* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Primary school starting age , 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 194 countries was 6 years. The highest value was in Afghanistan: 7 years and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 5 years. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: years; Source: UNESCO
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries School starting age, primary school, 2022 Global rank Available data
Afghanistan 7 1 1970 - 2023
Bulgaria 7 2 1970 - 2023
Burundi 7 3 1970 - 2023
Croatia 7 4 1970 - 2023
El Salvador 7 5 1970 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 7 6 1970 - 2023
Estonia 7 7 1970 - 2023
Ethiopia 7 8 1970 - 2023
Finland 7 9 1970 - 2023
Gambia 7 10 1970 - 2023
Guatemala 7 11 1970 - 2023
Guinea 7 12 1970 - 2023
Hungary 7 13 1970 - 2023
Indonesia 7 14 1970 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 7 15 1970 - 2023
Latvia 7 16 1970 - 2023
Liechtenstein 7 17 1970 - 2023
Lithuania 7 18 1970 - 2023
Mali 7 19 1970 - 2023
Moldova 7 20 1970 - 2023
Namibia 7 21 1970 - 2023
Niger 7 22 1970 - 2023
North Korea 7 23 1970 - 2023
Papua N.G. 7 24 1970 - 2023
Poland 7 25 1970 - 2023
Russia 7 26 1970 - 2023
Serbia 7 27 1970 - 2023
South Africa 7 28 1970 - 2023
Sweden 7 29 1970 - 2023
Tajikistan 7 30 1970 - 2023
Tanzania 7 31 1970 - 2023
Uzbekistan 7 32 1970 - 2023
Zambia 7 33 1970 - 2023
Albania 6 34 1970 - 2023
Algeria 6 35 1970 - 2023
Andorra 6 36 1970 - 2023
Angola 6 37 1970 - 2023
Argentina 6 38 1970 - 2023
Armenia 6 39 1970 - 2023
Aruba 6 40 1970 - 2023
Austria 6 41 1970 - 2023
Azerbaijan 6 42 1970 - 2023
Bahrain 6 43 1970 - 2023
Bangladesh 6 44 1970 - 2023
Belarus 6 45 1970 - 2023
Belgium 6 46 1970 - 2023
Benin 6 47 1970 - 2023
Bolivia 6 48 1970 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 6 49 1970 - 2023
Botswana 6 50 1970 - 2023
Brazil 6 51 1970 - 2023
Brunei 6 52 1970 - 2023
Burkina Faso 6 53 1970 - 2023
Cambodia 6 54 1970 - 2023
Cameroon 6 55 1970 - 2023
Canada 6 56 1970 - 2023
Cape Verde 6 57 1970 - 2023
C.A. Republic 6 58 1970 - 2023
Chad 6 59 1970 - 2023
Chile 6 60 1970 - 2023
China 6 61 1970 - 2023
Colombia 6 62 1970 - 2023
Comoros 6 63 1970 - 2023
Costa Rica 6 64 1970 - 2023
Cyprus 6 65 1970 - 2023
Czechia 6 66 1970 - 2023
DR Congo 6 67 1970 - 2023
Denmark 6 68 1970 - 2023
Djibouti 6 69 1970 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 6 70 1970 - 2023
Ecuador 6 71 1970 - 2023
Egypt 6 72 1970 - 2023
Eritrea 6 73 1970 - 2023
Fiji 6 74 1970 - 2023
France 6 75 1970 - 2023
Gabon 6 76 1970 - 2023
Georgia 6 77 1970 - 2023
Germany 6 78 1970 - 2023
Ghana 6 79 1970 - 2023
Greece 6 80 1970 - 2023
G.-Bissau 6 81 1970 - 2023
Guyana 6 82 1970 - 2023
Haiti 6 83 1970 - 2023
Honduras 6 84 1970 - 2023
Hong Kong 6 85 1970 - 2023
Iceland 6 86 1970 - 2023
India 6 87 1970 - 2023
Iran 6 88 1970 - 2023
Iraq 6 89 1970 - 2023
Israel 6 90 1970 - 2023
Italy 6 91 1970 - 2023
Ivory Coast 6 92 1970 - 2023
Jamaica 6 93 1970 - 2023
Japan 6 94 1970 - 2023
