Compulsory education, duration in Djibouti
Djibouti: Compulsory education, duration was 10 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in Djibouti, 2000–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in Djibouti stood at 10 years. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Djibouti peaked at 10 years in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 2000.
That places Djibouti 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for Djibouti
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.8% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 2,739 (2023)
- Labor force, female 31.0% (2025)
- Labor force, total 267,610 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9175 GPI (2021)
- Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.5 per 1,000 (2024)
- Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.5 per 1,000 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Djibouti?
- Compulsory education, duration in Djibouti was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 10 years in 2000.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 2000.
- How does Djibouti rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Djibouti ranks 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Djibouti data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.