High income OECD countries Compared by Education > Duration of compulsory education
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DEFINITION:
Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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=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 |