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Starting Age of Compulsory Education around the World

Starting Age of Compulsory Education around the World

This chart shows official school starting age of compulsory education around the world.

Average official school starting age of compulsory education: 5.9 years

Note:

 

16 years ago
Education
Country nameSchool starting ageSource Year
Turks and Caicos Islands4 yrs2007
Gibraltar4 yrs2008
Pakistan5 yrs2008
Montserrat5 yrs2007
Colombia5 yrs2008
Saint Lucia5 yrs2008
Burma5 yrs2007
Cayman Islands5 yrs2007
Sri Lanka5 yrs2007
Mauritius5 yrs2008
Malta5 yrs2007
Cook Islands5 yrs2007
Costa Rica5 yrs2008
Niue5 yrs2007
New Zealand5 yrs2007
Ecuador5 yrs2008
Dominican Republic5 yrs2008
Saint Kitts and Nevis5 yrs2008
Netherlands5 yrs2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5 yrs2008
Samoa5 yrs2007
Grenada5 yrs2007
Isle of Man5 yrs2000
Trinidad and Tobago5 yrs2007
Israel5 yrs2007
Bahamas, The5 yrs2007
United Kingdom5 yrs2007
Australia5 yrs2007
Argentina5 yrs2007
Antigua and Barbuda5 yrs2007
Anguilla5 yrs2008
Venezuela5 yrs2007
British Virgin Islands5 yrs2007
Dominica5 yrs2007
Barbados5 yrs2008
Macau5 yrs2008
Bermuda5 yrs2007
Belize5 yrs2008
Micronesia, Federated States of6 yrs2007
Netherlands Antilles6 yrs2007
Maldives6 yrs2008
Lebanon6 yrs2008
Malaysia6 yrs2007
Nicaragua6 yrs2007
Nigeria6 yrs2007
Laos6 yrs2008
Norway6 yrs2007
Malawi6 yrs2008
Marshall Islands6 yrs2007
Mauritania6 yrs2007
Lesotho6 yrs2007
Luxembourg6 yrs2007
Monaco6 yrs2008
Liechtenstein6 yrs2007
Morocco6 yrs2008
Mozambique6 yrs2009
Mexico6 yrs2007
Libya6 yrs2007
Nauru6 yrs2007
Madagascar6 yrs2007
Liberia6 yrs2008
Palau6 yrs2007
West Bank6 yrs2007
Syria6 yrs2007
Taiwan6 yrs2009
Zimbabwe6 yrs2007
Thailand6 yrs2008
Timor-Leste6 yrs2008
Togo6 yrs2007
Tonga6 yrs2007
Tunisia6 yrs2007
Turkey6 yrs2007
Uganda6 yrs2007
Ukraine6 yrs2007
United Arab Emirates6 yrs2007
United States6 yrs2007
Uruguay6 yrs2007
Vanuatu6 yrs2007
Vietnam6 yrs2008
Swaziland6 yrs2007
Sudan6 yrs2009
Spain6 yrs2007
Panama6 yrs2008
Papua New Guinea6 yrs2007
Paraguay6 yrs2007
Peru6 yrs2007
Philippines6 yrs2007
Portugal6 yrs2007
Qatar6 yrs2008
Russia6 yrs2007
Slovenia6 yrs2007
San Marino6 yrs2008
Saudi Arabia6 yrs2008
Seychelles6 yrs2007
Sierra Leone6 yrs2007
Singapore6 yrs2008
Slovakia6 yrs2007
Somalia6 yrs2007
Yemen6 yrs2008
Kuwait6 yrs2008
Albania6 yrs2008
Chad6 yrs2007
Chile6 yrs2007
China6 yrs2007
Congo, Republic of the6 yrs2008
Congo, Democratic Republic of the6 yrs2007
Côte d'Ivoire6 yrs2007
Cuba6 yrs2008
Cyprus6 yrs2007
Czech Republic6 yrs2007
Djibouti6 yrs2008
Egypt6 yrs2007
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)6 yrs2000
Fiji6 yrs2007
Comoros6 yrs2007
France6 yrs2008
Gabon6 yrs2007
Central African Republic6 yrs2008
Cape Verde6 yrs2007
Algeria6 yrs2008
Andorra6 yrs2008
Angola6 yrs2007
Aruba6 yrs2008
Austria6 yrs2007
