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Education Statistics > Duration of compulsory education (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: UNESCO

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Regina Kratzer (Berlin, Germany)
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