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Secondary education, duration (years) is the number of grades (years) in secondary school.

Rank	Country	Value
Secondary education, duration (years) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Germany	9
2	Slovakia	9
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8
4	Sri Lanka	8
5	Austria	8
6	Macedonia	8
7	Albania	8
8	Kuwait	8
9	Italy	8
10	Czech Republic	8
11	Lithuania	8
12	Croatia	8
13	Hungary	8
14	Romania	8
15	San Marino	8
16	Slovenia	8
17	West Bank and Gaza	8
18	Iran	7
19	Benin	7
20	Burkina Faso	7
21	Bangladesh	7
22	Bulgaria	7
23	Gabon	7
24	Belarus	7
25	United Kingdom	7
26	Bermuda	7
27	Mauritius	7
28	Kazakhstan	7
29	Pakistan	7
30	Guinea	7
31	New Zealand	7
32	Iceland	7
33	Switzerland	7
34	Malta	7
35	Equatorial Guinea	7
36	Ivory Coast	7
37	Republic of the Congo	7
38	Comoros	7
39	Central African Republic	7
40	Nepal	7
41	Moldova	7
42	Monaco	7
43	Brazil	7
44	India	7
45	Angola	7
46	Djibouti	7
47	Niger	7
48	Hong Kong	7
49	Luxembourg	7
50	Algeria	7
51	Malaysia	7
52	Europe & Central Asia	7
53	Kyrgyzstan	7
54	United Arab Emirates	7
55	Haiti	7
56	Fiji	7
57	Poland	7
58	Armenia	7
59	Russia	7
60	South Asia	7
61	Senegal	7
62	Solomon Islands	7
63	Palau	7
64	France	7
65	Azerbaijan	7
66	Chad	7
67	Togo	7
68	Tajikistan	7
69	Turkmenistan	7
70	Tunisia	7
71	Ukraine	7
72	Uzbekistan	7
73	Vietnam	7
74	Vanuatu	7
75	Burundi	7
76	Samoa	7
77	Dominican Republic	6
78	Egypt	6
79	Euro area	6
80	Eritrea	6
81	Spain	6
82	Estonia	6
83	Ethiopia	6
84	Finland	6
85	Micronesia	6
86	Ghana	6
87	Gambia	6
88	Greece	6
89	High income	6
90	Honduras	6
91	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	6
92	Indonesia	6
93	Iraq	6
94	Israel	6
95	Jordan	6
96	Japan	6
97	Kenya	6
98	Cambodia	6
99	Kiribati	6
100	North Korea	6
101	South Korea	6
102	Latin America & Caribbean	6
103	Laos	6
104	Liberia	6
105	Libya	6
106	Least developed countries: UN classification	6
107	Low income	6
108	Liechtenstein	6
109	Lower middle income	6
110	Low & middle income	6
111	Latvia	6
112	Macau	6
113	Morocco	6
114	Mexico	6
115	Marshall Islands	6
116	Middle income	6
117	Burma	6
118	Middle East & North Africa	6
119	Mongolia	6
120	Mauritania	6
121	Malawi	6
122	Nigeria	6
123	Netherlands	6
124	High income: nonOECD	6
125	Norway	6
126	High income: OECD	6
127	Oman	6
128	Panama	6
129	Papua New Guinea	6
130	Andorra	6
131	Portugal	6
132	Paraguay	6
133	Qatar	6
134	Afghanistan	6
135	Netherlands Antilles	6
136	Rwanda	6
137	Argentina	6
138	Saudi Arabia	6
139	Australia	6
140	Belgium	6
141	Sierra Leone	6
142	El Salvador	6
143	Bahamas	6
144	Somalia	6
145	Sub-Saharan Africa	6
146	Suriname	6
147	Belize	6
148	Bolivia	6
149	Sweden	6
150	Syria	6
151	East Asia & Pacific	6
152	Bhutan	6
153	Thailand	6
154	Canada	6
155	Chile	6
156	Timor-Leste	6
157	Tonga	6
158	China	6
159	Tanzania	6
160	Uganda	6
161	Colombia	6
162	Upper middle income	6
163	Uruguay	6
164	United States	6
165	Cape Verde	6
166	Cuba	6
167	Cayman Islands	6
168	Cyprus	6
169	Denmark	6
170	Yemen	6
171	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
172	Zimbabwe	6
173	Swaziland	5
174	Seychelles	5
175	Antigua and Barbuda	5
176	Guyana	5
177	Mozambique	5
178	Guatemala	5
179	Georgia	5
180	Maldives	5
181	Aruba	5
182	Namibia	5
183	Trinidad and Tobago	5
184	Dominica	5
185	Turkey	5
186	Jamaica	5
187	Nicaragua	5
188	Sudan	5
189	Ireland	5
190	St. Lucia	5
191	Grenada	5
192	Costa Rica	5
193	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5
194	Venezuela	5
195	Botswana	5
196	Guinea-Bissau	5
197	St. Kitts and Nevis	5
198	Sao Tome and Principe	5
199	Barbados	5
200	South Africa	5
201	Lesotho	5
202	Zambia	5
203	Peru	5
204	Philippines	4

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