Cape Verde vs Chile: Lower secondary school starting age

Cape Verde

12 years

in 2025

Chile

12 years

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

30th

Chile rank

30th

Lower secondary school starting age over time

Cape Verde
Chile

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 12 years against 12 years in Chile, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 30th and Chile ranks 30th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Lower secondary school starting age (years)
Unit: years
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 11,411 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.