As of 2018 in Japan, the average cost of education for a student from entering kindergarten up to graduation from high school was about 5.4 million Japanese in the case of public schools. For a student attending only private schools, the total education-related costs amounted to over 18 million yen during the 15 years of school years.
Average total educational costs for a child from kindergarten to high school graduation in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by type of school
(in million Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2018; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
based on survey results
Supplementary notes
*A child attends public schools for all the other schools.
**A child attends private schools for all the other schools.
Total educational costs were calculated by adding up the total education-related fees that are spent by parents when children were in kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school.
Values have been rounded.
1 Japanese yen equals 0.0096 U.S. dollars or 0.0080 euros as of December 2020.
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MEXT (Japan). (December 18, 2019). Average total educational costs for a child from kindergarten to high school graduation in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by type of school (in million Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006802/total-fees-education-nursery-to-high-school-graduation-japan-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). "Average total educational costs for a child from kindergarten to high school graduation in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by type of school (in million Japanese yen)." Chart. December 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006802/total-fees-education-nursery-to-high-school-graduation-japan-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). (2019). Average total educational costs for a child from kindergarten to high school graduation in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by type of school (in million Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006802/total-fees-education-nursery-to-high-school-graduation-japan-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). "Average Total Educational Costs for a Child from Kindergarten to High School Graduation in Japan in Fiscal Year 2018, by Type of School (in Million Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006802/total-fees-education-nursery-to-high-school-graduation-japan-by-type/
MEXT (Japan), Average total educational costs for a child from kindergarten to high school graduation in Japan in fiscal year 2018, by type of school (in million Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006802/total-fees-education-nursery-to-high-school-graduation-japan-by-type/ (last visited August 11, 2022)
