Education — Japan. Latest from the System of Social and Demographic Statistics.

Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan website (https://www.e-stat.go.jp/).

from Japan Japan is showing notable disparities in education across its 50 regencies and cities, according to the latest figures released by Statistics Bureau of Japan, e-Stat.

1981 tops the provincial ranking with a reading of 11.82M (Number of elementary school students (Public)), while 2024 sits at the other end of the scale with 5.83M (Number of elementary school students (Public)).

The findings, drawn from official 2026 data, offer a granular look at how this indicator plays out at the local level. The gap between the top and bottom of the rankings stands at 5.99M — a ratio of roughly 2.

0 to one between 1981 and 2024.

Analysts describe such a spread as meaningful, reflecting how local conditions, demographics and policy implementation can produce highly varied outcomes across geographically proximate areas.

Summed across Japan, the figures produce an average of 8.25M per district and a combined total of 412.42M . The mean provides a useful yardstick: 1981's reading is 43.3% above that benchmark, while 2024 comes in 29.

4% below it.

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