Education
Primary education, duration (years)
· higher is better · 210 countries
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League table
210 shown- 1Guam8
- 1Ireland8
- 2Australia7
- 2Iceland7
- 2South Africa7
- 2St. Kitts and Nevis7
- 2Mozambique7
- 2Zimbabwe7
- 2Namibia7
- 2Eswatini7
- 2Antigua and Barbuda7
- 2St. Lucia7
- 2Grenada7
- 2Dominica7
- 2Denmark7
- 2Trinidad and Tobago7
- 2Zambia7
- 2Botswana7
- 2British Virgin Islands7
- 2St. Vincent and the Grenadines7
- 2Norway7
- 2Tanzania7
- 2Lesotho7
- 2Uganda7
- 3Senegal6
- 3Argentina6
- 3Thailand6
- 3Togo6
- 3Chad6
- 3Timor-Leste6
- 3Turks and Caicos Islands6
- 3Syrian Arab Republic6
- 3Seychelles6
- 3American Samoa6
- 3Sint Maarten (Dutch part)6
- 3Sweden6
- 3Slovenia6
- 3Tonga6
- 3Suriname6
- 3Sao Tome and Principe6
- 3South Sudan6
- 3El Salvador6
- 3Sierra Leone6
- 3Solomon Islands6
- 3Singapore6
- 3Tunisia6
- 3Sudan6
- 3Saudi Arabia6
- 3Rwanda6
- 3Burundi6
- 3Qatar6
- 3Andorra6
- 3Belgium6
- 3Paraguay6
- 3Portugal6
- 3Benin6
- 3Puerto Rico (US)6
- 3Tuvalu6
- 3Papua New Guinea6
- 3Burkina Faso6
- 3Palau6
- 3Philippines6
- 3Peru6
- 3Panama6
- 3New Zealand6
- 3Naoero6
- 3Netherlands6
- 3Bahrain6
- 3Nicaragua6
- 3Nigeria6
- 3Niger6
- 3Bahamas, The6
- 3Malaysia6
- 3Malawi6
- 3Mauritius6
- 3Mauritania6
- 3Uruguay6
- 3Malta6
- 3Belize6
- 3Mali6
- 3Marshall Islands6
- 3Bermuda6
- 3Mexico6
- 3United States6
- 3Maldives6
- 3Bolivia6
- 3Morocco6
- 3Macao SAR, China6
- 3Latvia6
- 3Angola6
- 3Luxembourg6
- 3Barbados6
- 3Brunei Darussalam6
- 3Libya6
- 3Liberia6
- 3Lebanon6
- 3Bhutan6
- 3Korea, Rep.6
- 3Venezuela, RB6
- 3Kiribati6
- 3Cambodia6
- 3Central African Republic6
- 3Kenya6
- 3Canada6
- 3Japan6
- 3Jordan6
- 3Jamaica6
- 3Switzerland6
- 3Israel6
- 3Virgin Islands (U.S.)6
- 3Afghanistan6
- 3Iraq6
- 3Chile6
- 3Iran, Islamic Rep.6
- 3China6
- 3Indonesia6
- 3Haiti6
- 3Cote d'Ivoire6
- 3Honduras6
- 3Hong Kong SAR, China6
- 3Guyana6
- 3Vanuatu6
- 3Cameroon6
- 3Guatemala6
- 3Greece6
- 3Congo, Dem. Rep.6
- 3Equatorial Guinea6
- 3Guinea-Bissau6
- 3Gambia, The6
- 3Samoa6
- 3Congo, Rep.6
- 3Aruba6
- 3Guinea6
- 3Gibraltar6
- 3Ghana6
- 3Georgia6
- 3United Kingdom6
- 3Yemen, Rep.6
- 3Micronesia, Fed. Sts.6
- 3Fiji6
- 3Finland6
- 3Cabo Verde6
- 3Ethiopia6
- 3Estonia6
- 3Spain6
- 3Costa Rica6
- 3Egypt, Arab Rep.6
- 3Ecuador6
- 3Cuba6
- 3Dominican Republic6
- 3Curacao6
- 3Cayman Islands6
- 3Cyprus6
- 4Albania5
- 4Nepal5
- 4Lao PDR5
- 4Liechtenstein5
- 4Pakistan5
- 4Bangladesh5
- 4Sri Lanka5
- 4Eritrea5
- 4Czechia5
- 4Korea, Dem. People's Rep.5
- 4Viet Nam5
- 4French Polynesia5
- 4France5
- 4Romania5
- 4Algeria5
- 4India5
- 4San Marino5
- 4Italy5
- 4Brazil5
- 4Monaco5
- 4Comoros5
- 4Madagascar5
- 4Djibouti5
- 4North Macedonia5
- 4Myanmar5
- 4Montenegro5
- 4Gabon5
- 4Mongolia5
- 4Colombia5
- 4Bosnia and Herzegovina5
- 4Kuwait5
- 4New Caledonia5
- 5Moldova4
- 5Croatia4
- 5Hungary4
- 5Kazakhstan4
- 5Kyrgyz Republic4
- 5Lithuania4
- 5Uzbekistan4
- 5Turkmenistan4
- 5Belarus4
- 5Germany4
- 5Ukraine4
- 5Bulgaria4
- 5Oman4
- 5Poland4
- 5West Bank and Gaza4
- 5Turkiye4
- 5Russian Federation4
- 5Azerbaijan4
- 5Austria4
- 5Somalia, Fed. Rep.4
- 5Serbia4
- 5Slovak Republic4
- 5United Arab Emirates4
- 5Armenia4
- 5Tajikistan4
Primary education, duration (years)