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