Compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Compulsory education, duration was 9 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income is 9 years, measured in 2025. 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 Lower middle income 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 | 8.65 years | 7.5 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 6 |
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female 33.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9919 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 68.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income?
- Compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 9 years in 2004.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.