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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Venezuela 17.00 2020
2 Guatemala 16.00 2020
3 Ecuador 15.00 2020
3 El Salvador 15.00 2020
3 Tonga 15.00 2020
3 Dominican Republic 15.00 2020
3 Israel 15.00 2020
8 Bolivia 14.00 2020
8 Argentina 14.00 2021
8 Brazil 14.00 2020
8 Mexico 14.00 2020
8 Peru 14.00 2020
8 Nauru 14.00 2020
8 Uruguay 14.00 2020
15 Netherlands 13.00 2021
15 Philippines 13.00 2020
15 Puerto Rico 13.00 2020
15 Paraguay 13.00 2020
15 Germany 13.00 2021
15 Costa Rica 13.00 2021
15 North Macedonia 13.00 2020
15 Austria 13.00 2021
15 Hungary 13.00 2021
15 France 13.00 2021
25 Honduras 12.00 2021
25 Dominica 12.00 2020
25 Italy 12.00 2021
25 The Bahamas 12.00 2020
25 Chile 12.00 2020
25 Cayman Islands 12.00 2020
25 Armenia 12.00 2021
25 Belgium 12.00 2021
25 St. Kitts and Nevis 12.00 2020
25 Luxembourg 12.00 2021
25 Moldova 12.00 2020
25 Colombia 12.00 2020
25 United Arab Emirates 12.00 2020
25 Egypt 12.00 2020
25 Grenada 12.00 2020
25 Kenya 12.00 2020
25 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 12.00 2020
25 Mongolia 12.00 2021
25 Turkey 12.00 2020
25 Turkmenistan 12.00 2021
25 Uzbekistan 12.00 2021
25 Palau 12.00 2020
25 Portugal 12.00 2021
25 United States 12.00 2021
25 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12.00 2020
25 Pakistan 12.00 2020
51 Ukraine 11.00 2020
51 Russia 11.00 2021
51 Panama 11.00 2020
51 Senegal 11.00 2020
51 Mauritius 11.00 2020
51 Malta 11.00 2021
51 Sri Lanka 11.00 2020
51 United Kingdom 11.00 2021
51 Switzerland 11.00 2021
51 Latvia 11.00 2021
51 Lithuania 11.00 2021
51 Bulgaria 11.00 2020
51 Monaco 11.00 2021
51 Barbados 11.00 2020
51 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2020
51 Ghana 11.00 2020
67 Djibouti 10.00 2021
67 Spain 10.00 2021
67 Jordan 10.00 2020
67 Ireland 10.00 2020
67 Australia 10.00 2020
67 Andorra 10.00 2020
67 Burkina Faso 10.00 2020
67 Central African Republic 10.00 2020
67 Côte d'Ivoire 10.00 2020
67 Congo 10.00 2020
67 Cabo Verde 10.00 2020
67 Azerbaijan 10.00 2021
67 New Zealand 10.00 2021
67 Iceland 10.00 2021
67 St. Lucia 10.00 2020
67 Lebanon 10.00 2020
67 Canada 10.00 2021
67 Cyprus 10.00 2021
67 Denmark 10.00 2021
67 Algeria 10.00 2020
67 Finland 10.00 2021
67 Gabon 10.00 2020
67 Greenland 10.00 2020
67 Kyrgyz Republic 10.00 2021
67 Macao SAR, China 10.00 2020
67 Greece 10.00 2021
67 Poland 10.00 2021
67 Romania 10.00 2020
67 Sweden 10.00 2021
67 San Marino 10.00 2020
67 Oman 10.00 2020
67 Slovak Republic 10.00 2021
67 Norway 10.00 2021
67 Vietnam 10.00 2020
67 Chad 10.00 2020
67 Togo 10.00 2020
67 Seychelles 10.00 2020
104 Syrian Arab Republic 9.00 2020
104 Tunisia 9.00 2020
104 Tajikistan 9.00 2021
104 Timor-Leste 9.00 2020
104 Nepal 9.00 2020
104 Qatar 9.00 2020
104 Slovenia 9.00 2021
104 Sierra Leone 9.00 2020
104 Thailand 9.00 2020
104 Yemen 9.00 2020
104 South Africa 9.00 2020
104 Saudi Arabia 9.00 2020
104 Mali 9.00 2020
104 Kiribati 9.00 2020
104 Korea 9.00 2020
104 Kuwait 9.00 2020
104 Libya 9.00 2020
104 Hong Kong SAR, China 9.00 2020
104 The Gambia 9.00 2020
104 Guinea-Bissau 9.00 2020
104 Estonia 9.00 2021
104 China 9.00 2020
104 Lao PDR 9.00 2021
104 Liechtenstein 9.00 2021
104 Morocco 9.00 2020
104 Montenegro 9.00 2020
104 Mauritania 9.00 2020
104 Afghanistan 9.00 2021
104 Nigeria 9.00 2020
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.00 2020
104 Belarus 9.00 2020
104 Brunei 9.00 2020
104 Cuba 9.00 2020
104 Czech Republic 9.00 2021
104 Bahrain 9.00 2020
104 Albania 9.00 2020
104 Iran 9.00 2020
104 Indonesia 9.00 2020
104 Japan 9.00 2020
104 Kazakhstan 9.00 2021
104 Georgia 9.00 2021
145 Belize 8.00 2020
145 Ethiopia 8.00 2020
145 Eritrea 8.00 2020
145 Croatia 8.00 2020
145 India 8.00 2020
145 Malawi 8.00 2020
145 Sudan 8.00 2020
145 Serbia 8.00 2020
145 Samoa 8.00 2020
145 Tuvalu 8.00 2020
155 Uganda 7.00 2020
155 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2020
155 Zimbabwe 7.00 2020
155 Eswatini 7.00 2020
155 Zambia 7.00 2020
155 Namibia 7.00 2020
155 Nicaragua 7.00 2020
155 Tanzania 7.00 2020
155 Lesotho 7.00 2020
164 Liberia 6.00 2020
164 Malaysia 6.00 2020
164 Benin 6.00 2020
164 Angola 6.00 2020
164 Cameroon 6.00 2020
164 Suriname 6.00 2020
164 Iraq 6.00 2020
164 Jamaica 6.00 2020
164 Haiti 6.00 2020
164 Equatorial Guinea 6.00 2020
164 Guinea 6.00 2020
164 Guyana 6.00 2020
164 Dem. Rep. Congo 6.00 2020
164 Comoros 6.00 2020
164 São Tomé and Principe 6.00 2020
164 Rwanda 6.00 2020
164 Singapore 6.00 2020
181 Bangladesh 5.00 2020
181 Myanmar 5.00 2020
181 Madagascar 5.00 2020
184 New Caledonia 0.00 2020

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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