High income OECD countries Compared by Education > Duration of compulsory education

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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	Netherlands	13 years	2000
=1	Belgium	13 years	2000
=1	Germany	13 years	2000
=4	United Kingdom	12 years	2000
=4	New Zealand	12 years	2000
=4	United States	12 years	2000
=7	Canada	11 years	2000
=7	France	11 years	2000
=7	Norway	11 years	2000
=7	Australia	11 years	2000
=7	Spain	11 years	2000
=7	Iceland	11 years	2000
=7	Israel	11 years	1997
=14	Slovakia	10 years	2000
=14	Finland	10 years	2000
=14	Luxembourg	10 years	2000
=14	Ireland	10 years	2000
=14	Denmark	10 years	2000
=14	Czech Republic	10 years	2000
=14	Sweden	10 years	2000
=14	Japan	10 years	2000
=22	Portugal	9 years	2000
=22	Estonia	9 years	2000
=22	Italy	9 years	2000
=22	Greece	9 years	2000
=22	Austria	9 years	2000
=22	Chile	9 years	2000
=22	Switzerland	9 years	2000
=22	Poland	9 years	2000
30	Slovenia	7 years	2000

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