Primary education, duration (years) - Country Ranking

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Ireland 8.00 2021
2 Dominica 7.00 2021
2 Iceland 7.00 2021
2 St. Kitts and Nevis 7.00 2021
2 St. Lucia 7.00 2021
2 Lesotho 7.00 2021
2 Norway 7.00 2021
2 Eswatini 7.00 2021
2 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2021
2 Uganda 7.00 2021
2 Denmark 7.00 2021
2 Grenada 7.00 2021
2 Namibia 7.00 2021
2 Antigua and Barbuda 7.00 2021
2 Australia 7.00 2021
2 Bhutan 7.00 2021
2 Botswana 7.00 2021
2 Zimbabwe 7.00 2021
2 Mozambique 7.00 2021
2 Papua New Guinea 7.00 2021
2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.00 2021
2 Tanzania 7.00 2021
2 South Africa 7.00 2021
2 Zambia 7.00 2021
25 Venezuela 6.00 2021
25 Samoa 6.00 2021
25 Yemen 6.00 2021
25 Tonga 6.00 2021
25 Saudi Arabia 6.00 2021
25 Sudan 6.00 2021
25 Senegal 6.00 2021
25 El Salvador 6.00 2021
25 Suriname 6.00 2021
25 Sweden 6.00 2021
25 Thailand 6.00 2021
25 Paraguay 6.00 2021
25 Poland 6.00 2021
25 Puerto Rico 6.00 2021
25 Mauritania 6.00 2021
25 Malaysia 6.00 2021
25 Niger 6.00 2021
25 Nigeria 6.00 2021
25 New Zealand 6.00 2021
25 Panama 6.00 2021
25 Peru 6.00 2021
25 Vanuatu 6.00 2021
25 Central African Republic 6.00 2021
25 Chile 6.00 2021
25 Côte d'Ivoire 6.00 2021
25 Cameroon 6.00 2020
25 Congo 6.00 2021
25 Cabo Verde 6.00 2021
25 Cuba 6.00 2021
25 Cayman Islands 6.00 2021
25 Angola 6.00 2021
25 Libya 6.00 2021
25 Mauritius 6.00 2021
25 Malawi 6.00 2021
25 Guatemala 6.00 2021
25 Guyana 6.00 2021
25 Hong Kong SAR, China 6.00 2021
25 Iraq 6.00 2021
25 Jamaica 6.00 2021
25 Kenya 6.00 2021
25 Haiti 6.00 2021
25 Kiribati 6.00 2021
25 Korea 6.00 2021
25 Macao SAR, China 6.00 2021
25 Mexico 6.00 2021
25 Mali 6.00 2021
25 Malta 6.00 2021
25 Ecuador 6.00 2021
25 Egypt 6.00 2021
25 Comoros 6.00 2021
25 Costa Rica 6.00 2021
25 Cyprus 6.00 2021
25 Estonia 6.00 2021
25 Ethiopia 6.00 2021
25 Finland 6.00 2021
25 United Kingdom 6.00 2021
25 Guinea 6.00 2021
25 The Gambia 6.00 2021
25 Guinea-Bissau 6.00 2021
25 Equatorial Guinea 6.00 2021
25 Greece 6.00 2021
25 Afghanistan 6.00 2021
25 Argentina 6.00 2021
25 Belgium 6.00 2021
25 Benin 6.00 2021
25 Belize 6.00 2021
25 Brunei 6.00 2021
25 Canada 6.00 2021
25 Switzerland 6.00 2021
25 China 6.00 2021
25 Dem. Rep. Congo 6.00 2021
25 Uruguay 6.00 2021
25 United States 6.00 2021
25 Tunisia 6.00 2021
25 Tuvalu 6.00 2021
25 Slovenia 6.00 2021
25 Timor-Leste 6.00 2021
25 Seychelles 6.00 2021
25 Syrian Arab Republic 6.00 2021
25 Chad 6.00 2021
25 Togo 6.00 2021
25 Rwanda 6.00 2021
25 Singapore 6.00 2021
25 Solomon Islands 6.00 2021
25 Sierra Leone 6.00 2021
25 Somalia 6.00 2021
25 São Tomé and Principe 6.00 2021
25 Nicaragua 6.00 2021
25 Netherlands 6.00 2021
25 Nauru 6.00 2021
25 Cambodia 6.00 2021
25 Philippines 6.00 2020
25 Palau 6.00 2021
25 Portugal 6.00 2021
25 Qatar 6.00 2021
25 Luxembourg 6.00 2021
25 Latvia 6.00 2021
25 Morocco 6.00 2021
25 Lebanon 6.00 2021
25 Liberia 6.00 2021
25 Israel 6.00 2021
25 Jordan 6.00 2021
25 Japan 6.00 2021
25 Dominican Republic 6.00 2021
25 Spain 6.00 2021
25 Fiji 6.00 2021
25 Burundi 6.00 2021
25 Burkina Faso 6.00 2021
25 Bahrain 6.00 2021
25 The Bahamas 6.00 2021
25 Bolivia 6.00 2021
25 Barbados 6.00 2021
25 Iran 6.00 2021
25 Andorra 6.00 2021
25 Indonesia 6.00 2021
25 Georgia 6.00 2021
25 Ghana 6.00 2021
25 Honduras 6.00 2021
143 France 5.00 2021
143 Italy 5.00 2021
143 Lao PDR 5.00 2021
143 Monaco 5.00 2021
143 Liechtenstein 5.00 2021
143 Pakistan 5.00 2021
143 Nepal 5.00 2021
143 Madagascar 5.00 2021
143 North Macedonia 5.00 2021
143 Myanmar 5.00 2021
143 Montenegro 5.00 2021
143 Colombia 5.00 2021
143 Brazil 5.00 2021
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.00 2021
143 Bangladesh 5.00 2021
143 Gabon 5.00 2021
143 Eritrea 5.00 2021
143 Algeria 5.00 2021
143 Mongolia 5.00 2021
143 Kuwait 5.00 2021
143 India 5.00 2021
143 Sri Lanka 5.00 2021
143 Albania 5.00 2021
143 Czech Republic 5.00 2021
143 Djibouti 5.00 2021
143 New Caledonia 5.00 2021
143 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 5.00 2020
143 Romania 5.00 2021
143 Vietnam 5.00 2021
143 San Marino 5.00 2021
173 Serbia 4.00 2021
173 Turkmenistan 4.00 2021
173 Turkey 4.00 2021
173 Uzbekistan 4.00 2021
173 Austria 4.00 2021
173 Kyrgyz Republic 4.00 2021
173 Croatia 4.00 2021
173 Germany 4.00 2021
173 Bulgaria 4.00 2021
173 Armenia 4.00 2021
173 Azerbaijan 4.00 2021
173 United Arab Emirates 4.00 2020
173 Belarus 4.00 2021
173 Oman 4.00 2021
173 Russia 4.00 2021
173 Slovak Republic 4.00 2021
173 Tajikistan 4.00 2021
173 Ukraine 4.00 2021
173 Lithuania 4.00 2021
173 Moldova 4.00 2021
173 Kazakhstan 4.00 2021
173 Hungary 4.00 2021

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual