Duration Of Compulsory Education (years) By Country

This page has a list of countries by Compulsory education, duration (years), according to officially-recognized international sources compiled by the World Bank. Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.

Aruba
13 years

Afghanistan
9 years

Angola
6 years

Albania
9 years

Andorra
10 years

United Arab Emirates
12 years

Argentina
14 years

Armenia
12 years

Antigua and Barbuda
11 years

Australia
10 years

Austria
13 years

Azerbaijan
10 years

Belgium
12 years

Benin
6 years

Burkina Faso
10 years

Bangladesh
5 years

Bulgaria
11 years

Bahrain
9 years

Bahamas
12 years

Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 years

Belarus
11 years

Belize
8 years

Bermuda
13 years

Bolivia
14 years

Brazil
14 years

Barbados
11 years

Brunei
9 years

Central African Republic
10 years

Canada
10 years

Switzerland
11 years

Chile
12 years

China
9 years

Ivory Coast
10 years

Cameroon
6 years

Congo
6 years

Republic Of The Congo
10 years

Colombia
12 years

Comoros
6 years

Cape Verde
10 years

Costa Rica
13 years

Cuba
9 years

Curacao
14 years

Cayman Islands
12 years

Cyprus
10 years

Czech Republic
10 years

Germany
13 years

Djibouti
10 years

Dominica
12 years

Denmark
10 years

Dominican Republic
15 years

Algeria
10 years

Ecuador
15 years

Egypt
12 years

Eritrea
8 years

Spain
10 years

Estonia
9 years

Ethiopia
8 years

Finland
11 years

France
13 years

Faroe Islands
9 years

Micronesia
8 years

Gabon
10 years

United Kingdom
11 years

Georgia
9 years

Ghana
11 years

Gibraltar
12 years

Guinea
6 years

Gambia
9 years

Guinea Bissau
9 years

Equatorial Guinea
6 years

Greece
10 years

Grenada
12 years

Greenland
10 years

Guatemala
16 years

Guyana
6 years

Hong Kong
9 years

Honduras
12 years

Croatia
8 years

Haiti
6 years

Hungary
13 years

Indonesia
9 years

India
8 years

Ireland
10 years

Iran
9 years

Iraq
6 years

Iceland
10 years

Israel
15 years

Italy
12 years

Jamaica
6 years

Jordan
10 years

Japan
9 years

Kazakhstan
9 years

Kenya
12 years

Kyrgyzstan
10 years

Kiribati
9 years

South Korea
9 years

Kuwait
9 years

Laos
9 years

Lebanon
10 years

Liberia
6 years

Libya
9 years

St Lucia
10 years

Liechtenstein
9 years

Sri Lanka
11 years

Lesotho
7 years

Lithuania
11 years

Luxembourg
12 years

Latvia
11 years

Macau
10 years

Morocco
9 years

Monaco
11 years

Moldova
10 years

Madagascar
5 years

Mexico
14 years

Marshall Islands
13 years

Macedonia
13 years

Mali
9 years

Malta
11 years

Myanmar
5 years

Montenegro
9 years

Mongolia
12 years

Mauritania
9 years

Mauritius
11 years

Malawi
8 years

Malaysia
6 years

Nigeria
9 years

Nicaragua
7 years

Netherlands
13 years

Norway
10 years

Nepal
9 years

New Zealand
10 years

Pakistan
12 years

Panama
11 years

Peru
14 years

Philippines
13 years

Palau
12 years

Poland
8 years

Puerto Rico
13 years

North Korea
12 years

Portugal
12 years

Paraguay
13 years

Palestine
10 years

Qatar
12 years

Romania
10 years

Russia
11 years

Rwanda
6 years

Saudi Arabia
9 years

Sudan
8 years

Senegal
11 years

Singapore
6 years

Sierra Leone
9 years

El Salvador
15 years

San Marino
10 years

Serbia
8 years

South Sudan
8 years

Sao Tome and Principe
6 years

Suriname
6 years

Slovakia
11 years

Slovenia
9 years

Sweden
10 years

Swaziland
7 years

Saint Maarten
14 years

Seychelles
10 years

Syria
9 years

Chad
10 years

Togo
10 years

Thailand
9 years

Tajikistan
9 years

Turkmenistan
12 years

East Timor
9 years

Tonga
15 years

Trinidad and Tobago
7 years

Tunisia
9 years

Turkey
12 years

Tuvalu
8 years

Tanzania
7 years

Uganda
7 years

Ukraine
11 years

Uruguay
14 years

United States
12 years

Uzbekistan
12 years

St Vincent and the Grenadines
12 years

Venezuela
17 years

British Virgin Islands
12 years

Vietnam
10 years

Samoa
8 years

Yemen
9 years

South Africa
9 years

Zambia
7 years