# Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Japan

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Japan was 57.9% in 2025. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Note: Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.
- Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: OECD. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/japan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=tertiary_attainment_share_25_64&place=jp

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 57.9 |
| 2024 | 57 |
| 2023 | 56 |
| 2022 | 56.1 |
| 2021 | 55.6 |
| 2020 | 54 |
| 2019 | 52.7 |
| 2018 | 51.9 |
| 2017 | 51.4 |
| 2016 | 50.5 |
| 2015 | 49.5 |
| 2014 | 48.2 |
| 2013 | 47.3 (break) |
| 2012 | 46.6 (break) |
| 2011 | 46.4 (break) |
| 2010 | 44.8 (break) |
| 2009 | 43.8 (break) |
| 2008 | 42.8 (break) |
| 2007 | 41 (break) |
| 2006 | 40.5 (break) |
| 2005 | 39.9 (break) |
| 2004 | 38.7 (break) |
| 2003 | 37.4 (break) |
| 2002 | 36.6 (break) |
| 2001 | 34.1 (break) |
| 2000 | 33.6 (break) |
| 1999 | 31.8 (break) |
| 1998 | 30.6 (break) |
| 1997 | 30.5 (break) |