Duration of education, primary - Primary - Education Statistics

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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.

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

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Duration of education, primary - Primary - Education Statistics

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