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Which Country Starts the Primary School Education the Latests?

Primary School Starting Age (years), 2021
Education | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 177 countries in 2021, Afghanistan ranked the highest in primary school starting age with 7.00 years followed by Finland and Serbia. On the other end of the scale was Mauritius with 5.00 years, Sri Lanka with 5.00 years and Myanmar with 5.00 years.

Data for more countries are available at Primary School Starting Age indicator page.

Primary School Starting AgeUnit
Afghanistan years
Dem. People's Republic of Korea years
El Salvador years
Equatorial Guinea years
Estonia years
Ethiopia years
Finland years
Gambia years
Liechtenstein years
Papua New Guinea years
Poland years
Russia years
Rwanda years
Serbia years
South Africa years
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00

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