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Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years)
UNESCO UIS
years
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209 countries · 1970–2025
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2025
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1
Namibia
14
2
Tanzania
14
3
Zambia
14
4
South Africa
14
5
Niger
13
6
El Salvador
13
7
Mozambique
13
8
Norway
13
9
Uganda
13
10
Eswatini
13
11
Mali
13
12
Sweden
13
13
Papua New Guinea
13
14
Zimbabwe
13
15
Guinea
13
16
Botswana
13
17
Latvia
13
18
Afghanistan
13
19
Equatorial Guinea
13
20
Estonia
13
21
Guatemala
13
22
Gambia, The
13
23
Ireland
13
24
Indonesia
13
25
Iceland
13
26
Denmark
13
27
Finland
13
28
Lesotho
13
29
Ethiopia
13
30
Belgium
12
31
Guinea-Bissau
12
32
St. Kitts and Nevis
12
33
Maldives
12
34
Cyprus
12
35
Fiji
12
36
Liberia
12
37
Israel
12
38
Chile
12
39
Morocco
12
40
Greece
12
41
Grenada
12
42
Libya
12
43
Kiribati
12
44
Benin
12
45
Spain
12
46
China
12
47
Bhutan
12
48
St. Lucia
12
49
Cambodia
12
50
Jordan
12
51
Costa Rica
12
52
Guyana
12
53
Egypt, Arab Rep.
12
54
Luxembourg
12
55
Hong Kong SAR, China
12
56
Liechtenstein
12
57
Honduras
12
58
Australia
12
59
Jamaica
12
60
Burkina Faso
12
61
Mexico
12
62
Ecuador
12
63
Cote d'Ivoire
12
64
Brunei Darussalam
12
65
Dominican Republic
12
66
Bolivia
12
67
Macao SAR, China
12
68
Haiti
12
69
Kenya
12
70
Cabo Verde
12
71
Cameroon
12
72
Marshall Islands
12
73
Antigua and Barbuda
12
74
Curacao
12
75
Angola
12
76
Dominica
12
77
Congo, Dem. Rep.
12
78
Cuba
12
79
Bahrain
12
80
Japan
12
81
Iran, Islamic Rep.
12
82
Iraq
12
83
American Samoa
12
84
Congo, Rep.
12
85
Argentina
12
86
Canada
12
87
Burundi
12
88
Georgia
12
89
Ghana
12
90
Aruba
12
91
Andorra
12
92
Korea, Rep.
12
93
Central African Republic
12
94
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
12
95
Lebanon
12
96
Switzerland
12
97
Solomon Islands
12
98
Portugal
12
99
Trinidad and Tobago
12
100
Venezuela, RB
12
101
Vanuatu
12
102
Singapore
12
103
Senegal
12
104
Mauritania
12
105
Nigeria
12
106
Togo
12
107
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12
108
Qatar
12
109
Nicaragua
12
110
Tonga
12
111
Puerto Rico (US)
12
112
Malaysia
12
113
Turks and Caicos Islands
12
114
Sierra Leone
12
115
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
12
116
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
12
117
Tuvalu
12
118
South Sudan
12
119
Philippines
12
120
Peru
12
121
Paraguay
12
122
Timor-Leste
12
123
Yemen, Rep.
12
124
Uruguay
12
125
Rwanda
12
126
Sao Tome and Principe
12
127
Naoero
12
128
Suriname
12
129
British Virgin Islands
12
130
Tunisia
12
131
United States
12
132
Saudi Arabia
12
133
Syrian Arab Republic
12
134
Panama
12
135
Palau
12
136
Thailand
12
137
Malawi
12
138
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
12
139
Sudan
12
140
Slovenia
12
141
Netherlands
12
142
Seychelles
12
143
Chad
12
144
Russian Federation
11
145
Malta
11
146
Romania
11
147
French Polynesia
11
148
New Zealand
11
149
Montenegro
11
150
Tajikistan
11
151
Serbia
11
152
North Macedonia
11
153
Mongolia
11
154
Samoa
11
155
Uzbekistan
11
156
Poland
11
157
San Marino
11
158
New Caledonia
11
159
Mauritius
11
160
Viet Nam
11
161
France
11
162
Czechia
11
163
Cayman Islands
11
164
Bermuda
11
165
Gibraltar
11
166
Madagascar
11
167
Colombia
11
168
Croatia
11
169
Belize
11
170
Algeria
11
171
Kyrgyz Republic
11
172
Lithuania
11
173
Comoros
11
174
Albania
11
175
Bulgaria
11
176
Brazil
11
177
Gabon
11
178
Eritrea
11
179
Italy
11
180
Kuwait
11
181
Lao PDR
11
182
United Kingdom
11
183
Bangladesh
11
184
Barbados
11
185
Djibouti
11
186
India
11
187
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11
188
Bahamas, The
11
189
Hungary
11
190
Monaco
11
191
Moldova
11
192
Belarus
10
193
Sri Lanka
10
194
Azerbaijan
10
195
Armenia
10
196
United Arab Emirates
10
197
Germany
10
198
Kazakhstan
10
199
Austria
10
200
West Bank and Gaza
10
201
Pakistan
10
202
Ukraine
10
203
Turkiye
10
204
Nepal
10
205
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
10
206
Myanmar
10
207
Slovak Republic
10
208
Oman
10
209
Turkmenistan
10
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