Share of residents whose highest education is high school. One of four attainment levels — a contextual metric with no better-or-worse.
Source: Statistics Bureau, MIC — Social Indicators by Prefecture (E: Education)
In 2020, Yamagata recorded the highest Share of residents whose highest education is high school (or pre-war secondary) (51.1%) and Tokyo the lowest (23.1%) among Japan's 47 prefectures. The national average is 42.0%. Source: Statistics Bureau, MIC — Social Indicators by Prefecture (E: Education).
Replay how all 47 prefectures reordered over 5 years of records.
Share of residents whose highest education is high school. One of four attainment levels — a contextual metric with no better-or-worse.
▲ The top 5 prefectures are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber — just enough colour to follow the two ends of the “desirable direction.”
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