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Primary education, duration (years) by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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Primary education, duration (years)
World Bank (WDI)
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210 countries · 1970–2025
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2025
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1
Guam
8
2
Ireland
8
3
Tanzania
7
4
Antigua and Barbuda
7
5
British Virgin Islands
7
6
Lesotho
7
7
Botswana
7
8
Namibia
7
9
Dominica
7
10
Australia
7
11
Norway
7
12
Grenada
7
13
St. Kitts and Nevis
7
14
Mozambique
7
15
Eswatini
7
16
Uganda
7
17
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
7
18
St. Lucia
7
19
Trinidad and Tobago
7
20
Iceland
7
21
Denmark
7
22
South Africa
7
23
Zambia
7
24
Zimbabwe
7
25
Samoa
6
26
Vanuatu
6
27
Yemen, Rep.
6
28
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
6
29
Ethiopia
6
30
Tonga
6
31
Thailand
6
32
Cote d'Ivoire
6
33
Gibraltar
6
34
Saudi Arabia
6
35
Portugal
6
36
Marshall Islands
6
37
Equatorial Guinea
6
38
Georgia
6
39
Guyana
6
40
Fiji
6
41
Netherlands
6
42
Finland
6
43
Indonesia
6
44
Singapore
6
45
United States
6
46
Burkina Faso
6
47
Afghanistan
6
48
Naoero
6
49
Mauritius
6
50
Sweden
6
51
Kenya
6
52
Jamaica
6
53
Lebanon
6
54
Jordan
6
55
Nicaragua
6
56
Hong Kong SAR, China
6
57
Guinea-Bissau
6
58
Macao SAR, China
6
59
China
6
60
Turks and Caicos Islands
6
61
Cabo Verde
6
62
Panama
6
63
Tunisia
6
64
Bahrain
6
65
Iraq
6
66
Cyprus
6
67
Chad
6
68
Timor-Leste
6
69
Mali
6
70
Sao Tome and Principe
6
71
Philippines
6
72
Libya
6
73
Senegal
6
74
Cambodia
6
75
Tuvalu
6
76
Mauritania
6
77
Andorra
6
78
Ghana
6
79
Spain
6
80
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6
81
Qatar
6
82
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6
83
Honduras
6
84
Chile
6
85
Suriname
6
86
Gambia, The
6
87
Costa Rica
6
88
Seychelles
6
89
Bermuda
6
90
Haiti
6
91
Venezuela, RB
6
92
Japan
6
93
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
6
94
Bolivia
6
95
Latvia
6
96
Cuba
6
97
Ecuador
6
98
Togo
6
99
Central African Republic
6
100
Sudan
6
101
Niger
6
102
Papua New Guinea
6
103
Malta
6
104
Kiribati
6
105
Guinea
6
106
Bhutan
6
107
Switzerland
6
108
American Samoa
6
109
Estonia
6
110
Cayman Islands
6
111
Puerto Rico (US)
6
112
Slovenia
6
113
Bahamas, The
6
114
Palau
6
115
United Kingdom
6
116
Argentina
6
117
Belize
6
118
Canada
6
119
Belgium
6
120
Morocco
6
121
South Sudan
6
122
Aruba
6
123
Israel
6
124
Syrian Arab Republic
6
125
Mexico
6
126
Burundi
6
127
Brunei Darussalam
6
128
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6
129
Curacao
6
130
Nigeria
6
131
Benin
6
132
Sierra Leone
6
133
Luxembourg
6
134
Barbados
6
135
Malawi
6
136
Congo, Rep.
6
137
Rwanda
6
138
Guatemala
6
139
Paraguay
6
140
Peru
6
141
Korea, Rep.
6
142
Liberia
6
143
Malaysia
6
144
Greece
6
145
Uruguay
6
146
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
6
147
Solomon Islands
6
148
Cameroon
6
149
Angola
6
150
New Zealand
6
151
Dominican Republic
6
152
El Salvador
6
153
Maldives
6
154
France
5
155
Liechtenstein
5
156
Colombia
5
157
Montenegro
5
158
India
5
159
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
5
160
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5
161
Albania
5
162
Sri Lanka
5
163
New Caledonia
5
164
Bangladesh
5
165
Lao PDR
5
166
North Macedonia
5
167
Gabon
5
168
Comoros
5
169
Monaco
5
170
Eritrea
5
171
Djibouti
5
172
Madagascar
5
173
Brazil
5
174
Myanmar
5
175
French Polynesia
5
176
Kuwait
5
177
San Marino
5
178
Pakistan
5
179
Romania
5
180
Czechia
5
181
Italy
5
182
Algeria
5
183
Nepal
5
184
Mongolia
5
185
Viet Nam
5
186
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
4
187
Ukraine
4
188
Tajikistan
4
189
Turkiye
4
190
Serbia
4
191
Uzbekistan
4
192
Russian Federation
4
193
United Arab Emirates
4
194
Lithuania
4
195
Armenia
4
196
West Bank and Gaza
4
197
Hungary
4
198
Bulgaria
4
199
Austria
4
200
Poland
4
201
Kyrgyz Republic
4
202
Croatia
4
203
Turkmenistan
4
204
Azerbaijan
4
205
Germany
4
206
Belarus
4
207
Moldova
4
208
Oman
4
209
Kazakhstan
4
210
Slovak Republic
4
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