Japan: ratio of long-term absentees at primary and secondary schools by reason

In the academic year 2020, about 1.1 percent of total pupils and students were absent from primary and lower secondary schools for more than 90 days because they refused to attend. In total, around three percent of students did not attend schools for more than 30 days due to sickness, attendance refusal, and other obstacles such as family reasons.

Ratio of long-term absentees to total number of students at primary and lower secondary schools in Japan in academic year 2020, by reason

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

academic year 2020; the Japanese academic year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Special properties

students who were absent from schools for more than 30 days during the fiscal year

Supplementary notes

Total number of students enrolled in examined schools n=9,578,674

Examined schools include national, public, and private primary and lower secondary schools. Lower secondary schools in the survey cover compulsory education schools and secondary schools in the period of seventh to ninth grades.

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