Primary education, duration (years) 1970-2022 ranked by countries in the world

Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1970-2022 explore the list of countries ranked by Primary education, duration (years).

Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

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Map 2022 | Primary education, duration (years)

Ranked by country 2022 | Primary education, duration (years)

	Rank	Country	Primary education, duration (years)	Ch.
	1	Guam	8
	1	Ireland	8
	3	Antigua and Barbuda	7
	3	Australia	7
	3	Bhutan	7
	3	Botswana	7
	3	Dominica	7
	3	Denmark	7
	3	Grenada	7
	3	Iceland	7
	3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7
	3	Saint Lucia	7
	3	Lesotho	7
	3	Maldives	7
	3	Mozambique	7
	3	Namibia	7
	3	Norway	7
	3	Eswatini	7
	3	Trinidad and Tobago	7
	3	Tanzania	7
	3	Uganda	7
	3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7
	3	British Virgin Islands	7
	3	South Africa	7
	3	Zambia	7
	3	Zimbabwe	7
	27	Aruba	6
	27	Afghanistan	6
	27	Angola	6
	27	Andorra	6
	27	Argentina	6
	27	American Samoa	6
	27	Burundi	6
	27	Belgium	6
	27	Benin	6
	27	Burkina Faso	6
	27	Bahrain	6
	27	Bahamas	6
	27	Belize	6
	27	Bermuda	6
	27	Bolivia	6
	27	Barbados	6
	27	Brunei Darussalam	6
	27	Central African Republic	6
	27	Canada	6
	27	Switzerland	6
	27	Chile	6
	27	China	6
	27	Côte d'Ivoire	6
	27	Cameroon	6
	27	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	6
	27	Congo	6
	27	Comoros	6
	27	Cabo Verde	6
	27	Costa Rica	6
	27	Cuba	6
	27	Curaçao	6
	27	Cayman Islands	6
	27	Cyprus	6
	27	Dominican Republic	6
	27	Ecuador	6
	27	Egypt	6
	27	Spain	6
	27	Estonia	6
	27	Ethiopia	6
	27	Finland	6
	27	Fiji	6
	27	Micronesia	6
	27	United Kingdom	6
	27	Georgia	6
	27	Ghana	6
	27	Gibraltar	6
	27	Guinea	6
	27	Gambia	6
	27	Guinea-Bissau	6
	27	Equatorial Guinea	6
	27	Greece	6
	27	Guatemala	6
	27	Guyana	6
	27	China, Hong Kong SAR	6
	27	Honduras	6
	27	Haiti	6
	27	Indonesia	6
	27	Iran	6
	27	Iraq	6
	27	Israel	6
	27	Jamaica	6
	27	Jordan	6
	27	Japan	6
	27	Kenya	6
	27	Cambodia	6
	27	Kiribati	6
	27	Korea	6
	27	Lebanon	6
	27	Liberia	6
	27	Libya	6
	27	Luxembourg	6
	27	Latvia	6
	27	China, Macao SAR	6
	27	Morocco	6
	27	Mexico	6
	27	Marshall Islands	6
	27	Mali	6
	27	Malta	6
	27	Mauritania	6
	27	Mauritius	6
	27	Malawi	6
	27	Malaysia	6
	27	Niger	6
	27	Nigeria	6
	27	Nicaragua	6
	27	Netherlands	6
	27	Nauru	6
	27	New Zealand	6
	27	Panama	6
	27	Peru	6
	27	Philippines	6
	27	Palau	6
	27	Papua New Guinea	6
	27	Puerto Rico	6
	27	Portugal	6
	27	Paraguay	6
	27	Qatar	6
	27	Rwanda	6
	27	Saudi Arabia	6
	27	Sudan	6
	27	Senegal	6
	27	Singapore	6
	27	Solomon Islands	6
	27	Sierra Leone	6
	27	El Salvador	6
	27	Somalia	6
	27	South Sudan	6
	27	Sao Tome and Principe	6
	27	Suriname	6
	27	Slovenia	6
	27	Sweden	6
	27	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6
	27	Seychelles	6
	27	Syrian Arab Republic	6
	27	Turks and Caicos Islands	6
	27	Chad	6
	27	Togo	6
	27	Thailand	6
	27	Timor-Leste	6
	27	Tonga	6
	27	Tunisia	6
	27	Tuvalu	6
	27	Uruguay	6
	27	United States	6
	27	United States Virgin Islands	6
	27	Vanuatu	6
	27	Samoa	6
	27	Yemen	6
	155	Albania	5
	155	Bangladesh	5
	155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
	155	Brazil	5
	155	Colombia	5
	155	Czechia	5
	155	Djibouti	5
	155	Algeria	5
	155	Eritrea	5
	155	France	5
	155	Gabon	5
	155	India	5
	155	Italy	5
	155	Kuwait	5
	155	Lao People's Dem. Republic	5
	155	Liechtenstein	5
	155	Sri Lanka	5
	155	Monaco	5
	155	Madagascar	5
	155	North Macedonia	5
	155	Myanmar	5
	155	Montenegro	5
	155	Mongolia	5
	155	New Caledonia	5
	155	Nepal	5
	155	Pakistan	5
	155	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	5
	155	French Polynesia	5
	155	Romania	5
	155	San Marino	5
	155	Viet Nam	5
	186	United Arab Emirates	4
	186	Armenia	4
	186	Austria	4
	186	Azerbaijan	4
	186	Bulgaria	4
	186	Belarus	4
	186	Germany	4
	186	Croatia	4
	186	Hungary	4
	186	Kazakhstan	4
	186	Kyrgyzstan	4
	186	Lithuania	4
	186	Moldova	4
	186	Oman	4
	186	Poland	4
	186	State of Palestine	4
	186	Russia	4
	186	Serbia	4
	186	Slovakia	4
	186	Tajikistan	4
	186	Turkmenistan	4
	186	Türkiye	4
	186	Ukraine	4
	186	Uzbekistan	4