Duration of Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- In 2020 Ireland was number 1 in Duration of Primary Education.
Top Countries in Duration of Primary Education
| # | 205 Countries | Years | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Guam
|
8.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 1 |
#1
Ireland
|
8.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Antigua and Barbuda
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Australia
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Bhutan
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Botswana
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
British Virgin Islands
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Denmark
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Dominica
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Grenada
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Iceland
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Lesotho
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Maldives
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Mozambique
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Norway
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Papua New Guinea
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +3.1 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Saint Lucia
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
South Africa
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Swaziland
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Tanzania
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Trinidad and Tobago
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Uganda
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Zambia
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Zimbabwe
|
7.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Afghanistan
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
American Samoa
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Andorra
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Angola
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Argentina
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Aruba
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Bahamas
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Bahrain
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Barbados
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Belgium
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Belize
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Benin
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Bermuda
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Bolivia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Brunei
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Burkina Faso
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Burundi
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cambodia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cameroon
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Canada
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cape Verde
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cayman Islands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Central African Republic
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Chad
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Chile
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
China
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Comoros
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Costa Rica
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cuba
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Cyprus
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Dominican Republic
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
East Timor
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Ecuador
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Egypt
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
El Salvador
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Equatorial Guinea
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Estonia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Ethiopia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Federated States of Micronesia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Fiji
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Finland
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Gambia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Georgia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Ghana
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Gibraltar
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Greece
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Guatemala
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Guinea
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Guinea-Bissau
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Guyana
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Haiti
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Honduras
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Indonesia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Iran
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Iraq
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Israel
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Ivory Coast
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Jamaica
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Japan
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Jordan
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Kenya
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Kiribati
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Latvia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Lebanon
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Liberia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Libya
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Luxembourg
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Malawi
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Malaysia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Mali
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Malta
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Marshall Islands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Mauritania
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Mauritius
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Mexico
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Morocco
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Nauru
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Netherlands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
New Zealand
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Nicaragua
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Niger
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Nigeria
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Palau
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Panama
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Paraguay
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Peru
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Philippines
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Poland
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Portugal
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Puerto Rico
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Qatar
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Republic of the Congo
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Rwanda
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Samoa
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Sao Tome and Principe
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Saudi Arabia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Senegal
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Seychelles
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Sierra Leone
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Singapore
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Slovenia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Solomon Islands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Somalia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
South Korea
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
South Sudan
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Spain
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Sudan
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Suriname
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Sweden
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Switzerland
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Syria
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Thailand
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Togo
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Tonga
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Tunisia
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Tuvalu
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
United Kingdom
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
United States
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
United States Virgin Islands
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Uruguay
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Vanuatu
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Venezuela
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Yemen
|
6.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Albania
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Algeria
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Bangladesh
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Brazil
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Colombia
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Czech Republic
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Djibouti
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Eritrea
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
France
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
French Polynesia
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Gabon
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
India
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Italy
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Kuwait
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Laos
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Liechtenstein
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Macedonia
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Madagascar
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Monaco
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Mongolia
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Montenegro
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Myanmar
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Nepal
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
New Caledonia
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
North Korea
|
5.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Pakistan
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Romania
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
San Marino
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Sri Lanka
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
United Arab Emirates
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Vietnam
|
5.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Armenia
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Austria
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Azerbaijan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Belarus
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Bulgaria
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Croatia
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Germany
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Hungary
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Kazakhstan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Kyrgyzstan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Lithuania
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Moldova
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Oman
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | -7.8 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Palestine
|
4.00 | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Russia
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Serbia
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Slovakia
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Tajikistan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Turkey
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Turkmenistan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
#184
Ukraine
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 184 |
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Uzbekistan
|
4.00 | 2020 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
Source: World Bank