Entrance age, primary - Primary - Education Statistics



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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.
Entrance age, primary - Primary - Education Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Mongolia8
2Croatia7
3Indonesia7
4Guatemala7
5Burundi7
6Burkina Faso7
7Bulgaria7
8Moldova7
9Afghanistan7
10Sweden7
11Niger7
12Tanzania7
13Uzbekistan7
14Kazakhstan7
15Armenia7
16Kyrgyzstan7
17China7
18Guinea-Bissau7
19Turkmenistan7
20Switzerland7
21Brazil7
22Denmark7
23Eritrea7
24Romania7
25Ethiopia7
26Finland7
27Russia7
28Rwanda7
29Guinea7
30Gambia7
31Equatorial Guinea7
32Zambia7
33Honduras7
34Hungary7
35Lithuania7
36Latvia7
37Macedonia7
38Estonia7
39Namibia7
40Papua New Guinea7
41Poland7
42Senegal7
43El Salvador7
44Sao Tome and Principe7
45Tajikistan7
46South Africa7
47Djibouti6
48Dominican Republic6
49Ecuador6
50Andorra6
51Fiji6
52Micronesia6
53Greece6
54India6
55Iran6
56Iraq6
57Israel6
58Italy6
59Jamaica6
60Kenya6
61Cambodia6
62North Korea6
63South Korea6
64Kuwait6
65Luxembourg6
66Macau6
67Morocco6
68Monaco6
69Maldives6
70Malaysia6
71Nigeria6
72Nicaragua6
73Norway6
74Palau6
75Portugal6
76Qatar6
77Sudan6
78Solomon Islands6
79Swaziland6
80Chad6
81Togo6
82Tunisia6
83Turkey6
84Uganda6
85Ukraine6
86Uruguay6
87United States6
88Vietnam6
89Vanuatu6
90West Bank and Gaza6
91Yemen6
92Democratic Republic of the Congo6
93Aruba6
94Angola6
95Netherlands Antilles6
96Argentina6
97American Samoa6
98Austria6
99Azerbaijan6
100Belgium6
101Benin6
102Bangladesh6
103Botswana6
104Colombia6
105Comoros6
106Cape Verde6
107Cuba6
108Cyprus6
109Czech Republic6
110Algeria6
111Egypt6
112Spain6
113France6
114Gabon6
115Georgia6
116Ghana6
117Guyana6
118Hong Kong6
119Haiti6
120Albania6
121Iceland6
122Jordan6
123Japan6
124Kiribati6
125Laos6
126Liberia6
127Libya6
128Liechtenstein6
129Lesotho6
130United Arab Emirates6
131Bosnia and Herzegovina6
132Mexico6
133Marshall Islands6
134Belarus6
135Bolivia6
136Mozambique6
137Mauritania6
138Malawi6
139Bhutan6
140Netherlands6
141Oman6
142Panama6
143Peru6
144Philippines6
145Central African Republic6
146Canada6
147Paraguay6
148Saudi Arabia6
149Chile6
150Sierra Leone6
151Ivory Coast6
152San Marino6
153Somalia6
154Republic of the Congo6
155Suriname6
156Slovakia6
157Slovenia6
158Seychelles6
159Syria6
160Thailand6
161Costa Rica6
162Timor-Leste6
163Venezuela6
164Virgin Islands (U.S.)6
165Germany6
166Zimbabwe6
167Bermuda5
168St. Lucia5
169United Kingdom5
170Cayman Islands5
171Grenada5
172Australia5
173Trinidad and Tobago5
174Barbados5
175Dominica5
176Malta5
177Burma5
178Sri Lanka5
179Antigua and Barbuda5
180Mauritius5
181Tonga5
182Pakistan5
183Western Samoa5
184Nepal5
185St. Vincent and the Grenadines5
186New Zealand5
187St. Kitts and Nevis5
188Bahamas5
189Belize5
190Ireland4
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