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Share of residents whose highest degree is university or graduate school

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Education · National ranking

University-graduate shareAs of 2020Official latest

Share of residents whose highest degree is university or graduate school. A contextual metric shaped by industry, with no better-or-worse.

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1Tokyo
31.6%
2Kanagawa
29.2%
3Nara
26.3%
4Chiba
24.9%
5Hyogo
24.5%
6Kyoto
24.0%
7Saitama
23.9%
8Aichi
23.7%
9Hiroshima
23.1%
10Shiga
22.4%
11Osaka
21.8%
12Kagawa
20.8%
13Fukuoka
20.4%
14Okayama
20.4%
15Yamanashi
19.9%
16Ishikawa
19.8%
17Toyama
19.8%
18Shizuoka
19.5%
19Tokushima
19.2%
20Fukui
18.8%

SourceStatistics Bureau, MIC — Social Indicators by Prefecture (E: Education)· Yearly

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2026

19952026

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47 prefectures

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2020

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