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Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years)

years · higher is better · 209 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Tanzania14
  2. 1Namibia14
  3. 1Zambia14
  4. 1South Africa14
  5. 2Guatemala13
  6. 2Norway13
  7. 2Equatorial Guinea13
  8. 2Sweden13
  9. 2El Salvador13
  10. 2Gambia, The13
  11. 2Lesotho13
  12. 2Eswatini13
  13. 2Mali13
  14. 2Niger13
  15. 2Uganda13
  16. 2Guinea13
  17. 2Zimbabwe13
  18. 2Papua New Guinea13
  19. 2Indonesia13
  20. 2Iceland13
  21. 2Latvia13
  22. 2Ireland13
  23. 2Mozambique13
  24. 2Botswana13
  25. 2Ethiopia13
  26. 2Estonia13
  27. 2Denmark13
  28. 2Afghanistan13
  29. 2Finland13
  30. 3Curacao12
  31. 3Benin12
  32. 3Burundi12
  33. 3Burkina Faso12
  34. 3Costa Rica12
  35. 3Spain12
  36. 3Bahrain12
  37. 3Fiji12
  38. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.12
  39. 3Australia12
  40. 3Ecuador12
  41. 3Antigua and Barbuda12
  42. 3Bolivia12
  43. 3American Samoa12
  44. 3Dominican Republic12
  45. 3Micronesia, Fed. Sts.12
  46. 3Brunei Darussalam12
  47. 3Argentina12
  48. 3Bhutan12
  49. 3Dominica12
  50. 3Central African Republic12
  51. 3Canada12
  52. 3Andorra12
  53. 3Switzerland12
  54. 3Chile12
  55. 3China12
  56. 3Cote d'Ivoire12
  57. 3Angola12
  58. 3Belgium12
  59. 3Cameroon12
  60. 3Cyprus12
  61. 3Congo, Dem. Rep.12
  62. 3Georgia12
  63. 3Congo, Rep.12
  64. 3Aruba12
  65. 3Cuba12
  66. 3Ghana12
  67. 3Cabo Verde12
  68. 3Haiti12
  69. 3Sint Maarten (Dutch part)12
  70. 3Tuvalu12
  71. 3Philippines12
  72. 3Iran, Islamic Rep.12
  73. 3Netherlands12
  74. 3Vanuatu12
  75. 3Iraq12
  76. 3Venezuela, RB12
  77. 3Palau12
  78. 3Seychelles12
  79. 3Nicaragua12
  80. 3Honduras12
  81. 3Nigeria12
  82. 3Suriname12
  83. 3Virgin Islands (U.S.)12
  84. 3Hong Kong SAR, China12
  85. 3Israel12
  86. 3Syrian Arab Republic12
  87. 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines12
  88. 3Puerto Rico (US)12
  89. 3Sao Tome and Principe12
  90. 3Turks and Caicos Islands12
  91. 3Malaysia12
  92. 3Jamaica12
  93. 3Guyana12
  94. 3Malawi12
  95. 3Jordan12
  96. 3Korea, Dem. People's Rep.12
  97. 3Chad12
  98. 3Mauritania12
  99. 3Japan12
  100. 3Portugal12
  101. 3South Sudan12
  102. 3Panama12
  103. 3Grenada12
  104. 3Togo12
  105. 3Paraguay12
  106. 3United States12
  107. 3Yemen, Rep.12
  108. 3Kenya12
  109. 3Thailand12
  110. 3Greece12
  111. 3Uruguay12
  112. 3Cambodia12
  113. 3Qatar12
  114. 3Kiribati12
  115. 3Marshall Islands12
  116. 3Solomon Islands12
  117. 3St. Kitts and Nevis12
  118. 3Mexico12
  119. 3Guinea-Bissau12
  120. 3Maldives12
  121. 3Korea, Rep.12
  122. 3Timor-Leste12
  123. 3Liechtenstein12
  124. 3Rwanda12
  125. 3Tonga12
  126. 3Saudi Arabia12
  127. 3Morocco12
  128. 3Lebanon12
  129. 3Macao SAR, China12
  130. 3Trinidad and Tobago12
  131. 3Sudan12
  132. 3Liberia12
  133. 3Luxembourg12
  134. 3Libya12
  135. 3Tunisia12
  136. 3Senegal12
  137. 3Slovenia12
  138. 3Naoero12
  139. 3British Virgin Islands12
  140. 3Sierra Leone12
  141. 3St. Lucia12
  142. 3Singapore12
  143. 3Peru12
  144. 4Montenegro11
  145. 4Romania11
  146. 4Monaco11
  147. 4Viet Nam11
  148. 4Tajikistan11
  149. 4Lao PDR11
  150. 4Mongolia11
  151. 4Serbia11
  152. 4Samoa11
  153. 4Gibraltar11
  154. 4Italy11
  155. 4Malta11
  156. 4Hungary11
  157. 4Russian Federation11
  158. 4Mauritius11
  159. 4San Marino11
  160. 4Kyrgyz Republic11
  161. 4Madagascar11
  162. 4Poland11
  163. 4Croatia11
  164. 4New Zealand11
  165. 4Uzbekistan11
  166. 4New Caledonia11
  167. 4Kuwait11
  168. 4Moldova11
  169. 4North Macedonia11
  170. 4Lithuania11
  171. 4French Polynesia11
  172. 4India11
  173. 4Eritrea11
  174. 4Cayman Islands11
  175. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina11
  176. 4Bahamas, The11
  177. 4Bangladesh11
  178. 4Albania11
  179. 4Djibouti11
  180. 4Gabon11
  181. 4Colombia11
  182. 4Czechia11
  183. 4Comoros11
  184. 4Barbados11
  185. 4Brazil11
  186. 4Bulgaria11
  187. 4United Kingdom11
  188. 4Algeria11
  189. 4France11
  190. 4Bermuda11
  191. 4Belize11
  192. 5Armenia10
  193. 5Germany10
  194. 5United Arab Emirates10
  195. 5Azerbaijan10
  196. 5Belarus10
  197. 5Austria10
  198. 5Turkmenistan10
  199. 5Oman10
  200. 5West Bank and Gaza10
  201. 5Slovak Republic10
  202. 5Myanmar10
  203. 5Nepal10
  204. 5Pakistan10
  205. 5Sri Lanka10
  206. 5Somalia, Fed. Rep.10
  207. 5Turkiye10
  208. 5Ukraine10
  209. 5Kazakhstan10

Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years)