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Japan: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes

80,767count · 2018+7.7% since 2008

Total number of students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level. Annual figures for Japan from 1998 to 2018.

19982018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201880,767
201780,910
201674,090
201573,895
201474,093
201374,480
201274,950
201174,606
201073,734
200974,395
200874,966
200775,504
200675,028
200573,527
200471,389
200368,245
200265,525
200162,481
200059,007
199955,646
199852,141

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-enrolment-in-tertiary-education-isced-8-programmes-both (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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