Statizoid

Cape Verde vs Madagascar: Primary school starting age

Cape Verde
6 years
in 2025
Madagascar
6 years
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
33rd
Madagascar rank
33rd

Primary school starting age over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 6 years against 6 years in Madagascar, 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 33rd and Madagascar ranks 33rd 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.