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Years of compulsory education

years · no best or worst — largest to smallest

197 of 216 countries report a figure for years of compulsory education

World average: 10.0 yrs

Show smallest first

RankCountryValueYear
#1Venezuela17.0 yrs2025
#2Guatemala16.0 yrs2025
#3Dominican Republic15.0 yrs2025
#4Ecuador15.0 yrs2025
#5El Salvador15.0 yrs2025
#6Israel15.0 yrs2025
#7Tonga15.0 yrs2025
#8Argentina14.0 yrs2025
#9Bolivia14.0 yrs2025
#10Brazil14.0 yrs2025
#11Curaçao14.0 yrs2025
#12Mexico14.0 yrs2025
#13Nauru14.0 yrs2025
#14Peru14.0 yrs2025
#15Sint Maarten14.0 yrs2025
#16Uruguay14.0 yrs2025
#17Aruba13.0 yrs2025
#18Austria13.0 yrs2025
#19Belgium13.0 yrs2025
#20Bermuda13.0 yrs2025
#21Costa Rica13.0 yrs2025
#22France13.0 yrs2025
#23Germany13.0 yrs2025
#24Gibraltar13.0 yrs2025
#25Hungary13.0 yrs2025
#26Marshall Islands13.0 yrs2025
#27Kingdom of the Netherlands13.0 yrs2025
#28North Macedonia13.0 yrs2025
#29Paraguay13.0 yrs2025
#30Philippines13.0 yrs2025
#31Puerto Rico13.0 yrs2025
#32Turks and Caicos Islands13.0 yrs2025
#33Armenia12.0 yrs2025
#34The Bahamas12.0 yrs2025
#35British Virgin Islands12.0 yrs2025
#36Bulgaria12.0 yrs2025
#37Cayman Islands12.0 yrs2025
#38Chile12.0 yrs2025
#39Colombia12.0 yrs2025
#40Dominica12.0 yrs2025
#41Egypt12.0 yrs2025
#42Finland12.0 yrs2025
#43Grenada12.0 yrs2025
#44Honduras12.0 yrs2025
#45Italy12.0 yrs2025
#46Kenya12.0 yrs2025
#47North Korea12.0 yrs2025
#48Luxembourg12.0 yrs2025
#49Maldives12.0 yrs2025
#50Mauritius12.0 yrs2025
#51Mongolia12.0 yrs2025
#52Pakistan12.0 yrs2025
#53Palau12.0 yrs2025
#54Portugal12.0 yrs2025
#55Qatar12.0 yrs2025
#56Saint Kitts and Nevis12.0 yrs2025
#57Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0 yrs2025
#58Turkey12.0 yrs2025
#59Turkmenistan12.0 yrs2025
#60United Arab Emirates12.0 yrs2025
#61United States12.0 yrs2025
#62Antigua and Barbuda11.0 yrs2025
#63Australia11.0 yrs2025
#64Barbados11.0 yrs2025
#65Belarus11.0 yrs2025
#66Ghana11.0 yrs2025
#67Latvia11.0 yrs2025
#68Lithuania11.0 yrs2025
#69Malta11.0 yrs2025
#70Monaco11.0 yrs2025
#71Panama11.0 yrs2025
#72Russia11.0 yrs2025
#73Senegal11.0 yrs2025
#74Seychelles11.0 yrs2025
#75Slovakia11.0 yrs2025
#76Sri Lanka11.0 yrs2025
#77Switzerland11.0 yrs2025
#78Ukraine11.0 yrs2025
#79United Kingdom11.0 yrs2025
#80Uzbekistan11.0 yrs2025
#81Algeria10.0 yrs2025
#82Andorra10.0 yrs2025
#83Angola10.0 yrs2025
#84Burkina Faso10.0 yrs2025
#85Cape Verde10.0 yrs2025
#86Canada10.0 yrs2025
#87Central African Republic10.0 yrs2025
#88Chad10.0 yrs2025
#89Republic of the Congo10.0 yrs2025
#90Ivory Coast10.0 yrs2025
#91Cyprus10.0 yrs2025
#92Czech Republic10.0 yrs2025
#93Denmark10.0 yrs2025
#94Djibouti10.0 yrs2025
#95Gabon10.0 yrs2025
#96Greece10.0 yrs2025
#97Iceland10.0 yrs2025
#98Ireland10.0 yrs2025
#99Jordan10.0 yrs2025
