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Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years)
UNESCO UIS
years
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209 countries · 1970–2025
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1
South Africa
14
2
Zambia
14
3
Namibia
14
4
Tanzania
14
5
Sweden
13
6
Lesotho
13
7
Guatemala
13
8
Guinea
13
9
Indonesia
13
10
Denmark
13
11
Mali
13
12
Iceland
13
13
Eswatini
13
14
Ireland
13
15
Estonia
13
16
Gambia, The
13
17
Norway
13
18
Mozambique
13
19
Niger
13
20
Finland
13
21
Equatorial Guinea
13
22
Latvia
13
23
Papua New Guinea
13
24
El Salvador
13
25
Uganda
13
26
Zimbabwe
13
27
Ethiopia
13
28
Botswana
13
29
Afghanistan
13
30
Libya
12
31
Aruba
12
32
Angola
12
33
Andorra
12
34
Argentina
12
35
American Samoa
12
36
Antigua and Barbuda
12
37
Australia
12
38
Burundi
12
39
Belgium
12
40
Benin
12
41
Burkina Faso
12
42
Bahrain
12
43
Bolivia
12
44
Brunei Darussalam
12
45
Bhutan
12
46
Central African Republic
12
47
Canada
12
48
Switzerland
12
49
Chile
12
50
China
12
51
Cote d'Ivoire
12
52
Cameroon
12
53
Congo, Dem. Rep.
12
54
Congo, Rep.
12
55
Cabo Verde
12
56
Costa Rica
12
57
Cuba
12
58
Curacao
12
59
Cyprus
12
60
Dominica
12
61
Dominican Republic
12
62
Ecuador
12
63
Egypt, Arab Rep.
12
64
Spain
12
65
Fiji
12
66
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
12
67
Georgia
12
68
Ghana
12
69
Guinea-Bissau
12
70
Greece
12
71
Grenada
12
72
Guyana
12
73
Hong Kong SAR, China
12
74
Honduras
12
75
Haiti
12
76
Iran, Islamic Rep.
12
77
Iraq
12
78
Israel
12
79
Jamaica
12
80
Jordan
12
81
Japan
12
82
Kenya
12
83
Cambodia
12
84
Kiribati
12
85
St. Kitts and Nevis
12
86
Korea, Rep.
12
87
Lebanon
12
88
Liberia
12
89
St. Lucia
12
90
Liechtenstein
12
91
Luxembourg
12
92
Macao SAR, China
12
93
Morocco
12
94
Maldives
12
95
Mexico
12
96
Marshall Islands
12
97
Mauritania
12
98
Malawi
12
99
Malaysia
12
100
Nigeria
12
101
Nicaragua
12
102
Netherlands
12
103
Naoero
12
104
Panama
12
105
Peru
12
106
Philippines
12
107
Palau
12
108
Puerto Rico (US)
12
109
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
12
110
Portugal
12
111
Paraguay
12
112
Qatar
12
113
Rwanda
12
114
Saudi Arabia
12
115
Sudan
12
116
Senegal
12
117
Singapore
12
118
Solomon Islands
12
119
Sierra Leone
12
120
South Sudan
12
121
Sao Tome and Principe
12
122
Suriname
12
123
Slovenia
12
124
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
12
125
Seychelles
12
126
Syrian Arab Republic
12
127
Turks and Caicos Islands
12
128
Chad
12
129
Togo
12
130
Thailand
12
131
Timor-Leste
12
132
Tonga
12
133
Trinidad and Tobago
12
134
Tunisia
12
135
Tuvalu
12
136
Uruguay
12
137
United States
12
138
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12
139
Venezuela, RB
12
140
British Virgin Islands
12
141
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
12
142
Vanuatu
12
143
Yemen, Rep.
12
144
United Kingdom
11
145
San Marino
11
146
Serbia
11
147
Tajikistan
11
148
Viet Nam
11
149
Samoa
11
150
Uzbekistan
11
151
Albania
11
152
Bangladesh
11
153
Bulgaria
11
154
Bahamas, The
11
155
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11
156
Belize
11
157
Bermuda
11
158
Brazil
11
159
Barbados
11
160
Colombia
11
161
Comoros
11
162
Cayman Islands
11
163
Czechia
11
164
Djibouti
11
165
Algeria
11
166
Eritrea
11
167
France
11
168
Gabon
11
169
New Zealand
11
170
Gibraltar
11
171
Croatia
11
172
Hungary
11
173
India
11
174
Italy
11
175
Kyrgyz Republic
11
176
Kuwait
11
177
Lao PDR
11
178
Lithuania
11
179
Monaco
11
180
Moldova
11
181
Madagascar
11
182
North Macedonia
11
183
Malta
11
184
Montenegro
11
185
Mongolia
11
186
Mauritius
11
187
New Caledonia
11
188
Poland
11
189
French Polynesia
11
190
Romania
11
191
Russian Federation
11
192
Belarus
10
193
Ukraine
10
194
Armenia
10
195
West Bank and Gaza
10
196
Austria
10
197
Azerbaijan
10
198
Germany
10
199
Sri Lanka
10
200
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
10
201
United Arab Emirates
10
202
Slovak Republic
10
203
Myanmar
10
204
Turkmenistan
10
205
Turkiye
10
206
Kazakhstan
10
207
Nepal
10
208
Oman
10
209
Pakistan
10
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