Primary school starting age
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 210
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
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Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02
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World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2025 | 7 | years |
| Albania | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Algeria | 2025 | 6 | years |
| American Samoa | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Andorra | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Angola | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 5 | years |
| Argentina | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Armenia | 2025 | 6 | years |
| Aruba | 2025 | 6 | years |
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