Primary education, duration (years) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators



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Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
Primary education, duration (years) - Outcomes - Education - World Development Indicators (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ireland8
2Iceland7
3Zambia7
4South Africa7
5Dominica7
6Maldives7
7Bhutan7
8Botswana7
9Mozambique7
10Swaziland7
11St. Lucia7
12Antigua and Barbuda7
13Australia7
14St. Vincent and the Grenadines7
15Zimbabwe7
16Lesotho7
17Uganda7
18Trinidad and Tobago7
19Norway7
20Grenada7
21Namibia7
22Tanzania7
23St. Kitts and Nevis7
24Aruba6
25Andorra6
26Afghanistan6
27Qatar6
28Timor-Leste6
29Netherlands Antilles6
30Tonga6
31Argentina6
32Tunisia6
33American Samoa6
34Turkey6
35Upper middle income6
36Burundi6
37Belgium6
38Benin6
39Burkina Faso6
40Uruguay6
41United States6
42Bahamas6
43Venezuela6
44Virgin Islands (U.S.)6
45Belize6
46Bermuda6
47Bolivia6
48Vanuatu6
49Barbados6
50Central African Republic6
51Canada6
52Switzerland6
53Chile6
54Samoa6
55Ivory Coast6
56Republic of the Congo6
57Yemen6
58Comoros6
59Cape Verde6
60Costa Rica6
61Cuba6
62Cayman Islands6
63Cyprus6
64Democratic Republic of the Congo6
65Denmark6
66Dominican Republic6
67Algeria6
68East Asia & Pacific6
69Egypt6
70Euro area6
71Spain6
72Estonia6
73Ethiopia6
74Finland6
75Fiji6
76Micronesia6
77Gabon6
78United Kingdom6
79Georgia6
80Ghana6
81Guinea6
82Gambia6
83Guinea-Bissau6
84Greece6
85Guatemala6
86Guyana6
87High income6
88Hong Kong6
89Honduras6
90Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)6
91Haiti6
92Indonesia6
93Iraq6
94Israel6
95Jamaica6
96Jordan6
97Japan6
98Kenya6
99Cambodia6
100Kiribati6
101North Korea6
102South Korea6
103Latin America & Caribbean6
104Middle East & North Africa6
105Liberia6
106Libya6
107Least developed countries: UN classification6
108Low income6
109Lower middle income6
110Low & middle income6
111Luxembourg6
112Latvia6
113Macau6
114Morocco6
115Mexico6
116Marshall Islands6
117Middle income6
118Malta6
119Mauritania6
120Mauritius6
121Malawi6
122Malaysia6
123Niger6
124Nigeria6
125Nicaragua6
126Netherlands6
127High income: nonOECD6
128New Zealand6
129High income: OECD6
130Oman6
131Panama6
132Peru6
133Philippines6
134Papua New Guinea6
135Poland6
136Portugal6
137Paraguay6
138Rwanda6
139Saudi Arabia6
140Sudan6
141Senegal6
142Solomon Islands6
143Sierra Leone6
144El Salvador6
145Somalia6
146Sub-Saharan Africa6
147Sao Tome and Principe6
148Suriname6
149Sweden6
150Seychelles6
151Syria6
152Chad6
153Togo6
154Thailand6
155Bangladesh5
156Czech Republic5
157United Arab Emirates5
158Equatorial Guinea5
159Monaco5
160Pakistan5
161Colombia5
162Italy5
163Palau5
164Slovenia5
165Iran5
166China5
167Sri Lanka5
168France5
169Eritrea5
170South Asia5
171Liechtenstein5
172India5
173Vietnam5
174Nepal5
175Burma5
176San Marino5
177Djibouti5
178Laos5
179Moldova4
180Kazakhstan4
181Croatia4
182Hungary4
183Romania4
184Lithuania4
185Albania4
186Austria4
187Ukraine4
188Azerbaijan4
189Kuwait4
190Macedonia4
191Uzbekistan4
192Europe & Central Asia4
193Bulgaria4
194Bosnia and Herzegovina4
195Belarus4
196Brazil4
197West Bank and Gaza4
198Angola4
199Mongolia4
200Slovakia4
201Kyrgyzstan4
202Germany4
203Tajikistan4
204Russia3
205Turkmenistan3
206Armenia3
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