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Primary education duration
Compare primary education duration across 195 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
5.7years
Median: 6.0years
Countries Covered
195
with available data
Highest
Ireland
8.0years
Lowest
Azerbaijan
4.0years
Top 5 Countries
1Ireland8.0years
2Antigua and Barbuda7.0years
3Australia7.0years
4Botswana7.0years
5Denmark7.0years
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 195 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2025.
- •Published range: 4 to 8 years.
- •Discovery motivation: The worldwide X mirror surfaced PISA and GitHub Trending emphasized skills, motivating comparison of the formal years countries allocate to primary education.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (4.0years)High (8.0years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.7years)
About This Statistic
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.
Methodology
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 8.0years |
| 2 | Denmark | 7.0years |
| 3 | Dominica | 7.0years |
| 4 | Grenada | 7.0years |
| 5 | Iceland | 7.0years |
| 6 | Lesotho | 7.0years |
| 7 | Mozambique | 7.0years |
| 8 | Namibia | 7.0years |
| 9 | Norway | 7.0years |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.0years |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 7.0years |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.0years |
| 13 | South Africa | 7.0years |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 7.0years |
| 15 | Eswatini | 7.0years |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.0years |
| 17 | Uganda | 7.0years |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 7.0years |
| 19 | Zambia | 7.0years |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.0years |
| 21 | Australia | 7.0years |
| 22 | Botswana | 7.0years |
| 23 | Burundi | 6.0years |
| 24 | Cambodia | 6.0years |
| 25 | Cameroon | 6.0years |
| 26 | Canada | 6.0years |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 6.0years |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 6.0years |
| 29 | Chad | 6.0years |
| 30 | Chile | 6.0years |
| 31 | People's Republic of China | 6.0years |
| 32 | Republic of the Congo | 6.0years |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.0years |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 6.0years |
| 35 | Cuba | 6.0years |
| 36 | Cyprus | 6.0years |
| 37 | Benin | 6.0years |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 6.0years |
| 39 | Ecuador | 6.0years |
| 40 | El Salvador | 6.0years |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.0years |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 6.0years |
| 43 | Estonia | 6.0years |
| 44 | Fiji | 6.0years |
| 45 | Finland | 6.0years |
| 46 | Georgia | 6.0years |
| 47 | Republic of The Gambia | 6.0years |
| 48 | Ghana | 6.0years |
| 49 | Kiribati | 6.0years |
| 50 | Greece | 6.0years |
| 51 | Guatemala | 6.0years |
| 52 | Guinea | 6.0years |
| 53 | Guyana | 6.0years |
| 54 | Haiti | 6.0years |
| 55 | Honduras | 6.0years |
| 56 | Hong Kong | 6.0years |
| 57 | Indonesia | 6.0years |
| 58 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 6.0years |
| 59 | Iraq | 6.0years |
| 60 | Israel | 6.0years |
| 61 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.0years |
| 62 | Jamaica | 6.0years |
| 63 | Japan | 6.0years |
| 64 | Jordan | 6.0years |
| 65 | Kenya | 6.0years |
| 66 | South Korea | 6.0years |
| 67 | Lebanon | 6.0years |
| 68 | Latvia | 6.0years |
| 69 | Liberia | 6.0years |
| 70 | Libya | 6.0years |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 6.0years |
| 72 | Macao | 6.0years |
| 73 | Malawi | 6.0years |
| 74 | Malaysia | 6.0years |
| 75 | Maldives | 6.0years |
| 76 | Mali | 6.0years |
| 77 | Malta | 6.0years |
| 78 | Mauritania | 6.0years |
| 79 | Mauritius | 6.0years |
| 80 | Mexico | 6.0years |
| 81 | Morocco | 6.0years |
| 82 | Nauru | 6.0years |
| 83 | Netherlands | 6.0years |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 6.0years |
| 85 | New Zealand | 6.0years |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 6.0years |
