Duration of Compulsory Education

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019 Venezuela was number 1 in Duration of Compulsory Education.
  2. In 2020 France was number 3 in Duration of Compulsory Education attaining 15 Years, from 69 in 2019.

Top Countries in Duration of Compulsory Education

# 188 Countries Years Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Venezuela
17.00 2019 +0.0 % +4.0 % View data
2 #2
Guatemala
16.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
3 #3
Dominican Republic
15.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
3 #3
Ecuador
15.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
3 #3
El Salvador
15.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
3 #3
France
15.00 2020 +50.0 % +8.4 % View data
3 #3
Israel
15.00 2019 +0.0 % +2.9 % View data
3 #3
Tonga
15.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Argentina
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +1.5 % View data
9 #9
Bolivia
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Brazil
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Mexico
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Nauru
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Peru
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
9 #9
Uruguay
14.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Aruba
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Austria
13.00 2020 +0.0 % +5.4 % View data
16 #16
Bermuda
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Costa Rica
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Germany
13.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Hungary
13.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Macedonia
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Marshall Islands
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +7.6 % View data
16 #16
Netherlands
13.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Paraguay
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Philippines
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +3.4 % View data
16 #16
Puerto Rico
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
16 #16
Turks and Caicos Islands
13.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Armenia
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Bahamas
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Belgium
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
British Virgin Islands
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Cayman Islands
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Chile
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Colombia
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +3.7 % View data
29 #29
Dominica
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Egypt
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +5.9 % View data
29 #29
Grenada
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Honduras
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Italy
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Kenya
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Luxembourg
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Mongolia
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
North Korea
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Pakistan
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Palau
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Portugal
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Turkey
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Turkmenistan
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
United States
12.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Uzbekistan
12.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Antigua and Barbuda
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Barbados
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Bulgaria
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Ghana
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Latvia
11.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Malta
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Mauritius
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Moldova
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +4.1 % View data
54 #54
Monaco
11.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Panama
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Russia
11.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Senegal
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Sri Lanka
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +4.1 % View data
54 #54
Switzerland
11.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Ukraine
11.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
United Kingdom
11.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Algeria
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Andorra
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Australia
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Azerbaijan
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Burkina Faso
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Canada
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Cape Verde
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Central African Republic
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Chad
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Cyprus
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Denmark
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Djibouti
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Finland
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +2.1 % View data
70 #70
Gabon
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Gibraltar
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Greece
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Greenland
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Iceland
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Ireland
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Ivory Coast
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Jordan
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Kyrgyzstan
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Lebanon
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Lithuania
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
New Zealand
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Norway
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Oman
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Palestine
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Poland
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Republic of the Congo
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Romania
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Saint Lucia
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
San Marino
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Seychelles
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Slovakia
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Spain
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Sweden
10.00 2020 +0.0 % +2.1 % View data
70 #70
Togo
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Vietnam
10.00 2019 +0.0 % +2.1 % View data
109 #109
Afghanistan
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Albania
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Bahrain
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Belarus
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Brunei
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
China
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Cuba
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Czech Republic
9.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
East Timor
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Estonia
9.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Faroe Islands
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Gambia
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Georgia
9.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Guinea-Bissau
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Indonesia
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Iran
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Japan
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Kazakhstan
9.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Kiribati
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Kuwait
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Laos
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +12.5 % View data
109 #109
Libya
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Liechtenstein
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Mali
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Mauritania
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Montenegro
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Morocco
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Nigeria
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Qatar
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Saudi Arabia
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Sierra Leone
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Slovenia
9.00 2020 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
South Africa
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
South Korea
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Syria
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Tajikistan
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Thailand
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Tunisia
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
109 #109
Yemen
9.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Belize
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Croatia
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Eritrea
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Ethiopia
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
India
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Malawi
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Samoa
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Serbia
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
South Sudan
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Sudan
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
149 #149
Tuvalu
8.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Lesotho
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Nicaragua
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Swaziland
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Tanzania
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Trinidad and Tobago
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Uganda
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Zambia
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Zimbabwe
7.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Angola
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Benin
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Cameroon
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Comoros
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Equatorial Guinea
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Guinea
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Guyana
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Haiti
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Iraq
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Jamaica
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Liberia
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Malaysia
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Rwanda
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Sao Tome and Principe
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Singapore
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
Suriname
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
168 #168
United Arab Emirates
6.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
186 #186
Bangladesh
5.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
186 #186
Madagascar
5.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
186 #186
Myanmar
5.00 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data

Source: World Bank

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