Compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Compulsory education, duration was 9 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific is 9 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 9 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 6 |
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.94 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 44.6% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.28 billion (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.997 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 92.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific?
- Compulsory education, duration in East Asia & Pacific was 9 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.