DEFINITION
Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Germany: | 13 years | |
| #2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 13 years | |
| #3 | Dominica: | 13 years | |
| #4 | Netherlands: | 13 years | |
| #5 | Saint Lucia: | 13 years | |
| #6 | Belgium: | 13 years | |
| #7 | New Zealand: | 12 years | |
| #8 | Brunei: | 12 years | |
| #9 | Barbados: | 12 years | |
| #10 | Bahamas, The: | 12 years | |
| #11 | Bermuda: | 12 years | |
| #12 | Grenada: | 12 years | |
| #13 | Antigua and Barbuda: | 12 years | |
| #14 | United Kingdom: | 12 years | |
| #15 | United States: | 12 years | |
| #16 | Spain: | 11 years | |
| #17 | Armenia: | 11 years | |
| #18 | Moldova: | 11 years | |
| #19 | Australia: | 11 years | |
| #20 | Israel: | 11 years | |
| #21 | Bhutan: | 11 years | |
| #22 | Norway: | 11 years | |
| #23 | Canada: | 11 years | |
| #24 | Iceland: | 11 years | |
| #25 | France: | 11 years | |
| #26 | Kazakhstan: | 11 years | |
| #27 | Gabon: | 11 years | |
| #28 | Malta: | 11 years | |
| #29 | Guatemala: | 11 years | |
| #30 | Peru: | 11 years | |
| #31 | Azerbaijan: | 11 years | |
| #32 | Tunisia: | 11 years | |
| #33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 11 years | |
| #34 | Togo: | 10 years | |
| #35 | Monaco: | 10 years | |
| #36 | Costa Rica: | 10 years | |
| #37 | Uruguay: | 10 years | |
| #38 | Denmark: | 10 years | |
| #39 | Puerto Rico: | 10 years | |
| #40 | Dominican Republic: | 10 years | |
| #41 | Kiribati: | 10 years | |
| #42 | Ecuador: | 10 years | |
| #43 | Luxembourg: | 10 years | |
| #44 | Ireland: | 10 years | |
| #45 | New Caledonia: | 10 years | |
| #46 | Czech Republic: | 10 years | |
| #47 | Seychelles: | 10 years | |
| #48 | Finland: | 10 years | |
| #49 | Samoa: | 10 years | |
| #50 | Fiji: | 10 years | |
| #51 | Lebanon: | 10 years | |
| #52 | French Polynesia: | 10 years | |
| #53 | Slovakia: | 10 years | |
| #54 | Guyana: | 10 years | |
| #55 | Macau: | 10 years | |
| #56 | Hungary: | 10 years | |
| #57 | Mexico: | 10 years | |
| #58 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 10 years | |
| #59 | Netherlands Antilles: | 10 years | |
| #60 | Japan: | 10 years | |
| #61 | Russia: | 10 years | |
| #62 | Jordan: | 10 years | |
| #63 | Sweden: | 10 years | |
| #64 | Kyrgyzstan: | 10 years | |
| #65 | Burkina Faso: | 10 years | |
| #66 | Botswana: | 10 years | |
| #67 | Namibia: | 10 years | |
| #68 | Liberia: | 10 years | |
| #69 | South Africa: | 9 years | |
| #70 | Morocco: | 9 years | |
| #71 | Argentina: | 9 years | |
| #72 | Lithuania: | 9 years | |
| #73 | Austria: | 9 years | |
| #74 | Poland: | 9 years | |
| #75 | Bahrain: | 9 years | |
| #76 | Tonga: | 9 years | |
| #77 | Belize: | 9 years | |
| #78 | Madagascar: | 9 years | |
| #79 | Belarus: | 9 years | |
| #80 | Malaysia: | 9 years | |
| #81 | Sri Lanka: | 9 years | |
| #82 | Papua New Guinea: | 9 years | |
| #83 | China: | 9 years | |
| #84 | Thailand: | 9 years | |
| #85 | Chile: | 9 years | |
| #86 | Algeria: | 9 years | |
