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

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Secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter secondary 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.
Secondary school starting age (years) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

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Country

Value
1Tanzania14
2South Africa14
3Zambia14
4Gambia13
5Burundi13
6Guinea-Bissau13
7Burkina Faso13
8Botswana13
9Kenya13
10Niger13
11Lesotho13
12Zimbabwe13
13Namibia13
14Rwanda13
15Senegal13
16Somalia13
17Sao Tome and Principe13
18Ethiopia13
19Swaziland13
20Uganda13
21Guinea13
22Ivory Coast12
23Benin12
24Central African Republic12
25Republic of the Congo12
26Comoros12
27Cape Verde12
28Algeria12
29Eritrea12
30Gabon12
31Ghana12
32Mauritania12
33Sudan12
34Sierra Leone12
35Malawi12
36Morocco12
37Seychelles12
38Chad12
39Togo12
40Egypt12
41Libya12
42Nigeria12
43Liberia12
44Democratic Republic of the Congo12
45Equatorial Guinea12
46Tunisia12
47Djibouti11
48Mauritius11
49Mozambique11
50Angola10
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