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Namibia: Lower secondary school starting age

14years · 20250.0% since 2015

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower 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. Annual figures for Namibia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202514
202414
202314
202214
202114
202014
201914
201814
201714
201614
201514
201414
201314
201214
201114
201014
200914
200814
200714
200614
200514
200414
200314
200214
200114
200014
199914
199814
199714
199614
199514
199414
199314
199214
199114
199014
198914
198814
198714
198614
198514
198414
198314
198214
198114
198014
197914
197814
197714
197614
197514
197414
197314
197214
197114
197014

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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