Azerbaijan6 yrs2007
Bahrain6 yrs2007
Bangladesh6 yrs2008
Belgium6 yrs2007
Benin6 yrs2008
Bolivia6 yrs2007
Botswana6 yrs2007
Brunei6 yrs2008
Burkina Faso6 yrs2008
Cameroon6 yrs2008
Canada6 yrs2008
Georgia6 yrs2008
Germany6 yrs2007
Jamaica6 yrs2007
Kenya6 yrs2009
Guyana6 yrs2008
Italy6 yrs2007
Belarus6 yrs2008
Haiti6 yrs2006
Iraq6 yrs2007
Honduras6 yrs2007
Hong Kong6 yrs2007
Iceland6 yrs2007
Iran6 yrs2008
India6 yrs2008
Japan6 yrs2007
Korea, North6 yrs2007
Ireland6 yrs2007
Jordan6 yrs2007
Ghana6 yrs2008
Korea, South6 yrs2007
Kiribati6 yrs2007
Greece6 yrs2007
Latvia7 yrs2007
Burundi7 yrs2007
Switzerland7 yrs2007
Sweden7 yrs2007
Zambia7 yrs2007
Tanzania7 yrs2008
Bulgaria7 yrs2008
Lithuania7 yrs2007
Kyrgyzstan7 yrs2008
Tuvalu7 yrs2007
Turkmenistan7 yrs2007
Kazakhstan7 yrs2008
Tajikistan7 yrs2007
Macedonia7 yrs2007
Uzbekistan7 yrs2007
Brazil7 yrs2006
Armenia7 yrs2007
Suriname7 yrs2008
Mali7 yrs2008
Indonesia7 yrs2007
Romania7 yrs2007
Afghanistan7 yrs2008
Guinea7 yrs2008
Poland7 yrs2007
El Salvador7 yrs2008
Equatorial Guinea7 yrs2007
Eritrea7 yrs2007
Estonia7 yrs2007
Ethiopia7 yrs2008
Namibia7 yrs2008
Finland7 yrs2007
Guatemala7 yrs2007
Gambia, The7 yrs2008
Niger7 yrs2007
Guinea-Bissau7 yrs2007
Rwanda7 yrs2007
South Africa7 yrs2007
Hungary7 yrs2007
Moldova7 yrs2007
Serbia7 yrs2008
Senegal7 yrs2008
Sao Tome and Principe7 yrs2008
Croatia7 yrs2007
Denmark7 yrs2007
Mongolia7 yrs2007
Montenegro7 yrs2007
Solomon Islandsnot compulsory2002
Cambodianot compulsory2008
Omannot compulsory2007
Holy See (Vatican City)not compulsory2007
Tokelaunot compulsory2007
Bhutannot compulsory2008
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Source

  • UIS 2009, Education, 2009, United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture Institute for Statistics, Canada, viewed 15th November, 2009, <http://www.uis.unesco.org>.
  • Angela Melchiorre 2004, At What Age...?, Second edition, The Right to Education Project, Online, viewed 15th November, 2009, <http://www.right-to-education.org/node/279>.
  • Argentina.gov.ar 2006, National Education Act, 2006, Cabinet Secretariat and Governance, Online, viewed 21st November, 2009, <http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=141>.
  • Chamber of Deputies 2006, Provisions for the formation of the annual budget and multi-state (Finance Act 2007), Law of 27 December 2006 n. 296 - Paragraph 622, ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, The Official Gazette No. 299 del 27 dicembre 2006 - Supplemento ordinario n. 299, 27 December 2006 - supplement No 244, viewed 29th January, 2010, <http://www.parlamento.it/parlam/leggi/06296l.htm>.

Citation

ChartsBin statistics collector team 2009, Starting Age of Compulsory Education around the World, ChartsBin.com, viewed 8th November, 2025, <http://chartsbin.com/view/z87>.
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