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Lower secondary school starting age (years)

Name: Lower secondary school starting age (years) by country, 2025
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209 countries · 2025

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

Lower secondary school starting age (years)