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Portugal: Primary school starting age

6years · 20250.0% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Portugal from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
20256
20246
20236
20226
20216
20206
20196
20186
20176
20166
20156
20146
20136
20126
20116
20106
20096
20086
20076
20066
20056
20046
20036
20026
20016
20006
19996
19986
19976
19966
19956
19946
19936
19926
19916
19906
19896
19886
19876
19866
19856
19846
19836
19826
19816
19806
19796
19786
19776
19766
19756
19746
19736
19726
19716
19707

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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