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Share of residents whose highest degree is junior college or technical college. 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, Nagano recorded the highest Share of residents whose highest degree is junior college or technical college (16.9%) and Akita the lowest (11.3%) among Japan's 47 prefectures. The national average is 13.6%. Source: Statistics Bureau, MIC — Social Indicators by Prefecture (E: Education).
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Share of residents whose highest degree is junior college or technical college. 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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