Compulsory education, duration in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Compulsory education, duration was 10 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Upper middle income, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in Upper middle income stood at 10 years. 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 Upper middle income peaked at 10 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9 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 | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6 years | 9 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
More education data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, female 42.8% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.53 billion (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9927 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 96.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Upper middle income?
- Compulsory education, duration in Upper middle income was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.