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Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years)

Name: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years) by country, 2025
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Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years) league table
#	Country	years	Region	Income
1	Niger	20	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Iceland	20	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Albania	20	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
4	Tanzania	20	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Bulgaria	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Suriname	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Lithuania	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Cote d'Ivoire	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Poland	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Germany	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Sierra Leone	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Slovak Republic	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Switzerland	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Moldova	19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Czechia	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Uganda	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Estonia	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Sweden	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Cameroon	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Romania	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Hungary	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Botswana	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
24	Solomon Islands	19	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
25	Ethiopia	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	North Macedonia	19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Tunisia	19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
28	Mali	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Haiti	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
30	Burkina Faso	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Finland	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Norway	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Congo, Rep.	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Netherlands	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Montenegro	19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Senegal	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Togo	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Gambia, The	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	South Africa	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
40	Chad	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Afghanistan	19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
42	Zambia	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Serbia	19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Papua New Guinea	19	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Latvia	19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Kyrgyz Republic	18	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
47	Bahrain	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Kuwait	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
49	Israel	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
50	Eswatini	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Lao PDR	18	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	18	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
53	Gabon	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
54	Cyprus	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Comoros	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Mauritius	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
57	Azerbaijan	18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Palau	18	East Asia & Pacific	High income
59	Malta	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Hong Kong SAR, China	18	East Asia & Pacific	High income
61	Japan	18	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Qatar	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
63	Monaco	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Namibia	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Egypt, Arab Rep.	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Portugal	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Fiji	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	British Virgin Islands	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
70	Luxembourg	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Uzbekistan	18	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
72	Bangladesh	18	South Asia	Lower middle income
73	Samoa	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
74	Russian Federation	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Malawi	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	United Arab Emirates	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Morocco	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
78	Tonga	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Nicaragua	18	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
80	Cambodia	18	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
81	Thailand	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Ghana	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Andorra	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Lebanon	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Philippines	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
86	Ecuador	18	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Cuba	18	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Brazil	18	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Nigeria	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Iraq	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
91	Georgia	18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Panama	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Viet Nam	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Ireland	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Canada	18	North America	High income
96	Spain	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Saudi Arabia	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
98	Puerto Rico (US)	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Belgium	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Italy	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Madagascar	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Lesotho	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	India	18	South Asia	Lower middle income
104	Cabo Verde	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
105	Mongolia	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	United States	18	North America	High income
107	Turkmenistan	18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	West Bank and Gaza	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	Syrian Arab Republic	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
110	Maldives	18	South Asia	Upper middle income
111	Greece	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Kenya	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Liberia	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Guinea-Bissau	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
115	Sri Lanka	18	South Asia	Upper middle income
116	Benin	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Eritrea	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Marshall Islands	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	China	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
121	Naoero	18	East Asia & Pacific	High income
122	Vanuatu	18	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
123	Dominica	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Colombia	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Cayman Islands	17	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	St. Kitts and Nevis	17	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
127	Pakistan	17	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	New Zealand	17	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	France	17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Belize	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Belarus	17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Bahamas, The	17	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Grenada	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Trinidad and Tobago	17	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
135	Kiribati	17	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
136	Ukraine	17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
138	Antigua and Barbuda	17	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Jamaica	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	St. Lucia	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Kazakhstan	17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Zimbabwe	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
143	Australia	16	East Asia & Pacific	High income
144	Turks and Caicos Islands	16	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Seychelles	16	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
146	Gibraltar	16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Curacao	16	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Austria	16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Myanmar	16	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Singapore	16	East Asia & Pacific	High income
151	Guyana	16	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Barbados	16	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Bhutan	16	South Asia	Lower middle income
154	Burundi	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years)