Jordan 6 95 1970 - 2023
Kazakhstan 6 96 1970 - 2023
Kenya 6 97 1970 - 2023
Kiribati 6 98 1970 - 2023
Kuwait 6 99 1970 - 2023
Laos 6 100 1970 - 2023
Lebanon 6 101 1970 - 2023
Lesotho 6 102 1970 - 2023
Liberia 6 103 1970 - 2023
Libya 6 104 1970 - 2023
Luxembourg 6 105 1970 - 2023
Macao 6 106 1970 - 2023
Madagascar 6 107 1970 - 2023
Malawi 6 108 1970 - 2023
Malaysia 6 109 1970 - 2023
Maldives 6 110 1970 - 2023
Mauritania 6 111 1970 - 2023
Mexico 6 112 1970 - 2023
Micronesia 6 113 1970 - 2023
Monaco 6 114 1970 - 2023
Mongolia 6 115 1970 - 2023
Montenegro 6 116 1970 - 2023
Morocco 6 117 1970 - 2023
Mozambique 6 118 1970 - 2023
Netherlands 6 119 1970 - 2023
N. Caledonia 6 120 1982 - 2023
Nicaragua 6 121 1970 - 2023
Nigeria 6 122 1970 - 2023
North Macedonia 6 123 1970 - 2023
Norway 6 124 1970 - 2023
Oman 6 125 1970 - 2023
Palau 6 126 1970 - 2023
Palestine 6 127 1970 - 2023
Panama 6 128 1970 - 2023
Paraguay 6 129 1970 - 2023
Peru 6 130 1970 - 2023
Philippines 6 131 1970 - 2023
Portugal 6 132 1970 - 2023
Puerto Rico 6 133 1970 - 2023
Qatar 6 134 1970 - 2023
R. of Congo 6 135 1970 - 2023
Romania 6 136 1970 - 2023
Rwanda 6 137 1970 - 2023
San Marino 6 138 1970 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 6 139 1970 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 6 140 1970 - 2023
Senegal 6 141 1970 - 2023
Seychelles 6 142 1970 - 2023
Sierra Leone 6 143 1970 - 2023
Singapore 6 144 1970 - 2023
Slovakia 6 145 1970 - 2023
Slovenia 6 146 1970 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 6 147 1970 - 2023
Somalia 6 148 1970 - 2023
South Korea 6 149 1970 - 2023
Spain 6 150 1970 - 2023
Sudan 6 151 1998 - 2023
Suriname 6 152 1970 - 2023
Swaziland 6 153 1970 - 2023
Switzerland 6 154 1970 - 2023
Syria 6 155 1970 - 2023
Thailand 6 156 1970 - 2023
Togo 6 157 1970 - 2023
Tonga 6 158 1970 - 2023
Tunisia 6 159 1970 - 2023
Turkey 6 160 1970 - 2023
Turkmenistan 6 161 1970 - 2023
Tuvalu 6 162 1970 - 2023
Uganda 6 163 1970 - 2023
Ukraine 6 164 1970 - 2023
UA Emirates 6 165 1970 - 2023
Uruguay 6 166 1970 - 2023
USA 6 167 1970 - 2023
Vanuatu 6 168 1970 - 2023
Vietnam 6 169 1970 - 2023
Yemen 6 170 1970 - 2023
Zimbabwe 6 171 1970 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 5 172 1970 - 2023
Australia 5 173 1970 - 2023
Bahamas 5 174 1970 - 2023
Barbados 5 175 1970 - 2023
Belize 5 176 1970 - 2023
Bermuda 5 177 1970 - 2023
Bhutan 5 178 1970 - 2023
Burma 5 179 1970 - 2023
Dominica 5 180 1970 - 2023
Gibraltar 5 181 1970 - 2023
Grenada 5 182 1970 - 2023
Ireland 5 183 1970 - 2023
Malta 5 184 1970 - 2023
Mauritius 5 185 1970 - 2023
Nepal 5 186 1970 - 2023
New Zealand 5 187 1970 - 2023
Pakistan 5 188 1970 - 2023
Saint Lucia 5 189 1970 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 5 190 1970 - 2023
Samoa 5 191 1970 - 2023
Sri Lanka 5 192 1970 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 5 193 1970 - 2023
UK 5 194 1970 - 2023



Definition: Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.

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