Iraq vs Japan: Lower secondary school starting age
Iraq
12 years
in 2025
Japan
12 years
in 2025
Iraq rank
30th
Japan rank
30th
Lower secondary school starting age over time
- Iraq
- Japan
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 12 years against 12 years in Japan, a difference of 0 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Iraq ahead.
Globally, Iraq ranks 30th and Japan ranks 30th of 209 countries.
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About this data
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.