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DEFINITION:
Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Ecuador | 15 | 2012 | ||
=2 | Uruguay | 14 | 2012 | ||
=2 | Venezuela | 14 | 2012 | ||
=2 | Mauritius | 14 | 2012 | ||
=5 | Puerto Rico | 13 | 2012 | ||
=5 | Argentina | 13 | 2012 | ||
=5 | Netherlands Antilles | 13 | 2012 | ||
=5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13 | 2012 | ||
=5 | Netherlands | 13 | 2011 | ||
=5 | Germany | 13 | 2011 | ||
=11 | British Virgin Islands | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Cayman Islands | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Peru | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | The Bahamas | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Anguilla | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Dominica | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Grenada | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Chile | 12 | 2012 | ||
=11 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 2011 | ||
=11 | United Kingdom | 12 | 2011 | ||
=11 | Niue | 12 | 2011 | ||
=11 | New Zealand | 12 | 2011 | ||
=11 | United States | 12 | 2011 | ||
=11 | Belgium | 12 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Namibia | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Guyana | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Kazakhstan | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Bermuda | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Ghana | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Aruba | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Mexico | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Panama | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Barbados | 11 | 2012 | ||
=27 | Canada | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | France | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Nauru | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Norway | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Gibraltar | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Australia | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Israel | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Spain | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Ukraine | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Iceland | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | North Korea | 11 | 2011 | ||
=27 | Malta | 11 | 2010 | ||
=49 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Togo | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Cook Islands | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | San Marino | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Saint Lucia | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Palestine | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Burkina Faso | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Monaco | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Macau | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Samoa | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Guatemala | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Mauritania | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Senegal | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Colombia | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Belize | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Andorra | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Guinea | 10 | 2012 | ||
=49 | Fiji | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Italy | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Jordan | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Hungary | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Greece | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Botswana | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Gabon | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Sweden | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Russia | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Seychelles | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Moldova | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Denmark | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Ireland | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Costa Rica | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Finland | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Turkmenistan | 10 | 2011 | ||
=49 | Luxembourg | 10 | 2010 | ||
=49 | Romania | 10 | 2010 | ||
=84 | Dominican Republic | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Bahrain | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | El Salvador | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Rwanda | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Hong Kong | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Georgia | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Morocco | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Lebanon | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Qatar | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Syria | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Paraguay | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Yemen | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | United Arab Emirates | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | India | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Azerbaijan | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Mongolia | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Cuba | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | China | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Armenia | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Vietnam | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Mali | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | South Africa | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Niger | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Brazil | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Brunei | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Belarus | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Algeria | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Djibouti | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Kuwait | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Honduras | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Tunisia | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | Tajikistan | 9 | 2012 | ||
=84 | East Timor | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | South Korea | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Afghanistan | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Slovakia | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Montenegro | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Indonesia | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Lithuania | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Slovenia | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Albania | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Czech Republic | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Libya | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Portugal | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Palau | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Nigeria | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Thailand | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Republic of Macedonia | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Sri Lanka | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Egypt | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Switzerland | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Kiribati | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Japan | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Latvia | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Austria | 9 | 2011 | ||
=84 | Estonia | 9 | 2010 | ||
=84 | Cyprus | 9 | 2010 | ||
=84 | Poland | 9 | 2010 | ||
=146 | Serbia | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | Bolivia | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | Eritrea | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | Tonga | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | Iran | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | Marshall Islands | 8 | 2012 | ||
=146 | South Sudan | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Malawi | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Tuvalu | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Kenya | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Federated States of Micronesia | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2011 | ||
=146 | Turkey | 8 | 2010 | ||
=146 | Sudan | 8 | 2010 | ||
=146 | Croatia | 8 | 2010 | ||
=161 | Tanzania | 7 | 2012 | ||
=161 | Mozambique | 7 | 2012 | ||
=161 | Zambia | 7 | 2012 | ||
=161 | Montserrat | 7 | 2012 | ||
=161 | Uganda | 7 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Maldives | 7 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Swaziland | 7 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Chad | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Benin | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Solomon Islands | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Jamaica | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Haiti | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Nicaragua | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Comoros | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Cape Verde | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Suriname | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Central African Republic | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Cameroon | 6 | 2012 | ||
=169 | Singapore | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Gambia | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Iraq | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Angola | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Philippines | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Malaysia | 6 | 2011 | ||
=169 | Liberia | 6 | 2011 | ||
=192 | Laos | 5 | 2012 | ||
=192 | Pakistan | 5 | 2012 | ||
=192 | Bangladesh | 5 | 2012 | ||
=192 | Madagascar | 5 | 2012 | ||
=192 | Burma | 5 | 2011 | ||
=197 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=197 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=197 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=197 | Cambodia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=197 | Oman | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
=197 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 0.0 | 2009 |