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