Compulsory education, duration in Palau
Palau: Compulsory education, duration was 12 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in Palau, 2001–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Palau is 12 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Palau peaked at 12 years in 2001 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 2001.
That places Palau 33rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 6 |
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More education data for Palau
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 205 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 106.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9686 GPI (2021)
- School enrollment, secondary 95.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Palau?
- Compulsory education, duration in Palau was 12 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 12 years in 2001.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 2001.
- How does Palau rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Palau ranks 33rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau 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.