Primary education, duration (years) - Country Ranking
Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 8.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Dominica | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Iceland | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | St. Lucia | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Lesotho | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Norway | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Eswatini | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Uganda | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Denmark | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Grenada | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Namibia | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Australia | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Bhutan | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Botswana | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Tanzania | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | South Africa | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 2 | Zambia | 7.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Venezuela | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Samoa | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Yemen | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Tonga | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Sudan | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Senegal | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | El Salvador | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Suriname | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Sweden | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Thailand | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Paraguay | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Poland | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Mauritania | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Niger | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | New Zealand | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Panama | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Peru | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Chile | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 6.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Congo | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cuba | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cayman Islands | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Angola | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Libya | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Mauritius | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Malawi | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Guatemala | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Guyana | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Iraq | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Jamaica | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Kenya | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Haiti | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Kiribati | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Korea | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Macao SAR, China | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Mexico | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Mali | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Malta | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Ecuador | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Egypt | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Comoros | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Estonia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Finland | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Guinea | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | The Gambia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Greece | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Argentina | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Belgium | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Benin | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Belize | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Brunei | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Canada | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | China | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | United States | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Tunisia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Seychelles | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Chad | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Togo | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Rwanda | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Singapore | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Somalia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | São Tomé and Principe | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Nauru | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Cambodia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Philippines | 6.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Palau | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Portugal | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Qatar | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Latvia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Morocco | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Lebanon | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Liberia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Israel | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Jordan | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Japan | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Spain | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Fiji | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Burundi | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | The Bahamas | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Bolivia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Barbados | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Iran | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Andorra | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Indonesia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Georgia | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Ghana | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Honduras | 6.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | France | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Italy | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Lao PDR | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Monaco | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Liechtenstein | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Pakistan | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Nepal | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Madagascar | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Myanmar | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Montenegro | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Colombia | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Brazil | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Gabon | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Eritrea | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Algeria | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Mongolia | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Kuwait | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | India | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Albania | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Czech Republic | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Djibouti | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 5.00 | 2020 |
| 143 | Romania | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | Vietnam | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 143 | San Marino | 5.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Serbia | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Turkey | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Austria | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Croatia | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Germany | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Bulgaria | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Armenia | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Azerbaijan | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 4.00 | 2020 |
| 173 | Belarus | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Oman | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Russia | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Slovak Republic | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Ukraine | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Lithuania | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Moldova | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 4.00 | 2021 |
| 173 | Hungary | 4.00 | 2021 |
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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
