Compulsory education, duration (years) - Country Ranking
Definition: Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 17.00 | 2018 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 16.00 | 2018 |
| 3 | Tonga | 15.00 | 2018 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 15.00 | 2018 |
| 3 | El Salvador | 15.00 | 2018 |
| 3 | Ecuador | 15.00 | 2018 |
| 3 | Israel | 15.00 | 2019 |
| 8 | Argentina | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Peru | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Nauru | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Mexico | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Brazil | 14.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Paraguay | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Austria | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Hungary | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Germany | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Philippines | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Portugal | 12.00 | 2019 |
| 24 | Belgium | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Armenia | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Italy | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Mongolia | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Chile | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Honduras | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Turkey | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Colombia | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Kenya | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Egypt | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Grenada | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Palau | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | The Bahamas | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Dominica | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | United States | 12.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Senegal | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Panama | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Switzerland | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Latvia | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Barbados | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Mauritius | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Ukraine | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Russia | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Moldova | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Malta | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Ghana | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Monaco | 11.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Andorra | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Norway | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Oman | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Greenland | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Macao SAR, China | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Chad | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | San Marino | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Congo | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Jordan | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Lebanon | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Togo | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Gabon | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | New Zealand | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | St. Lucia | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Poland | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Vietnam | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Kyrgyz Republic | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Romania | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Denmark | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Slovak Republic | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Canada | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Cyprus | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Algeria | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Finland | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Seychelles | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Djibouti | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Spain | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Australia | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Sweden | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Greece | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Cabo Verde | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | France | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 64 | Ireland | 10.00 | 2018 |
| 64 | Iceland | 10.00 | 2019 |
| 103 | Indonesia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Mali | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Slovenia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | South Africa | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Montenegro | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Mauritania | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Japan | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Tunisia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | China | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Thailand | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Morocco | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Cuba | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Georgia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 9.00 | 2019 |
| 103 | Yemen | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Korea | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Kuwait | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Estonia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Albania | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Iran | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Liechtenstein | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Nigeria | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Belarus | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Bahrain | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Czech Republic | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | The Gambia | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Qatar | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Brunei | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Kiribati | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Libya | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 103 | Lao PDR | 9.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Samoa | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Belize | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Ethiopia | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Croatia | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Serbia | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Eritrea | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Sudan | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | Malawi | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 143 | India | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Lesotho | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Tanzania | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Uganda | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Eswatini | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Zambia | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Cameroon | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Guinea | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | São Tomé and Principe | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Rwanda | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Singapore | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Comoros | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Suriname | 6.00 | 2019 |
| 160 | Guyana | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Haiti | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Malaysia | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Benin | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Iraq | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Jamaica | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Liberia | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 160 | Angola | 6.00 | 2018 |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 5.00 | 2018 |
| 179 | Madagascar | 5.00 | 2018 |
| 179 | Myanmar | 5.00 | 2018 |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 0.00 | 2018 |
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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
