Primary school starting age (years) - Inputs - Education - World 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.

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

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Primary school starting age (years) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators

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