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Duration of Primary Education (years)

Based on a comparison of 177 countries in 2021, Ireland ranked the highest in duration of primary education with 8.00 years followed by Denmark and South Africa. On the other end of the scale was Lithuania with 4.00 years, Slovakia with 4.00 years and Russia with 4.00 years.

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Country	Unit
Afghanistan	years
Albania	years
Algeria	years
Angola	years
Argentina	years
Armenia	years
Australia	years
Austria	years
Azerbaijan	years
Bahamas	years
Bahrain	years
Bangladesh	years
Belarus	years
Belgium	years
Belize	years
Benin	years
Bhutan	years
Bolivia	years
Bosnia and Herzegovina	years
Botswana	years
Brazil	years
Brunei	years
Bulgaria	years
Burkina Faso	years
Burundi	years
Cambodia	years
Cameroon	years
Canada	years
Cayman Islands	years
Central African Republic	years
Chad	years
Chile	years
China	years
Colombia	years
Comoros	years
Congo	years
Costa Rica	years
Croatia	years
Cuba	years
Cyprus	years
Czechia	years
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	years
Dem. Republic of the Congo	years
Denmark	years
Djibouti	years
Dominican Republic	years
East Timor	years
Ecuador	years
Egypt	years
El Salvador	years
Equatorial Guinea	years
Eritrea	years
Estonia	years
Ethiopia	years
European Union	years
Fiji	years
Finland	years
France	years
Gabon	years
Gambia	years
Georgia	years
Germany	years
Ghana	years
Greece	years
Guatemala	years
Guinea	years
Guinea Bissau	years
Guyana	years
Haiti	years
Honduras	years
Hong Kong	years
Hungary	years
Iceland	years
India	years
Indonesia	years
Iraq	years
Iran	years
Ireland	years
Israel	years
Italy	years
Ivory Coast	years
Jamaica	years
Japan	years
Jordan	years
Kazakhstan	years
Kenya	years
Kuwait	years
Kyrgyzstan	years
Laos	years
Latvia	years
Lebanon	years
Lesotho	years
Liberia	years
Libya	years
Liechtenstein	years
Lithuania	years
Luxembourg	years
Macao	years
Macedonia	years
Madagascar	years
Malawi	years
Malaysia	years
Maldives	years
Mali	years
Malta	years
Mauritania	years
Mauritius	years
Mexico	years
Moldova	years
Monaco	years
Mongolia	years
Montenegro	years
Morocco	years
Mozambique	years
Myanmar	years
Namibia	years
Nepal	years
Netherlands	years
New Zealand	years
Nicaragua	years
Niger	years
Nigeria	years
Norway	years
Oman	years
Pakistan	years
Palestine	years
Panama	years
Papua New Guinea	years
Paraguay	years
Peru	years
Philippines	years
Poland	years
Portugal	years
Puerto Rico	years
Qatar	years
Romania	years
Russia	years
Rwanda	years
Saudi Arabia	years
Senegal	years
Serbia	years
Seychelles	years
Sierra Leone	years
Singapore	years
Slovakia	years
Slovenia	years
Somalia	years
South Africa	years
South Korea	years
South Sudan	years
Spain	years
Sri Lanka	years
Sudan	years
Suriname	years
Swaziland	years
Sweden	years
Switzerland	years
Syria	years
Tajikistan	years
Tanzania	years
Thailand	years
Togo	years
Trinidad and Tobago	years
Tunisia	years
Turkey	years
Turkmenistan	years
Uganda	years
Ukraine	years
United Arab Emirates	years
United Kingdom	years
USA	years
Uruguay	years
Uzbekistan	years
Venezuela	years
Vietnam	years
Yemen	years
Zambia	years
Zimbabwe	years
World	years

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													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
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													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	4.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
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													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
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													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
													4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
													5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
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													6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00

Last Updated: Feb 1, 2023

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