World Bank · Education
Puerto Rico: 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 Puerto Rico from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (years) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1991 | 5 | |
| 1990 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1986 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1983 | 5 | |
| 1982 | 5 | |
| 1981 | 5 | |
| 1980 | 5 | |
| 1979 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 5 | |
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1976 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1973 | 5 | |
| 1972 | 5 | |
| 1971 | 5 | |
| 1970 | 8 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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