Primary school starting age (years) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Primary school starting age (years) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

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Country

Value

1Guinea-Bissau7
2Burundi7
3Equatorial Guinea7
4Burkina Faso7
5Guinea7
6Gambia7
7Niger7
8Eritrea7
9Ethiopia7
10Rwanda7
11Senegal7
12Sao Tome and Principe7
13Tanzania7
14South Africa7
15Zambia7
16Cape Verde6
17Djibouti6
18Algeria6
19Egypt6
20Gabon6
21Ghana6
22Kenya6
23Liberia6
24Libya6
25Lesotho6
26Ivory Coast6
27Mozambique6
28Mauritania6
29Malawi6
30Namibia6
31Morocco6
32Nigeria6
33Angola6
34Sudan6
35Benin6
36Sierra Leone6
37Somalia6
38Botswana6
39Swaziland6
40Seychelles6
41Chad6
42Togo6
43Tunisia6
44Central African Republic6
45Uganda6
46Republic of the Congo6
47Democratic Republic of the Congo6
48Comoros6
49Zimbabwe6
50Mauritius5
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