| 87 | Niger | 6.0years |
| 88 | Nigeria | 6.0years |
| 89 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.0years |
| 90 | Marshall Islands | 6.0years |
| 91 | Palau | 6.0years |
| 92 | Panama | 6.0years |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 6.0years |
| 94 | Paraguay | 6.0years |
| 95 | Peru | 6.0years |
| 96 | Philippines | 6.0years |
| 97 | Portugal | 6.0years |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.0years |
| 99 | Timor-Leste | 6.0years |
| 100 | Qatar | 6.0years |
| 101 | Rwanda | 6.0years |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.0years |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 6.0years |
| 104 | Senegal | 6.0years |
| 105 | Seychelles | 6.0years |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 6.0years |
| 107 | Singapore | 6.0years |
| 108 | Slovenia | 6.0years |
| 109 | Spain | 6.0years |
| 110 | South Sudan | 6.0years |
| 111 | Sudan | 6.0years |
| 112 | Suriname | 6.0years |
| 113 | Sweden | 6.0years |
| 114 | Switzerland | 6.0years |
| 115 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.0years |
| 116 | Thailand | 6.0years |
| 117 | Togo | 6.0years |
| 118 | Tonga | 6.0years |
| 119 | Tunisia | 6.0years |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 6.0years |
| 121 | Egypt | 6.0years |
| 122 | United Kingdom | 6.0years |
| 123 | United States of America | 6.0years |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 6.0years |
| 125 | Uruguay | 6.0years |
| 126 | Venezuela | 6.0years |
| 127 | Samoa | 6.0years |
| 128 | Yemen | 6.0years |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 6.0years |
| 130 | Andorra | 6.0years |
| 131 | Angola | 6.0years |
| 132 | Argentina | 6.0years |
| 133 | Bahamas | 6.0years |
| 134 | Bahrain | 6.0years |
| 135 | Barbados | 6.0years |
| 136 | Belgium | 6.0years |
| 137 | Bhutan | 6.0years |
| 138 | Bolivia | 6.0years |
| 139 | Belize | 6.0years |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 6.0years |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.0years |
| 142 | Myanmar | 5.0years |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 5.0years |
| 144 | Colombia | 5.0years |
| 145 | Comoros | 5.0years |
| 146 | Czech Republic | 5.0years |
| 147 | Eritrea | 5.0years |
| 148 | France | 5.0years |
| 149 | Djibouti | 5.0years |
| 150 | Gabon | 5.0years |
| 151 | India | 5.0years |
| 152 | Italy | 5.0years |
| 153 | North Korea | 5.0years |
| 154 | Kuwait | 5.0years |
| 155 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.0years |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 5.0years |
| 157 | Madagascar | 5.0years |
| 158 | Monaco | 5.0years |
| 159 | Mongolia | 5.0years |
| 160 | Montenegro | 5.0years |
| 161 | Nepal | 5.0years |
| 162 | Pakistan | 5.0years |
| 163 | Romania | 5.0years |
| 164 | San Marino | 5.0years |
| 165 | Vietnam | 5.0years |
| 166 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 5.0years |
| 167 | Albania | 5.0years |
| 168 | Algeria | 5.0years |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 5.0years |
| 170 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.0years |
| 171 | Brazil | 5.0years |
| 172 | Bulgaria | 4.0years |
| 173 | Belarus | 4.0years |
| 174 | Croatia | 4.0years |
| 175 | Germany | 4.0years |
| 176 | Hungary | 4.0years |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | 4.0years |
| 178 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.0years |
| 179 | Lithuania | 4.0years |
| 180 | Moldova, Republic of | 4.0years |
| 181 | Oman | 4.0years |
| 182 | Poland | 4.0years |
| 183 | Russian Federation | 4.0years |
| 184 | Serbia | 4.0years |
| 185 | Slovakia | 4.0years |
| 186 | Somalia | 4.0years |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 4.0years |
| 188 | United Arab Emirates | 4.0years |
| 189 | Türkiye | 4.0years |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 4.0years |
| 191 | Ukraine | 4.0years |
| 192 | Uzbekistan | 4.0years |
| 193 | Azerbaijan | 4.0years |
| 194 | Austria | 4.0years |
| 195 | Armenia | 4.0years |
Showing 195 of 195 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2025).
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