarten (nonprivate 231,920 yen / private 537,518 yen), elementary school (nonprivate 304,093 yen / private 1,465,323 yen), junior high school (nonprivate 459,511 yen / private 1,278,690 yen), high school (nonprivate 393,464 yen / private 922,716 yen)
＊Share of public spending on education (2008 school year): Share of total public spending: 9.4%, Share of GDP: 3.4%
＊Number of foreign students in Japan (May 2011): 138,075 (down 2.6% from 2010)
＊Number of people studying Japanese language: 167,594 in Japan (November 2010), 3.65 million in 133 countries (2009)
<Links to the latest information>
Education in Japan
Go to “Education”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Rates of advancing to high school and university
Go to Japan Statistical Yearbook (Chapter 22 Education), Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Go to “Statistics”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Go to “Gakko kihon chosa (Report on Basic Survey on Schools)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
Number of schools, students and teachers
Go to “Japan Statistical Yearbook (Chapter 22 Education)”, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Go to “Statistics”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Go to “Gakko kihon chosa (Report on Basic Survey on Schools)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
International comparison of educational achievement
Go to “Japan's Education at a Glance”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Go to “Programme for International Student Assessment”, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Cost of attending school
Go to “Kodomo no gakushuhi chosa (Survey of Children’s Educational Costs)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
Public and private expenditure on education
Go to “Japan's Education at a Glance”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Foreign students in Japan
Go to “Statistics”, Japan Student Services Organization
Japanese language education
Go to “Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan”, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Go to “Japanese-Language Education Overseas”, Japan Foundation
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