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Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

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

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks