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Official entrance age to compulsory education

years · higher is better · 197 countries

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  1. 1Estonia7
  2. 1Russian Federation7
  3. 1South Africa7
  4. 1Uzbekistan7
  5. 1Tanzania7
  6. 1Gambia, The7
  7. 1Croatia7
  8. 1Mali7
  9. 1Namibia7
  10. 1Tajikistan7
  11. 1Guinea7
  12. 1Suriname7
  13. 1Zambia7
  14. 1Serbia7
  15. 1Equatorial Guinea7
  16. 1Liechtenstein7
  17. 1Romania7
  18. 1Indonesia7
  19. 1Ethiopia7
  20. 1Afghanistan7
  21. 2Armenia6
  22. 2Albania6
  23. 2Australia6
  24. 2Bahrain6
  25. 2United Arab Emirates6
  26. 2Benin6
  27. 2Andorra6
  28. 2Burkina Faso6
  29. 2Azerbaijan6
  30. 2Bangladesh6
  31. 2Egypt, Arab Rep.6
  32. 2Jordan6
  33. 2Turkmenistan6
  34. 2Korea, Rep.6
  35. 2Kiribati6
  36. 2Oman6
  37. 2Georgia6
  38. 2Jamaica6
  39. 2Cameroon6
  40. 2Kyrgyz Republic6
  41. 2Iceland6
  42. 2Sao Tome and Principe6
  43. 2Cabo Verde6
  44. 2Sudan6
  45. 2Seychelles6
  46. 2Zimbabwe6
  47. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.6
  48. 2Singapore6
  49. 2Belarus6
  50. 2Uganda6
  51. 2Italy6
  52. 2Kenya6
  53. 2Thailand6
  54. 2Kuwait6
  55. 2Palau6
  56. 2Eswatini6
  57. 2Yemen, Rep.6
  58. 2Tuvalu6
  59. 2India6
  60. 2Norway6
  61. 2Brunei Darussalam6
  62. 2Hong Kong SAR, China6
  63. 2Montenegro6
  64. 2Kazakhstan6
  65. 2Lao PDR6
  66. 2Spain6
  67. 2Madagascar6
  68. 2Ireland6
  69. 2San Marino6
  70. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina6
  71. 2Japan6
  72. 2Mongolia6
  73. 2Germany6
  74. 2Algeria6
  75. 2New Zealand6
  76. 2Mauritania6
  77. 2Syrian Arab Republic6
  78. 2Moldova6
  79. 2Chile6
  80. 2Denmark6
  81. 2Djibouti6
  82. 2Korea, Dem. People's Rep.6
  83. 2Timor-Leste6
  84. 2Nigeria6
  85. 2Iraq6
  86. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.6
  87. 2Togo6
  88. 2Chad6
  89. 2Canada6
  90. 2South Sudan6
  91. 2Cote d'Ivoire6
  92. 2Congo, Rep.6
  93. 2Lesotho6
  94. 2Monaco6
  95. 2Rwanda6
  96. 2Qatar6
  97. 2Libya6
  98. 2Senegal6
  99. 2Malawi6
  100. 2United States6
  101. 2Haiti6
  102. 2Morocco6
  103. 2Central African Republic6
  104. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.6
  105. 2Lebanon6
  106. 2Slovenia6
  107. 2Portugal6
  108. 2West Bank and Gaza6
  109. 2Guinea-Bissau6
  110. 2Lithuania6
  111. 2Finland6
  112. 2Cuba6
  113. 2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.6
  114. 2Sweden6
  115. 2Liberia6
  116. 2Gabon6
  117. 2Comoros6
  118. 2Saudi Arabia6
  119. 2Sierra Leone6
  120. 2Eritrea6
  121. 2Guyana6
  122. 2Turkiye6
  123. 2North Macedonia6
  124. 2Poland6
  125. 2Tunisia6
  126. 2Ukraine6
  127. 2Malaysia6
  128. 2China6
  129. 3Mauritius5
  130. 3Colombia5
  131. 3Slovak Republic5
  132. 3Paraguay5
  133. 3Puerto Rico (US)5
  134. 3Cyprus5
  135. 3Philippines5
  136. 3Czechia5
  137. 3Pakistan5
  138. 3Netherlands5
  139. 3Dominica5
  140. 3Nicaragua5
  141. 3Grenada5
  142. 3Myanmar5
  143. 3Trinidad and Tobago5
  144. 3Malta5
  145. 3Marshall Islands5
  146. 3Barbados5
  147. 3Macao SAR, China5
  148. 3Latvia5
  149. 3Sri Lanka5
  150. 3St. Lucia5
  151. 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines5
  152. 3United Kingdom5
  153. 3St. Kitts and Nevis5
  154. 3British Virgin Islands5
  155. 3Viet Nam5
  156. 3Samoa5
  157. 3Belize5
  158. 3Bermuda5
  159. 3Honduras5
  160. 3Greece5
  161. 3Belgium5
  162. 3Austria5
  163. 3Angola5
  164. 3Bahamas, The5
  165. 3Antigua and Barbuda5
  166. 4Aruba4
  167. 4Argentina4
  168. 4Bulgaria4
  169. 4Naoero4
  170. 4Switzerland4
  171. 4Curacao4
  172. 4Sint Maarten (Dutch part)4
  173. 4Turks and Caicos Islands4
  174. 4Uruguay4
  175. 4Luxembourg4
  176. 4Brazil4
  177. 4Maldives4
  178. 4Mexico4
  179. 4Cayman Islands4
  180. 4Bolivia4
  181. 4Panama4
  182. 4Tonga4
  183. 4Ghana4
  184. 4Costa Rica4
  185. 4Gibraltar4
  186. 4Hungary4
  187. 4Nepal4
  188. 5Peru3
  189. 5France3
  190. 5Israel3
  191. 5Ecuador3
  192. 5Dominican Republic3
  193. 6El Salvador1
  194. 7Guam0
  195. 7New Caledonia0
  196. 7Guatemala0

Official entrance age to compulsory education