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Japan: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes

0.80percent · 2023-50.6% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Japan from 2013 to 2023.

20132023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20230.801NAT_EST
20221.01NAT_EST
20210.989NAT_EST
20200.971NAT_EST
20191.132NAT_EST
20181.178NAT_EST
20171.303NAT_EST
20160.89NAT_EST
20150.853NAT_EST
20141.113NAT_EST
20131.623NAT_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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