Japan vs South Korea

Japan vs South Korea: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 11.7 years in Japan and 11.7 years in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.1 years, or 1.01 times that in South Korea.

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years · World Bank

Japan vs South Korea: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 11.7 years in Japan and 11.7 years in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.1 years, or 1.01 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook South Korea.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearJapanSouth Korea
202011.711.7
201812.312.3
201712.312.2
20101212.3

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
  • Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.

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