Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Australia & Japan

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Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	Australia	Japan
Gender parity index	0.951 Ranked 109th.	1 Ranked 77th. 5% more than Australia
Gender ratio	95.35 Ranked 82nd.	100.09 Ranked 58th. 5% more than Australia
Lower secondary school duration	4 Ranked 60th. 33% more than Japan	3 Ranked 98th.
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 113th. The same as Japan	12 Ranked 58th.
Population with at least high school education > Men	92.2% Ranked 25th. 12% more than Japan	82.3% Ranked 40th.
Population with at least high school education > Women	92.2% Ranked 21st. 15% more than Japan	80% Ranked 38th.
Private school share	35.24% Ranked 16th. 83% more than Japan	19.22% Ranked 46th.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	75% Ranked 55th.	88.69% Ranked 21st. 18% more than Australia
Share of total education spending	36.79% Ranked 43th.	38.24% Ranked 9th. 4% more than Australia
Upper secondary school duration	2 Ranked 188th.	3 Ranked 66th. 50% more than Australia
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 48th. 7% more than Japan	15 Ranked 85th.

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