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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 | Dominica | 13 years | 2000 | |
=1 | Saint Lucia | 13 years | 2000 | |
=1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13 years | 2000 | |
=4 | Barbados | 12 years | 2000 | |
=4 | The Bahamas | 12 years | 2000 | |
=4 | Bermuda | 12 years | 2000 | |
=4 | Grenada | 12 years | 2000 | |
=4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12 years | 2000 | |
=9 | Guatemala | 11 years | 2000 | |
=9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 years | 2000 | |
=9 | Peru | 11 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Costa Rica | 10 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Ecuador | 10 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Mexico | 10 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Uruguay | 10 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Guyana | 10 years | 2000 | |
=12 | Dominican Republic | 10 years | 1997 | |
=18 | El Salvador | 9 years | 2000 | |
=18 | Belize | 9 years | 2000 | |
=18 | Paraguay | 9 years | 2000 | |
=18 | Argentina | 9 years | 2000 | |
=18 | Cuba | 9 years | 2000 | |
=18 | Chile | 9 years | 2000 | |
=24 | Colombia | 8 years | 2000 | |
=24 | Bolivia | 8 years | 2000 | |
=24 | Brazil | 8 years | 2000 | |
=27 | Venezuela | 7 years | 2000 | |
=27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 years | 2000 | |
=27 | Jamaica | 7 years | 2000 | |
=30 | Panama | 6 years | 2000 | |
=30 | Suriname | 6 years | 2000 | |
=30 | Haiti | 6 years | 2000 | |
=30 | Nicaragua | 6 years | 2000 | |
=30 | Honduras | 6 years | 1997 |