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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

Rank	Country	Value
Primary education, duration (years) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Somalia	7
2	Swaziland	7
3	Lesotho	7
4	Kenya	7
5	Namibia	7
6	Botswana	7
7	Tanzania	7
8	Uganda	7
9	South Africa	7
10	Zambia	7
11	Zimbabwe	7
12	Ivory Coast	6
13	Republic of the Congo	6
14	Comoros	6
15	Cape Verde	6
16	Algeria	6
17	Egypt	6
18	Ethiopia	6
19	Gabon	6
20	Ghana	6
21	Guinea	6
22	Gambia	6
23	Guinea-Bissau	6
24	Niger	6
25	Liberia	6
26	Libya	6
27	Morocco	6
28	Central African Republic	6
29	Mauritania	6
30	Mauritius	6
31	Malawi	6
32	North Africa	6
33	Nigeria	6
34	Rwanda	6
35	Sudan	6
36	Senegal	6
37	Sierra Leone	6
38	Sub-Saharan Africa	6
39	Sao Tome and Principe	6
40	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	6
41	Seychelles	6
42	Chad	6
43	Togo	6
44	Tunisia	6
45	Africa	6
46	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	6
47	Burundi	6
48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
49	Benin	6
50	Burkina Faso	6
51	Eritrea	5
52	Djibouti	5
53	Equatorial Guinea	5
54	Mozambique	5
55	Angola	4

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