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Education Statistics > Primary education, duration > years (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Ireland: 8 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Saint Lucia: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Antigua and Barbuda: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Australia: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Botswana: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   South Africa: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Bhutan: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Tanzania: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Dominica: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Swaziland: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Grenada: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Iceland: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Somalia: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Lesotho: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Trinidad and Tobago: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Maldives: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Uganda: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Mozambique: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Namibia: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Norway: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Zambia: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 2   Zimbabwe: 7 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Côte d'Ivoire: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Mauritius: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Nicaragua: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Lebanon: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Poland: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Hong Kong: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Guinea-Bissau: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Jordan: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Rwanda: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Macau: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Sierra Leone: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Nigeria: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Sweden: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Indonesia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Togo: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Japan: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Turkey: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Kiribati: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Uruguay: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Luxembourg: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Yemen: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Mali: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Guyana: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Malta: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Aruba: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Niger: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Afghanistan: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Suriname: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Algeria: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Paraguay: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Andorra: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Portugal: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   American Samoa: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Marshall Islands: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Argentina: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Seychelles: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Bahrain: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Spain: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Barbados: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Thailand: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Bermuda: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Tunisia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Belgium: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   United States: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Bahamas, The: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Virgin Islands: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Belize: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Guinea: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Bolivia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Haiti: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Benin: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Honduras: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Solomon Islands: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Israel: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Brunei: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Iraq: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Burundi: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Jamaica: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Canada: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Kenya: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cambodia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Korea, South: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Chad: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Liberia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Congo, Republic of the: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Libya: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Malawi: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Chile: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Morocco: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cayman Islands: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Mauritania: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cameroon: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Oman: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Comoros: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Malaysia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Costa Rica: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Vanuatu: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Central African Republic: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Netherlands: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cuba: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Netherlands Antilles: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cape Verde: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   New Zealand: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Cyprus: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Peru: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Denmark: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Panama: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Djibouti: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Papua New Guinea: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Dominican Republic: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Qatar: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Ecuador: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Philippines: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Egypt: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Saudi Arabia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Estonia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Senegal: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   El Salvador: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Singapore: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Finland: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Sudan: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Fiji: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Switzerland: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Micronesia, Federated States of: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Tonga: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Gambia, The: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   São Tomé and Príncipe: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Gabon: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   East Timor: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Georgia: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   United Kingdom: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Ghana: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Burkina Faso: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Greece: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Venezuela: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Guatemala: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Samoa: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 25   Mexico: 6 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Madagascar: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Burma: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Italy: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Sri Lanka: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Palau: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   China: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Laos: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Colombia: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Nepal: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Equatorial Guinea: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   United Arab Emirates: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Eritrea: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Kuwait: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Czech Republic: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Liechtenstein: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   France: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Monaco: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   India: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Pakistan: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Iran: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   San Marino: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Vietnam: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 144   Bangladesh: 5 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Slovakia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Serbia and Montenegro: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Korea, North: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Angola: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Ukraine: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Romania: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Latvia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Hungary: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Mongolia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Syria: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Belarus: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Kyrgyzstan: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Brazil: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Kazakhstan: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Bulgaria: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Lithuania: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Ethiopia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Moldova: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Germany: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Macedonia, Republic of: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Croatia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Slovenia: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Azerbaijan: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Tajikistan: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Albania: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Uzbekistan: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 167   Austria: 4 years   2005 Time series
= 195   Armenia: 3 years   2005 Time series
= 195   Russia: 3 years   2005 Time series
= 195   Turkmenistan: 3 years   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 5.7 years   



DEFINITION: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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