| #87 | Cuba: | 9 years | |
| #88 | Libya: | 9 years | |
| #89 | Cyprus: | 9 years | |
| #90 | Mali: | 9 years | |
| #91 | Estonia: | 9 years | |
| #92 | Mauritania: | 9 years | |
| #93 | El Salvador: | 9 years | |
| #94 | Paraguay: | 9 years | |
| #95 | Georgia: | 9 years | |
| #96 | Portugal: | 9 years | |
| #97 | Greece: | 9 years | |
| #98 | Marshall Islands: | 9 years | |
| #99 | Indonesia: | 9 years | |
| #100 | Switzerland: | 9 years | |
| #101 | Italy: | 9 years | |
| #102 | Tajikistan: | 9 years | |
| #103 | Ukraine: | 9 years | |
| #104 | Turkey: | 9 years | |
| #105 | Latvia: | 9 years | |
| #106 | Croatia: | 8 years | |
| #107 | Bolivia: | 8 years | |
| #108 | Mongolia: | 8 years | |
| #109 | Brazil: | 8 years | |
| #110 | Kenya: | 8 years | |
| #111 | Bulgaria: | 8 years | |
| #112 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 8 years | |
| #113 | Comoros: | 8 years | |
| #114 | India: | 8 years | |
| #115 | Colombia: | 8 years | |
| #116 | Kuwait: | 8 years | |
| #117 | Ghana: | 8 years | |
| #118 | Malawi: | 8 years | |
| #119 | Romania: | 8 years | |
| #120 | Albania: | 8 years | |
| #121 | Somalia: | 8 years | |
| #122 | Sudan: | 8 years | |
| #123 | Vanuatu: | 7 years | |
| #124 | Slovenia: | 7 years | |
| #125 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 7 years | |
| #126 | Eritrea: | 7 years | |
| #127 | Zambia: | 7 years | |
| #128 | Jamaica: | 7 years | |
| #129 | Philippines: | 7 years | |
| #130 | Lesotho: | 7 years | |
| #131 | United Arab Emirates: | 7 years | |
| #132 | Maldives: | 7 years | |
| #133 | Tanzania: | 7 years | |
| #134 | Mozambique: | 7 years | |
| #135 | Swaziland: | 7 years | |
| #136 | Venezuela: | 7 years | |
| #137 | Zimbabwe: | 7 years | |
| #138 | Nicaragua: | 6 years | |
| #139 | Sao Tome and Principe: | 6 years | |
| #140 | Mauritius: | 6 years | |
| #141 | Benin: | 6 years | |
| #142 | Rwanda: | 6 years | |
| #143 | Burundi: | 6 years | |
| #144 | Cambodia: | 6 years | |
| #145 | Nigeria: | 6 years | |
| #146 | Chad: | 6 years | |
| #147 | Guinea-Bissau: | 6 years | |
| #148 | Cameroon: | 6 years | |
| #149 | Senegal: | 6 years | |
| #150 | Central African Republic: | 6 years | |
| #151 | Iraq: | 6 years | |
| #152 | Cape Verde: | 6 years | |
| #153 | Niger: | 6 years | |
| #154 | Djibouti: | 6 years | |
| #155 | Suriname: | 6 years | |
| #156 | Ethiopia: | 6 years | |
| #157 | Panama: | 6 years | |
| #158 | Guinea: | 6 years | |
| #159 | Qatar: | 6 years | |
| #160 | Haiti: | 6 years | |
| #161 | Saudi Arabia: | 6 years | |
| #162 | Honduras: | 6 years | |
| #163 | Syria: | 6 years | |
| #164 | Afghanistan: | 6 years | |
| #165 | Bangladesh: | 5 years | |
| #166 | Burma: | 5 years | |
| #167 | Vietnam: | 5 years | |
| #168 | Equatorial Guinea: | 5 years | |
| #169 | Pakistan: | 5 years | |
| #170 | Nepal: | 5 years | |
| #171 | Angola: | 4 years | |
| |
Weighted average: |
8.8 years |
|
DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
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