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Official entrance age to upper 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. 1Tanzania18
  2. 2Niger17
  3. 2Equatorial Guinea17
  4. 2Papua New Guinea17
  5. 2Namibia17
  6. 2Ethiopia17
  7. 2Lithuania17
  8. 2Guinea17
  9. 2Uganda17
  10. 3Senegal16
  11. 3Australia16
  12. 3Curacao16
  13. 3Central African Republic16
  14. 3Tuvalu16
  15. 3Bhutan16
  16. 3Burkina Faso16
  17. 3Russian Federation16
  18. 3Tonga16
  19. 3Germany16
  20. 3Philippines16
  21. 3Chad16
  22. 3Tajikistan16
  23. 3Botswana16
  24. 3El Salvador16
  25. 3Moldova16
  26. 3Gambia, The16
  27. 3Jordan16
  28. 3Estonia16
  29. 3Naoero16
  30. 3Uzbekistan16
  31. 3Denmark16
  32. 3Sweden16
  33. 3Eswatini16
  34. 3Suriname16
  35. 3Malawi16
  36. 3Iceland16
  37. 3South Africa16
  38. 3Togo16
  39. 3Afghanistan16
  40. 3Zambia16
  41. 3Guatemala16
  42. 3Mauritania16
  43. 3Maldives16
  44. 3Liechtenstein16
  45. 3Cote d'Ivoire16
  46. 3Mozambique16
  47. 3Finland16
  48. 3Benin16
  49. 3Congo, Rep.16
  50. 3Fiji16
  51. 3Oman16
  52. 3Turkmenistan16
  53. 3Cameroon16
  54. 3Lesotho16
  55. 3Kyrgyz Republic16
  56. 3Vanuatu16
  57. 3Ireland16
  58. 3American Samoa16
  59. 3Norway16
  60. 3Mali16
  61. 3Indonesia16
  62. 3Latvia16
  63. 3Andorra16
  64. 4Kuwait15
  65. 4Seychelles15
  66. 4Canada15
  67. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines15
  68. 4Viet Nam15
  69. 4Switzerland15
  70. 4Slovenia15
  71. 4Tunisia15
  72. 4Slovak Republic15
  73. 4China15
  74. 4Sao Tome and Principe15
  75. 4Serbia15
  76. 4Colombia15
  77. 4Comoros15
  78. 4Sierra Leone15
  79. 4Cabo Verde15
  80. 4Solomon Islands15
  81. 4Costa Rica15
  82. 4Cuba15
  83. 4Sudan15
  84. 4Saudi Arabia15
  85. 4British Virgin Islands15
  86. 4Rwanda15
  87. 4Cyprus15
  88. 4Czechia15
  89. 4Romania15
  90. 4Djibouti15
  91. 4Qatar15
  92. 4Dominica15
  93. 4French Polynesia15
  94. 4West Bank and Gaza15
  95. 4Paraguay15
  96. 4Antigua and Barbuda15
  97. 4Dominican Republic15
  98. 4Portugal15
  99. 4Algeria15
  100. 4Korea, Dem. People's Rep.15
  101. 4Ecuador15
  102. 4Puerto Rico (US)15
  103. 4Albania15
  104. 4Poland15
  105. 4Egypt, Arab Rep.15
  106. 4Venezuela, RB15
  107. 4Spain15
  108. 4Peru15
  109. 4Panama15
  110. 4France15
  111. 4New Zealand15
  112. 4Yemen, Rep.15
  113. 4Angola15
  114. 4Armenia15
  115. 4Gabon15
  116. 4Georgia15
  117. 4Netherlands15
  118. 4Ghana15
  119. 4Nicaragua15
  120. 4Nigeria15
  121. 4Ukraine15
  122. 4Burundi15
  123. 4New Caledonia15
  124. 4Guinea-Bissau15
  125. 4Malaysia15
  126. 4Greece15
  127. 4Grenada15
  128. 4Uruguay15
  129. 4Guyana15
  130. 4Hong Kong SAR, China15
  131. 4Mongolia15
  132. 4Honduras15
  133. 4Montenegro15
  134. 4Croatia15
  135. 4Azerbaijan15
  136. 4Haiti15
  137. 4Hungary15
  138. 4North Macedonia15
  139. 4Mexico15
  140. 4Iran, Islamic Rep.15
  141. 4Iraq15
  142. 4Madagascar15
  143. 4Israel15
  144. 4Monaco15
  145. 4Jamaica15
  146. 4Morocco15
  147. 4Macao SAR, China15
  148. 4Japan15
  149. 4Kazakhstan15
  150. 4Luxembourg15
  151. 4Cambodia15
  152. 4Kiribati15
  153. 4Zimbabwe15
  154. 4St. Kitts and Nevis15
  155. 4St. Lucia15
  156. 4Lebanon15
  157. 4Korea, Rep.15
  158. 4Libya15
  159. 4Liberia15
  160. 4United States15
  161. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina15
  162. 4Timor-Leste15
  163. 4Virgin Islands (U.S.)15
  164. 4Lao PDR15
  165. 4Belarus15
  166. 4Belize15
  167. 4Argentina15
  168. 4Trinidad and Tobago15
  169. 4Thailand15
  170. 4Brazil15
  171. 4Bahrain15
  172. 4Turks and Caicos Islands15
  173. 4Syrian Arab Republic15
  174. 5Austria14
  175. 5San Marino14
  176. 5Italy14
  177. 5Eritrea14
  178. 5Belgium14
  179. 5Bermuda14
  180. 5Palau14
  181. 5Bangladesh14
  182. 5Brunei Darussalam14
  183. 5Bolivia14
  184. 5Turkiye14
  185. 5South Sudan14
  186. 5Singapore14
  187. 5Aruba14
  188. 5Bahamas, The14
  189. 5Myanmar14
  190. 5Malta14
  191. 5Cayman Islands14
  192. 5Kenya14
  193. 5Sint Maarten (Dutch part)14
  194. 5Barbados14
  195. 5Sri Lanka14
  196. 5Chile14
  197. 5Marshall Islands14
  198. 5Gibraltar14
  199. 5Bulgaria14
  200. 5United Arab Emirates14
  201. 5Mauritius14
  202. 5India14
  203. 5United Kingdom14
  204. 5Congo, Dem. Rep.14
  205. 5Micronesia, Fed. Sts.14
  206. 5Somalia, Fed. Rep.14
  207. 6Nepal13
  208. 6Samoa13
  209. 6Pakistan13

Official entrance age to upper secondary education (years)