Statizoid

Cape Verde vs Mauritania: Lower secondary school starting age

Cape Verde
12 years
in 2025
Mauritania
12 years
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
30th
Mauritania rank
30th

Lower secondary school starting age over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Mauritania ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 30th and Mauritania 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

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.