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Official entrance age to compulsory education (years)

Name: Official entrance age to compulsory education (years) by country, 2025
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Official entrance age to compulsory education (years) league table
#	Country	years	Region	Income
1	Gambia, The	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Guinea	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Equatorial Guinea	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
4	Ethiopia	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Afghanistan	7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
6	Croatia	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Estonia	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Namibia	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Indonesia	7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	Mali	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Liechtenstein	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Zambia	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Serbia	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14	South Africa	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
15	Tanzania	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Russian Federation	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Tajikistan	7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
18	Romania	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Suriname	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
20	Uzbekistan	7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
21	Zimbabwe	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	San Marino	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Uganda	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Senegal	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Turkmenistan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	6	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
27	Sudan	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Sao Tome and Principe	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Saudi Arabia	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Ukraine	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Slovenia	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Togo	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	West Bank and Gaza	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
34	Thailand	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
35	Yemen, Rep.	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
36	Qatar	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
37	Sweden	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Tunisia	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
39	Sierra Leone	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Tuvalu	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
41	Eswatini	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Chad	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	United States	6	North America	High income
44	Singapore	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
45	South Sudan	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Syrian Arab Republic	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
47	Turkiye	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Rwanda	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Portugal	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Seychelles	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
52	Timor-Leste	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
53	Japan	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Lesotho	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Albania	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Morocco	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
57	Benin	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Libya	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
59	Monaco	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Liberia	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Lebanon	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Lithuania	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Moldova	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Lao PDR	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
65	Andorra	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Kuwait	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
67	Korea, Rep.	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
68	Madagascar	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	Kiribati	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Kyrgyz Republic	6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
71	Kenya	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Kazakhstan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Jordan	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
74	United Arab Emirates	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
75	Jamaica	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Italy	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Iceland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Iraq	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
79	North Macedonia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	Iran, Islamic Rep.	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
81	Ireland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	India	6	South Asia	Lower middle income
83	Haiti	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Hong Kong SAR, China	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	Guyana	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Montenegro	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Mongolia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Armenia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Guinea-Bissau	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Mauritania	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Georgia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Malawi	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Gabon	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
94	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
95	Malaysia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Finland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Spain	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Eritrea	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Nigeria	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Egypt, Arab Rep.	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	Algeria	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
102	Australia	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
103	Denmark	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Djibouti	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
105	Germany	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Norway	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Cuba	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Cabo Verde	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
109	New Zealand	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
110	Oman	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
111	Comoros	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	Congo, Rep.	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Cameroon	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Cote d'Ivoire	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	China	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	Chile	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Azerbaijan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Canada	6	North America	High income
120	Central African Republic	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Brunei Darussalam	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
122	Palau	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Poland	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Belarus	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Bahrain	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Bangladesh	6	South Asia	Lower middle income
128	Burkina Faso	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Antigua and Barbuda	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Pakistan	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
131	Belgium	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Malta	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	United Kingdom	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	Bahamas, The	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
135	Mauritius	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Colombia	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Austria	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Greece	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Grenada	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Angola	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Honduras	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
142	Myanmar	5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
143	Bermuda	5	North America	High income
144	Macao SAR, China	5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Philippines	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Barbados	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Sri Lanka	5	South Asia	Upper middle income
148	Latvia	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Puerto Rico (US)	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Cyprus	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Czechia	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Netherlands	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Dominica	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154	St. Lucia	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Nicaragua	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
157	Marshall Islands	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
158	Belize	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
159	Trinidad and Tobago	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Slovak Republic	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Viet Nam	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
162	British Virgin Islands	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Samoa	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
165	Paraguay	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Turks and Caicos Islands	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Uruguay	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Tonga	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
170	Cayman Islands	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
171	Brazil	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
172	Bolivia	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
173	Switzerland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Panama	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Costa Rica	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Naoero	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
177	Curacao	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	Nepal	4	South Asia	Lower middle income
179	Bulgaria	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Aruba	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
181	Ghana	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
182	Gibraltar	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Luxembourg	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Argentina	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185	Hungary	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Mexico	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187	Maldives	4	South Asia	Upper middle income
188	France	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Israel	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
190	Ecuador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
191	Dominican Republic	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
192	Peru	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
193	El Salvador	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
194	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
195	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
196	New Caledonia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
197	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Official entrance age to compulsory education (years)