Compulsory education, duration in Haiti

Haiti: Compulsory education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
6 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
177th
of 197 countries
All-time high
6 years
in 1997
All-time low
6 years
in 1997
Years of data
29
1997–2025

Compulsory education, duration in Haiti, 1997–2025

02461997201120251997: 6 years1998: 6 years1999: 6 years2000: 6 years2001: 6 years2002: 6 years2003: 6 years2004: 6 years2005: 6 years2006: 6 years2007: 6 years2008: 6 years2009: 6 years2010: 6 years2011: 6 years2012: 6 years2013: 6 years2014: 6 years2015: 6 years2016: 6 years2017: 6 years2018: 6 years2019: 6 years2020: 6 years2021: 6 years2022: 6 years2023: 6 years2024: 6 years2025: 6 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Haiti is 6 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Haiti peaked at 6 years in 1997 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1997.

That places Haiti 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6 years 6 years 6 years 3
2000s 6 years 6 years 6 years 10
2010s 6 years 6 years 6 years 10
2020s 6 years 6 years 6 years 6

Countries ranked near Haiti

  1. 177 Benin 6 years compare
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  3. 177 Comoros 6 years compare
  4. 177 Democratic Republic of Congo 6 years compare
  5. 177 Equatorial Guinea 6 years compare
  6. 177 Guinea 6 years compare
  7. 177 Guyana 6 years compare
  8. 177 Iraq 6 years compare
  9. 177 Jamaica 6 years compare
  10. 177 Liberia 6 years compare
  11. 177 Malaysia 6 years compare
  12. 177 Rwanda 6 years compare
  13. 177 Sao Tome and Principe 6 years compare
  14. 177 Singapore 6 years compare
  15. 177 Suriname 6 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is compulsory education, duration in Haiti?
Compulsory education, duration in Haiti was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1997.
What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1997.
How does Haiti rank for compulsory education, duration?
Haiti ranks 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Haiti?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Haiti 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

Indicator
Compulsory education, duration (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 6,506 data points, 1975–2025
Last refreshed

Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.