Bulgaria vs Estonia: Primary school starting age

Bulgaria
7 years
in 2025
Estonia
7 years
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Estonia rank
1st

Primary school starting age over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Estonia
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 7 years against 7 years in Estonia, a difference of 0 years.

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

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 1st and Estonia ranks 1st of 210 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary 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
210 places, 11,539 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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.