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Official entrance age to primary education (years)

years · higher is better · 210 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Ethiopia7
  2. 1Finland7
  3. 1Estonia7
  4. 1Afghanistan7
  5. 1Bulgaria7
  6. 1Croatia7
  7. 1Kyrgyz Republic7
  8. 1Hungary7
  9. 1Equatorial Guinea7
  10. 1South Africa7
  11. 1Guinea7
  12. 1Sweden7
  13. 1Gambia, The7
  14. 1Tanzania7
  15. 1Guatemala7
  16. 1Indonesia7
  17. 1Zambia7
  18. 1Uzbekistan7
  19. 1Niger7
  20. 1Russian Federation7
  21. 1Tajikistan7
  22. 1Mali7
  23. 1Poland7
  24. 1Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7
  25. 1Moldova7
  26. 1Latvia7
  27. 1Papua New Guinea7
  28. 1Lithuania7
  29. 1Liechtenstein7
  30. 1El Salvador7
  31. 1Serbia7
  32. 1Namibia7
  33. 2Kuwait6
  34. 2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.6
  35. 2Viet Nam6
  36. 2Vanuatu6
  37. 2Luxembourg6
  38. 2Virgin Islands (U.S.)6
  39. 2Kazakhstan6
  40. 2Macao SAR, China6
  41. 2Gabon6
  42. 2Venezuela, RB6
  43. 2Morocco6
  44. 2Monaco6
  45. 2Japan6
  46. 2Madagascar6
  47. 2Jordan6
  48. 2Maldives6
  49. 2United States6
  50. 2Mexico6
  51. 2Marshall Islands6
  52. 2Jamaica6
  53. 2Uruguay6
  54. 2Guam6
  55. 2North Macedonia6
  56. 2Ukraine6
  57. 2Italy6
  58. 2Georgia6
  59. 2Uganda6
  60. 2Montenegro6
  61. 2Libya6
  62. 2Mongolia6
  63. 2Israel6
  64. 2Mozambique6
  65. 2Sierra Leone6
  66. 2Tuvalu6
  67. 2Mauritania6
  68. 2Iceland6
  69. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.6
  70. 2Ghana6
  71. 2Turkiye6
  72. 2Lesotho6
  73. 2Yemen, Rep.6
  74. 2Malawi6
  75. 2Tunisia6
  76. 2Solomon Islands6
  77. 2France6
  78. 2Malaysia6
  79. 2Iraq6
  80. 2New Caledonia6
  81. 2Tonga6
  82. 2Cambodia6
  83. 2Liberia6
  84. 2Nigeria6
  85. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.6
  86. 2Singapore6
  87. 2Timor-Leste6
  88. 2Nicaragua6
  89. 2Netherlands6
  90. 2Lebanon6
  91. 2Turkmenistan6
  92. 2Norway6
  93. 2Naoero6
  94. 2India6
  95. 2Thailand6
  96. 2San Marino6
  97. 2Oman6
  98. 2Togo6
  99. 2Panama6
  100. 2Chad6
  101. 2Lao PDR6
  102. 2Peru6
  103. 2Turks and Caicos Islands6
  104. 2South Sudan6
  105. 2Philippines6
  106. 2Palau6
  107. 2Guinea-Bissau6
  108. 2Syrian Arab Republic6
  109. 2Haiti6
  110. 2Kenya6
  111. 2Seychelles6
  112. 2Puerto Rico (US)6
  113. 2Sint Maarten (Dutch part)6
  114. 2Kiribati6
  115. 2Eswatini6
  116. 2Guyana6
  117. 2Portugal6
  118. 2Paraguay6
  119. 2Korea, Rep.6
  120. 2West Bank and Gaza6
  121. 2French Polynesia6
  122. 2Honduras6
  123. 2Senegal6
  124. 2Slovenia6
  125. 2Qatar6
  126. 2Greece6
  127. 2Slovak Republic6
  128. 2Sudan6
  129. 2Romania6
  130. 2Hong Kong SAR, China6
  131. 2Suriname6
  132. 2Rwanda6
  133. 2Saudi Arabia6
  134. 2Zimbabwe6
  135. 2Sao Tome and Principe6
  136. 2Brazil6
  137. 2Central African Republic6
  138. 2Burundi6
  139. 2Azerbaijan6
  140. 2Cote d'Ivoire6
  141. 2Argentina6
  142. 2Bahrain6
  143. 2American Samoa6
  144. 2Armenia6
  145. 2Chile6
  146. 2Benin6
  147. 2Bolivia6
  148. 2Colombia6
  149. 2Belgium6
  150. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina6
  151. 2Canada6
  152. 2China6
  153. 2Austria6
  154. 2Brunei Darussalam6
  155. 2Andorra6
  156. 2Congo, Rep.6
  157. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.6
  158. 2Cabo Verde6
  159. 2Belarus6
  160. 2Botswana6
  161. 2Bhutan6
  162. 2Burkina Faso6
  163. 2United Arab Emirates6
  164. 2Switzerland6
  165. 2Cameroon6
  166. 2Comoros6
  167. 2Bangladesh6
  168. 2Aruba6
  169. 2Albania6
  170. 2Angola6
  171. 2Algeria6
  172. 2Czechia6
  173. 2Spain6
  174. 2Costa Rica6
  175. 2Fiji6
  176. 2Eritrea6
  177. 2Cyprus6
  178. 2Egypt, Arab Rep.6
  179. 2Djibouti6
  180. 2Ecuador6
  181. 2Cuba6
  182. 2Germany6
  183. 2Curacao6
  184. 2Dominican Republic6
  185. 2Denmark6
  186. 3Cayman Islands5
  187. 3Dominica5
  188. 3Australia5
  189. 3Barbados5
  190. 3Antigua and Barbuda5
  191. 3Bahamas, The5
  192. 3Bermuda5
  193. 3Belize5
  194. 3St. Kitts and Nevis5
  195. 3Samoa5
  196. 3Grenada5
  197. 3Malta5
  198. 3Pakistan5
  199. 3United Kingdom5
  200. 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines5
  201. 3New Zealand5
  202. 3Sri Lanka5
  203. 3St. Lucia5
  204. 3Nepal5
  205. 3Ireland5
  206. 3Gibraltar5
  207. 3Mauritius5
  208. 3Trinidad and Tobago5
  209. 3British Virgin Islands5
  210. 3Myanmar5

Official entrance age to primary education (years)