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DEFINITION:
Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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=1 | Netherlands | 13 years | 2000 | |
=1 | Belgium | 13 years | 2000 | |
=1 | Germany | 13 years | 2000 | |
4 | United Kingdom | 12 years | 2000 | |
=5 | France | 11 years | 2000 | |
=5 | Spain | 11 years | 2000 | |
=5 | Malta | 11 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Slovakia | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Finland | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Luxembourg | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Ireland | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Denmark | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Hungary | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Czech Republic | 10 years | 2000 | |
=8 | Sweden | 10 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Portugal | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Estonia | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Italy | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Greece | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Lithuania | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Cyprus | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Austria | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Latvia | 9 years | 2000 | |
=16 | Poland | 9 years | 2000 | |
=25 | Bulgaria | 8 years | 2000 | |
=25 | Romania | 8 years | 2000 | |
=25 | Croatia | 8 years | 2000 | |
28 | Slovenia | 7 years | 2000 |