Compulsory education, duration in IDA total
IDA total: Compulsory education, duration was 9 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in IDA total, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in IDA total stood at 9 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in IDA total peaked at 9 years in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.45 years | 7 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.85 years | 8.5 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 6 |
More education data for IDA total
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7.15 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 757.58 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 40.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9519 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 49.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in IDA total?
- Compulsory education, duration in IDA total 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 9 years in 2004.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.