#100Kyrgyzstan10.0 yrs2025
#101Lebanon10.0 yrs2025
#102Macau10.0 yrs2025
#103Moldova10.0 yrs2025
#104New Zealand10.0 yrs2025
#105Norway10.0 yrs2025
#106Oman10.0 yrs2025
#107Romania10.0 yrs2025
#108San Marino10.0 yrs2025
#109Spain10.0 yrs2025
#110Saint Lucia10.0 yrs2025
#111Sweden10.0 yrs2025
#112Togo10.0 yrs2025
#113Vietnam10.0 yrs2025
#114Palestine10.0 yrs2025
#115Afghanistan9.0 yrs2025
#116Albania9.0 yrs2025
#117Azerbaijan9.0 yrs2025
#118Bahrain9.0 yrs2025
#119Bosnia and Herzegovina9.0 yrs2025
#120Brunei9.0 yrs2025
#121People's Republic of China9.0 yrs2025
#122Cuba9.0 yrs2025
#123Estonia9.0 yrs2025
#124The Gambia9.0 yrs2025
#125Georgia9.0 yrs2025
#126Guinea-Bissau9.0 yrs2025
#127Hong Kong9.0 yrs2025
#128Indonesia9.0 yrs2025
#129Iran9.0 yrs2025
#130Japan9.0 yrs2025
#131Kazakhstan9.0 yrs2025
#132Kiribati9.0 yrs2025
#133South Korea9.0 yrs2025
#134Kuwait9.0 yrs2025
#135Laos9.0 yrs2025
#136Libya9.0 yrs2025
#137Liechtenstein9.0 yrs2025
#138Mali9.0 yrs2025
#139Mauritania9.0 yrs2025
#140Montenegro9.0 yrs2025
#141Morocco9.0 yrs2025
#142Nepal9.0 yrs2025
#143Nigeria9.0 yrs2025
#144Poland9.0 yrs2025
#145Saudi Arabia9.0 yrs2025
#146Sierra Leone9.0 yrs2025
#147Slovenia9.0 yrs2025
#148South Africa9.0 yrs2025
#149Syria9.0 yrs2025
#150Tajikistan9.0 yrs2025
#151Thailand9.0 yrs2025
#152Timor-Leste9.0 yrs2025
#153Tunisia9.0 yrs2025
#154Tuvalu9.0 yrs2025
#155Yemen9.0 yrs2025
#156Belize8.0 yrs2025
#157Croatia8.0 yrs2025
#158Eritrea8.0 yrs2025
#159Ethiopia8.0 yrs2025
#160India8.0 yrs2025
#161Malawi8.0 yrs2025
#162Federated States of Micronesia8.0 yrs2025
#163Samoa8.0 yrs2025
#164Serbia8.0 yrs2025
#165Somalia8.0 yrs2025
#166South Sudan8.0 yrs2025
#167Sudan8.0 yrs2025
#168Eswatini7.0 yrs2025
#169Lesotho7.0 yrs2025
#170Namibia7.0 yrs2025
#171Nicaragua7.0 yrs2025
#172Tanzania7.0 yrs2025
#173Trinidad and Tobago7.0 yrs2025
#174Uganda7.0 yrs2025
#175Zambia7.0 yrs2025
#176Zimbabwe7.0 yrs2025
#177Benin6.0 yrs2025
#178Cameroon6.0 yrs2025
#179Comoros6.0 yrs2025
#180Democratic Republic of the Congo6.0 yrs2025
#181Equatorial Guinea6.0 yrs2025
#182Guinea6.0 yrs2025
#183Guyana6.0 yrs2025
#184Haiti6.0 yrs2025
#185Iraq6.0 yrs2025
#186Jamaica6.0 yrs2025
#187Liberia6.0 yrs2025
#188Malaysia6.0 yrs2025
#189Rwanda6.0 yrs2025
#190São Tomé and Príncipe6.0 yrs2025
#191Singapore6.0 yrs2025
#192Suriname6.0 yrs2025
#193Bangladesh5.0 yrs2025
#194Madagascar5.0 yrs2025
#195Myanmar5.0 yrs2025
#196Guam0.0 yrs2025
#197New Caledonia0.0 yrs2025
—American Samoa——
—Bhutan——
—Botswana——
—Burundi——
—Cambodia——
—Faroe Islands——
—Fiji——
—French Polynesia——
—Greenland——
—Isle of Man——
—Kosovo——
—Mozambique——
—Niger——
—Northern Mariana Islands——
—Papua New Guinea——
—Solomon Islands——
—Saint-Martin——
—Vanuatu——
—United States Virgin Islands——

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)