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

Rank	Countries	Amount
= 1	Germany:	13 years
= 1	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	13 years
= 1	Dominica:	13 years
= 1	Netherlands:	13 years
= 1	Saint Lucia:	13 years
= 1	Belgium:	13 years
= 7	New Zealand:	12 years
= 7	Brunei:	12 years
= 7	Barbados:	12 years
= 7	Bahamas, The:	12 years
= 7	Bermuda:	12 years
= 7	Grenada:	12 years
= 7	Antigua and Barbuda:	12 years
= 7	United Kingdom:	12 years
= 7	United States:	12 years
= 16	Spain:	11 years
= 16	Armenia:	11 years
= 16	Moldova:	11 years
= 16	Australia:	11 years
= 16	Israel:	11 years
= 16	Bhutan:	11 years
= 16	Norway:	11 years
= 16	Canada:	11 years
= 16	Iceland:	11 years
= 16	France:	11 years
= 16	Kazakhstan:	11 years
= 16	Gabon:	11 years
= 16	Malta:	11 years
= 16	Guatemala:	11 years
= 16	Peru:	11 years
= 16	Azerbaijan:	11 years
= 16	Tunisia:	11 years
= 16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	11 years
= 34	Togo:	10 years
= 34	Monaco:	10 years
= 34	Costa Rica:	10 years
= 34	Uruguay:	10 years
= 34	Denmark:	10 years
= 34	Puerto Rico:	10 years
= 34	Dominican Republic:	10 years
= 34	Kiribati:	10 years
= 34	Ecuador:	10 years
= 34	Luxembourg:	10 years
= 34	Ireland:	10 years
= 34	New Caledonia:	10 years
= 34	Czech Republic:	10 years
= 34	Seychelles:	10 years
= 34	Finland:	10 years
= 34	Samoa:	10 years
= 34	Fiji:	10 years
= 34	Lebanon:	10 years
= 34	French Polynesia:	10 years
= 34	Slovakia:	10 years
= 34	Guyana:	10 years
= 34	Macau:	10 years
= 34	Hungary:	10 years
= 34	Mexico:	10 years
= 34	Cote d'Ivoire:	10 years
= 34	Netherlands Antilles:	10 years
= 34	Japan:	10 years
= 34	Russia:	10 years
= 34	Jordan:	10 years
= 34	Sweden:	10 years
= 34	Kyrgyzstan:	10 years
= 34	Burkina Faso:	10 years
= 34	Botswana:	10 years
= 34	Namibia:	10 years
= 34	Liberia:	10 years
= 69	South Africa:	9 years
= 69	Morocco:	9 years
= 69	Argentina:	9 years
= 69	Lithuania:	9 years
= 69	Austria:	9 years
= 69	Poland:	9 years
= 69	Bahrain:	9 years
= 69	Tonga:	9 years
= 69	Belize:	9 years
= 69	Madagascar:	9 years
= 69	Belarus:	9 years
= 69	Malaysia:	9 years
= 69	Sri Lanka:	9 years
= 69	Papua New Guinea:	9 years
= 69	China:	9 years
= 69	Thailand:	9 years
= 69	Chile:	9 years
= 69	Algeria:	9 years
= 69	Cuba:	9 years
= 69	Libya:	9 years
= 69	Cyprus:	9 years
= 69	Mali:	9 years
= 69	Estonia:	9 years
= 69	Mauritania:	9 years
= 69	El Salvador:	9 years
= 69	Paraguay:	9 years
= 69	Georgia:	9 years
= 69	Portugal:	9 years
= 69	Greece:	9 years
= 69	Marshall Islands:	9 years
= 69	Indonesia:	9 years
= 69	Switzerland:	9 years
= 69	Italy:	9 years
= 69	Tajikistan:	9 years
= 69	Ukraine:	9 years
= 69	Turkey:	9 years
= 69	Latvia:	9 years
= 106	Croatia:	8 years
= 106	Bolivia:	8 years
= 106	Mongolia:	8 years
= 106	Brazil:	8 years
= 106	Kenya:	8 years
= 106	Bulgaria:	8 years
= 106	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	8 years
= 106	Comoros:	8 years
= 106	India:	8 years
= 106	Colombia:	8 years
= 106	Kuwait:	8 years
= 106	Ghana:	8 years
= 106	Malawi:	8 years
= 106	Romania:	8 years
= 106	Albania:	8 years
= 106	Somalia:	8 years
= 106	Sudan:	8 years
= 123	Vanuatu:	7 years
= 123	Slovenia:	7 years
= 123	Trinidad and Tobago:	7 years
= 123	Eritrea:	7 years
= 123	Zambia:	7 years
= 123	Jamaica:	7 years
= 123	Philippines:	7 years
= 123	Lesotho:	7 years
= 123	United Arab Emirates:	7 years
= 123	Maldives:	7 years
= 123	Tanzania:	7 years
= 123	Mozambique:	7 years
= 123	Swaziland:	7 years
= 123	Venezuela:	7 years
= 123	Zimbabwe:	7 years
= 138	Nicaragua:	6 years
= 138	Sao Tome and Principe:	6 years
= 138	Mauritius:	6 years
= 138	Benin:	6 years
= 138	Rwanda:	6 years
= 138	Burundi:	6 years
= 138	Cambodia:	6 years
= 138	Nigeria:	6 years
= 138	Chad:	6 years
= 138	Guinea-Bissau:	6 years
= 138	Cameroon:	6 years
= 138	Senegal:	6 years
= 138	Central African Republic:	6 years
= 138	Iraq:	6 years
= 138	Cape Verde:	6 years
= 138	Niger:	6 years
= 138	Djibouti:	6 years
= 138	Suriname:	6 years
= 138	Ethiopia:	6 years
= 138	Panama:	6 years
= 138	Guinea:	6 years
= 138	Qatar:	6 years
= 138	Haiti:	6 years
= 138	Saudi Arabia:	6 years
= 138	Honduras:	6 years
= 138	Syria:	6 years
= 138	Afghanistan:	6 years
= 165	Bangladesh:	5 years
= 165	Burma:	5 years
= 165	Vietnam:	5 years
= 165	Equatorial Guinea:	5 years
= 165	Pakistan:	5 years
= 165	Nepal:	5 years
# 171	Angola:	4 years
	Weighted average:	8.8 years

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